Feature film — 1953

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

6.21h 41mComedy — Family — Music — Romance

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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A high-signal pick with 23 votes.

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Director: David Butler

On screen

Cast & crew

Doris Day

Marjorie Winfield

Gordon MacRae

Bill Sherman

Leon Ames

George Winfield

Rosemary DeCamp

Alice Winfield

Billy Gray

Wesley Winfield

Mary Wickes

Stella

Russell Arms

Chester Finley

Maria Palmer

Renee LaRue

Howard Wendell

John H. Harris

Walter 'PeeWee' Flannery

Ronald 'PeeWee' Harris

Carol Forman

Dangerous Dora (uncredited)

Meredith MacRae

Little Girl (scenes deleted)

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