On Moonlight Bay

1951
U
1h 35m

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6.9/10

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Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in On Moonlight Bay (1951)

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Classic Musical Romantic Comedy Comedy Family Musical Romance

During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

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Alice Winfield
(as Rosemary De Camp)

Mary Wickes

Stella

Ellen Corby

Miss Mary Stevens

Billy Gray

Wesley Winfield

Henry East

Dog Trainer

Jeffrey Stevens

Jim Sherman

Eddie Marr

Contest Barker

Sig Arno

Prof. Barson - Dance Instructor
(uncredited)

Lois Austin

Mother in Silent Movie
(uncredited)

Hal Bell

Carnival Patron
(uncredited)
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Chet Brandenburg

Train Conductor
(uncredited)

Tex Brodus

Soldier
(uncredited)

Joe Brooks

Carnival Patron
(uncredited)

Morgan Brown

Graduation Spectator
(uncredited)

Director
- Roy Del Ruth
Writers
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Trivia
This film, its sequel By the Light of the Silvery Moon and Calamity Jane are among Doris Day's personal favorites of her own films. Interestingly, in all three, she plays tom-boyish characters who blossom into "might perty" young ladies.

Goofs
Marjorie first hugs Bill at the dance and the powder bursts all over her chest. In the next instant as they begin to dance Marjorie's front is clear of powder.

Quotes
Mr. Winfield: Marjorie's young and very inexperienced. All she knows about men is their batting averages.
Stella: In case you're interested, this one's batting a thousand.

Connections
Featured in Biography: Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)

Soundtracks
Moonlight Bay
(uncredited)
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Edward Madden
Sung by an off-screen chorus during the opening credits
Also performed by Doris Day, Gordon MacRae and Chorus
Also performed by Gordon MacRae and Chorus
Also performed by Jack Smith and Chorus

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Featured review

9/10

A loving tribute

This is a collection of warm, human and often humorous Booth Tarkington stories, strung together, of a perceived or recalled pre-WWI America. It had all happened half a century before this mid-20th Century production. It was, perhaps, the last clarion call of the sweet, sentimental ballad of the turn of the last Century as Rock and Roll was starting to impact as the popular music of the West.

The production values of this film are strictly 1950s studio. It was shot on tri-exposure Technicolor with the lighting a bit flat but, all in all, a loving tribute to the era complete with many of the top song hits of the time, some that are still celebrated today, in the 21st Century.