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      On Moonlight Bay

      Released Jul 26, 1951 1h 35m Romance Comedy List
      Reviews 80% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A teenage tomboy (Doris Day) with a fun family makes music with a college man (Gordon MacRae) in circa-World War I Indiana. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 30 Buy Now

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      Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 3/5 Oct 27, 2005 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Pleasant enough old fashioned Warner musical with Day and MacRae singing the true oldies. Rated: 3/5 Feb 19, 2008 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's the film that established Doris Day as the girl next door. Rated: B Apr 7, 2007 Full Review John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis ...fun, frothy, and filled with an abundance of good, old-fashioned tunes. Rated: 6/10 Apr 5, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Jose G This Technicolor Doris Day musical/comedy is a sweet nostalgic trip to the early 20th century that charms with its period songs and amusing look at the customs, fashions, home furnishings, transportation, etc. of a bygone era. The comparisons to 1944's classic "Meet Me in St. Louis" are inevitable, but this film holds it's own as a diverting hour and a half visit to a simpler time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/30/23 Full Review Liam D Doris Day makes the movie so happy and lighthearted to have a good time with the movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/23/21 Full Review Paula O This movie is the worst kind of cliche storytelling and preventable hijinks. The kid brother is unbearable and never learns any lessons. Although Doris Day and Gordon MacRae have great singing voices, the plot is awful and the kid brother makes things even worse than they already are. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/04/20 Full Review Audience Member Not my favorite musical film, but Doris Day is a pleasure to watch on-screen. (First and only viewing - 7/15/2019) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review joe m "On Moonlight Bay" is one of the better nostalgic and corny yet nice rom-com harkening back to pre-WW I via the 1950's musical. Day is endearing as the tomboyish 'teenager' Margery (?) who falls for the radical yet rather stuffy MacRae as Bill. The tunes are hummable if not very memorable. Most of the film is carried by the supporting cast especially by Ames as Day's banker father, Gray as her rascally younger brother and, best of all, the always acerbic Wickes. Worth catching at least once. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The best musical movie ever made! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A teenage tomboy (Doris Day) with a fun family makes music with a college man (Gordon MacRae) in circa-World War I Indiana.
      Director
      Roy Del Ruth
      Screenwriter
      Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson
      Production Co
      Warner Bros.
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jul 26, 1951, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 1, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 35m
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