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Le bal du printemps ()

On Moonlight Bay (original title)
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During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
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Marjorie Winfield
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William Sherman
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Hubert Wakely
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George Winfield
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Alice Winfield (as Rosemary De Camp)
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Stella
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Miss Mary Stevens
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Wesley Winfield
Henry East ...
Doughboy by Train
Jeffrey Stevens ...
Jim Sherman
Eddie Marr ...
Contest Barker
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Prof. Barson - Dance Instructor (uncredited)
Lois Austin ...
Mother in Silent Movie (uncredited)
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Train Conductor (uncredited)
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Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Tony Butala ...
Boy Caroler (uncredited)
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Aunt Martha Robertson (uncredited)
Roy Damron ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Bert Davidson ...
Soldier (uncredited)
James Dobson ...
Army Sergeant (uncredited)
George Ford ...
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Haines ...
Carnival Patron / Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
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Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Ticket Seller (uncredited)
John Hedloe ...
Senior (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Chester Jones ...
Mover (uncredited)
Gayle Kellogg ...
Young Man (uncredited)
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Man at Train Station (uncredited)
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Daughter in Silent Movie (uncredited)
Perk Lazelle ...
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Melodi Lowell ...
Lady (uncredited)
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Salesman in Silent Movie (uncredited)
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Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Michael Miller ...
Boy (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery ...
Salesman in Silent Movie (uncredited)
Anne Moore ...
Lady in Silent Film (uncredited)
Roland Morris ...
Sleeping Soldier (uncredited)
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Salesman in Silent Movie (uncredited)
Joel Nestler ...
Boy (uncredited)
Edmund Penney ...
Senior (uncredited)
Joe Recht ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Saloon Girl in Silent Movie (uncredited)
Ray Spiker ...
Bartender in Silent Movie (uncredited)
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Cora Claypool (uncredited)
John B. Williams ...
Mover (uncredited)
Buck Woods ...
Train Porter (uncredited)

Directed by

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Roy Del Ruth

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Jack Rose ... (screenplay) and
Melville Shavelson ... (screenplay)
 
Booth Tarkington ... (adapted from Penrod Stories by)

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William Jacobs ... producer

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Max Steiner ... (uncredited)

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Ernest Haller ... director of photography

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Thomas Reilly

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Douglas Bacon

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William Wallace

Makeup Department

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Gordon Bau ... makeup artist

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Mel Dellar ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Charles David Forrest ... sound (as David Forrest)
Francis J. Scheid ... sound

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Hans F. Koenekamp ... special effects (as H.F. Koenekamp)
William C. McGann ... special effects director (as William McGann)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Milo Anderson ... wardrobe
Marjorie Best ... wardrobe
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Ray Heindorf ... musical director
LeRoy Prinz ... musical numbers staged and directed by
Max Steiner ... music adaptor
Murray Cutter ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Herschel Daugherty ... dialogue director
Mitchell Kovaleski ... Technicolor color consultant
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Plot Summary

The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time (setting is during W.W.I, but the war does not play a major part for most of the movie). His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president. Written by Scott Lane

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Taglines A happy screenful of sun-kissed melody and kiss-by-moonlight romance. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le bal du printemps (France)
  • Romanze mit Hindernissen (Germany)
  • A la luz de la luna (Spain)
  • Perheen naimahuolet (Finland)
  • Nad ksiezycowa zatoka (Poland)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia This movie proved to be so popular that the studio immediately filmed By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) which is a direct sequel with all the actors playing the same characters. This was very unusual at the time. See more »
Goofs Marjorie first hugs Bill at the dance and the powder bursts all over her chest. In the next instant as they begin to dance Marjorie's front is clear of powder. See more »
Movie Connections Followed by By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). See more »
Soundtracks Moonlight Bay See more »
Quotes Mr. Winfield: Wesley, you stay out of the living room. Your sister is entertaining a caller.
Wesley Winfield: Is he telling her "her eyes are like the blue stars in Heaven"?
Mr. Winfield: Now, where did you pick that up?
Wesley Winfield: Ah, I've been around.
Mr. Winfield: Well, just the same, you stay out of the living room.
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