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By the Light of the Silvery Moon (film)
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Wikipedia article
'By the Light of the Silvery Moon' is a 1953 American musical film.'Variety' film review; March 25, 1953, page 6.'Harrison's Reports' film review; March 28, 1953, page 50. It is the sequel to 'On Moonlight Bay'. Like its predecessor, the movie is based loosely on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington.
Plot
'By the Light of the Silvery Moon' relates the further adventures of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as daughter Marjorie Winfield's (Doris Day) boyfriend, William Sherman (Gordon MacRae), returns from the Army after World War I. Bill and Marjorie's on-again, off-again romance provides the backdrop for other family crises, caused mainly by son Wesley's (Billy Gray) wild imagination.
Primary cast
* Doris Day as Marjorie Winfield
* Gordon MacRae as William 'Bill' Sherman
* Billy Gray as Wesley Winfield
* Leon Ames as George Winfield
* Rosemary DeCamp as Alice Winfield
* Mary Wickes as Stella
* Russell Arms as Chester Finley
* Maria Palmer as Renee LaRue
* Howard Wendell as John H. Harris
* Walter Flannery as Ronald 'PeeWee' Harris
Songs
* "By the Light of the Silvery Moon (song)"
* Your Eyes Have Told Me So
* Just One Girl
* Aint We Got Fun
* If You Were the Only Girl
* Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee
* Ill Forget You
* King Chanticleer
References
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