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    By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

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    This sequel to On Moonlight Bay (1951) reunited most of the original cast and presented the trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small-town Indiana as Bill Sherman (Gordon MacRae) returns to his girl, Marjorie Winfield (Doris Day) having served in the Army during World War I.

    Billy Gray steals many scenes as Marjorie’s 12-year-old brat brother, Wesley – who has a pet turkey called Gregory and who creates a complex of imaginary scandals that dominates the last half of the film – and Mary Wickes features again as the comically acerbic family maid and cook, Stella.

    Like On Moonlight Bay the story is very slight but the film is visually captivating in rich Technicolor with lavish production design, beautiful scenery and memorable songs.

    Listen carefully for the announcer at the ice skating pond near the end of the film – that’s the voice of Merv Griffin.

    Marjorie Winfield
    Doris Day
    Bill Sherman
    Gordon MacRae
    George Winfield
    Leon Ames
    Alice Winfield
    Rosemary DeCamp
    Wesley Winfield
    Billy Gray
    Stella
    Mary Wickes
    Chester Finley
    Russell Arms
    Renee LaRue
    Maria Palmer
    John H. Harris
    Howard Wendell
    Ronald ‘PeeWee’ Harris
    Walter Flannery

    Director
    David Butler

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