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This may have
been unfairly dismissed by some critics as a copycat of
Judy Garland's Meet Me in St.
Louis but in my opinion the characters and script are much
more enduring. Based on Booth Tarkington's 'Penrod' stories the
success of the movie led to the 1953 sequel By The Light Of The Silvery
Moon.
This
really is an enchanting, wholesome movie. It follows the very animated lives of the Winfield family who relocate to a small town in Indiana. Doris plays the tomboy daughter
(Marjorie) who is more at home on the baseball
pitch than in a dress. Things somewhat change on
the arrival of
the boy next door (William). This boy unfortunately has some
rather unconventional ideas for the era (which is World
War I). This
includes not believing in marriage or money which causes friction with
Marjorie's father! |