By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) poster

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

Comedy, Family, Music, Romance • 1h 41m

Director: David Butler

Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Billy Gray, Mary Wickes, Russell Arms, Maria Palmer, Howard Wendell, Walter 'PeeWee' Flannery, Carol Forman, Meredith MacRae, Tom Coleman, Sol Gorss, Gayle Kellogg

Best English-friendly & video release

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video notes:

4K restoration from original Technicolor camera negative

Updated 4 months ago

About the film

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.

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