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Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight

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Starring
Art Gilmore Art Gilmore
Narrator
Dennis Morgan Dennis Morgan
Jack Norworth in Film Clip from 'Shine On, Harvest Moon'
Ann Sheridan Ann Sheridan
Nora Bayes in Film Clip from 'Shine On, Harvest Moon'


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Description: Four popular songs about moonlight are presented, including their origins and as sing-a-longs. In 1909, songwriter Edward Madden worked as an undercover government agent in New York's rough and tumble Tenderloin District, which is in stark contrast to his lyrics for "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", the lyrics which were set to music by Gus Edwards. Three years later, Madden would pen the lyrics to what is now the popular barbershop standard "Moonlight Bay". Southerner James Allen Bland wrote many songs depicting the simple life of the south, including "In the Evening By the Moonlight". And an alr ... (more)
Release date: 24 January 1948
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Short Films I Have (860 movies items)
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