On Moonlight Bay

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On Moonlight Bay

Released Jul 26, 1951

1h 35m

Romance

Comedy

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A teenage tomboy (Doris Day) with a fun family makes music with a college man (Gordon MacRae) in circa-World War I Indiana.

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Nell Minow

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Rated: 3/5

Oct 27, 2005

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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

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It's the film that established Doris Day as the girl next door.

Rated: B

Apr 7, 2007

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...fun, frothy, and filled with an abundance of good, old-fashioned tunes.

Rated: 6/10

Apr 5, 2007

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

The best musical movie ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Roy Del Ruth

Director

Doris Day

Marjorie "Marjie" Winfield

Gordon MacRae

William "Bill" Sherman

Jack Smith

Hubert Wakely

Leon Ames

George "Father" Winfield

Rosemary DeCamp

Alice "Mother" Winfield

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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
Producer: William Jacobs
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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