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On Moonlight Bay
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6.5The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president
Released: 1951-07-2695 minDir: Roy Del RuthMusic, Comedy, RomancePart of: Penrod Collection
Cast
- Doris Day as Marjorie 'Marjie' Winfield
- Gordon MacRae as William 'Bill' Sherman
- Jack Smith as Hubert Wakely
- Leon Ames as George Winfield
- Rosemary DeCamp as Alice Winfield
- Mary Wickes as Stella
Themes
- small town
- indiana, usa
- world war i
- brother
- musical
- family relationships
- suitor
- tomboy
- 1900s
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
3,141 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 1951
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Musical
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Roy Del Ruth
- Screenwriter
- Jack Rose
- Cast member
- Smilin' Jack Smith
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Cinematographer
- Ernest Haller
- Narrative location
- Indiana
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 877569
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1951-01-01
- title
- On Moonlight Bay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
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