On Moonlight Bay (1951)

Film details

Featuring

Doris Day Gordon MacRae Jack Smith
Director

Roy Del Ruth
Country

USA
Year

1951
Genre

Musical
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Period musical based on the Booth Tarkington stories of `Penrod', about various crises in the Winfield family. The family move to a new house, which Mrs Winfield fears is too large. The daughter's chances of romance with different suitors are hindered and helped by the interference of her little brother, who often gets in trouble at school and who one day tells a lie to his teacher which spreads into a false rumour which brings disgrace to the family. The various trials are seen through, though, as the family look after other.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Marjorie Winfield
    
    Doris Day
  - William Sherman
    
    Gordon MacRae
  - Hubert Wakely
    
    Jack Smith
  - George Winfield
    
    Leon Ames
  - Alice Winfield
    
    Rosemary De Camp
  - Stella
    
    Mary Wickes
  - Mary Stevens, the school teacher
    
    Ellen Corby
  - Wesley Winfield
    
    Billy Gray
  - dogman
    
    Henry East
  - Jim Sherman
    
    Jeffrey Stevens
  - barker
    
    Eddie Marr
  - Professor Barson, the dancing instructor
    
    Sig Arno (uncredited)
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Roy Del Ruth
  Rights:
  - ©
    
    Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
  Production:
  - Produced and Distributed by
    
    Warner Bros. Pictures
  - A Warner Bros.-First National Picture
    
    First National
  - Produced by
    
    William Jacobs
  Writing:
  - Screen Play by
    
    Jack Rose
  - Screen Play by
    
    Melville Shavelson
  - Adapted from Penrod Stories by
    
    Booth Tarkington
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ernest Haller
  - Technicolor Colour Consultant
    
    Kovaleski, Mitchell
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects by, Director
    
    William Mcgann
  - Special Effects by
    
    H.F. Koenekamp
  Editing:
  - Film Editor
    
    Thomas Reilly
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Douglas Bacon
  - Set Decorator
    
    William Wallace
  Costumes:
  - Wardrobe by
    
    Milo Anderson
  - Wardrobe by
    
    Marjorie Best
  Make-up:
  - Make-up Artist
    
    Gordon Bau
  Film processing:
  - Colour by
    
    Technicolor
  Music:
  - Musical Direction
    
    Ray Heindorf
  - Music Adapted by
    
    Max Steiner
  Choreography:
  - Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by
    
    LeRoy Prinz
  Sound:
  - Sound by
    
    Francis J. Scheid
  - Sound by
    
    David Forrest
  - Sound System
    
    RCA Sound System
  Consultant:
  - Dialogue Director
    
    Herschel Daugherty