On Moonlight Bay 1951

     The Winfield family lives in a small town in Indiana and they move across town to a new home.  Marjorie is the oldest daughter and she has a very bratty brother named Wesley.  Marjorie hasn’t given any thought about boys until she meets William Sherman and he lives across the street.  Suddenly, she forgets about baseball and starts wearing dresses.  Bill tells Marjorie that he doesn’t believe in the institution of marriage and she agrees.  Marjorie’s father is not as enamored of Bill as she is because of his differing beliefs.

     I wanted to watch this because of nostalgia for the older movies.  There is a lot of singing and sometimes I think that detracts from a film but not this time.  The only problem I have with this film is Doris Day was born in 1922 and she was 29 years old at the release, which is too old for the character she is playing?  Gordon MacRae was born in 1921 and he was 30 years old and playing a young man in college?  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

95 min, Comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth with Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby, Billy Gray.

Note:  Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 100% critic 81% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, TCM 2.5* out of 5.

Special Note:  There is a sequel to this film, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, 1953.  Loosely based on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington.