By the Light of the Silvery Moon
They're Wooin' and Doin' The Things Boy and Girls Like To Do...
Directed by David Butler
Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures
A cheerful, music-filled romantic comedy set in small-town Indiana that celebrates family bonds and courtship with infectious warmth and optimism.
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
Essence
Ensemble
Doris Day
Marjorie Winfield
Gordon MacRae
Bill Sherman
Leon Ames
George Winfield
Rosemary DeCamp
Alice Winfield
Billy Gray
Wesley Winfield
Mary Wickes
Stella
Russell Arms
Chester Finley
Maria Palmer
Renee LaRue
Howard Wendell
John H. Harris
Walter 'PeeWee' Flannery
Ronald 'PeeWee' Harris
Carol Forman
Dangerous Dora (uncredited)
Meredith MacRae
Little Girl (scenes deleted)
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