---
title: 'On Moonlight Bay (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Del Ruth'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-moonlight-bay-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043880/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# On Moonlight Bay (1951)

1951 · 95 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

On Moonlight Bay is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae. Loosely based on the Penrod novels by Booth Tarkington, especially Penrod and Sam, the film tells the story of the Winfield family at the turn of the 20th century. A sequel, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, was released in 1953.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Del Ruth](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-del-ruth)
- **Screenplay:** [Melville Shavelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/melville-shavelson), [Jack Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-rose)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [William Jacobs](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-jacobs)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-haller)

## Cast

- [Ellen Corby](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-corby)
- [Rosemary DeCamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosemary-decamp)
- [Mary Wickes](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-wickes)
- [Billy Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-gray-2)
- [Doris Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-day)
- [Sig Arno](https://cinepixo.com/people/sig-arno)
- [Jack Mower](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mower)
- [Smilin' Jack Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/smilin-jack-smith)
- [Gordon MacRae](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-macrae)
- [Eddie Marr](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-marr)
- [Creighton Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/creighton-hale)
- [Hank Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-mann)
- [Leon Ames](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-ames)
- [Esther Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-dale)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-moonlight-bay-1951
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