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Howard Wendell. John H. Harris. Walter 'PeeWee' Flannery. Ronald 'PeeWee' Harris. Carol Forman. Dangerous Dora (uncredited) Meredith MacRae. Little Girl (scenes deleted) Tom Coleman.
Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review dave j Tuesday, September 3, 2013 (1953) By The Light Of The Silvery Moon ROMANTIC MUSICAL DRAMA The second of two films ...
- Musical, Comedy
By the Light of the Silvery Moon. This movie departs from its predecessor, On Moonlight Bay (1951), in three main ways. Firstly, the film opens with Stella breaking the fourth wall, addressing the audience directly as she introduces the Winfield family. Secondly, the musical numbers are played like a traditional musical, while the original ...
Edit page. By the Light of the Silvery Moon: Directed by David Butler. With Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp. Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
On Moonlight Bay is a 1951 American musical film starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, and directed by Roy Del Ruth, which tells the story of the Winfield family at the turn of the 20th century. The movie is based loosely on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington. [3] The sequel By the Light of the Silvery Moon was made in 1953.
By The Light of the Silvery Moon is at times quite cloying with its mostly formulaic and predictable story, perfectly artificial set-pieces representing a world that never really existed. And yet there is something kind of fun about the whole thing. The entire cast does a fine job creating their own, unique characters.
