By the Light of the Silvery Moon

The stars come out when the night shimmers like this! Young lovers Doris Day and Gordon MacRae return in a moonlit sequel to On Moonlight Bay. Rosemary DeCamp, Mary Wickes and Billy Gray rejoin them in this remembrance of World War I-era Americana. There's a new array of nine nostalgic standards -- and a new emphasis on production numbers. Doris and Gordon spin through the Winfield kitchen to "Ain't We Got Fun," Doris crows "King Chanticleer" at a stage pageant, and the whole town heads to Miller's Pond and laces up the ice skates for the title-tune finale. Like its predecessor, this draws from Booth Tarkington's Penrod stories for its portraits of heartland mirth, values and "warm hearts, cold feet" romance. Ain't we got fun? You bet we have!

• comedy
• musical
• romance