By the Light of the Silvery Moon (film)
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | David Butler |
| Written by | Booth Tarkington (Penrod stories) |
| Screenplay by | Irving Elinson Robert O'Brien |
| Produced by | William Jacobs |
| Starring | Doris Day Gordon MacRae Leon Ames |
| Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline (as Wilfrid M. Cline) |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Music by | Gus Edwards (By the Light of the Silvery Moon) Max Steiner (music adapted by) |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,125,000 (US)[1] |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon is a 1953 American musical film.[2][3] 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”
- “Ain’t We Got Fun”
- “If You Were the Only Girl”
- “Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee”
- “I’ll Forget You”
- “King Chanticleer”
References
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ Variety film review; March 25, 1953, page 6.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; March 28, 1953, page 50.
External links
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon at IMDb
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon at Rotten Tomatoes
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon at the TCM Movie Database
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon at AllMovie
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Article at DorisDay.net
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