Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944 film)


Shine on Harvest Moon, starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan, is a 1944 musical–biographical film of the vaudeville team of Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth who wrote the popular song "Shine On, Harvest Moon". The film was directed by David Butler. Ann Sheridan's singing voice was dubbed by Lynn Martin.

Cast

1. "Overture" - Played by Orchestra behind titles.
2. "Shine On, Harvest Moon / Daisy / In My Merry Oldsmobile" - Sung by Chorus.
3. "San Antonio" - Sung and Danced by Irene Manning.
4. "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" - Sung by Irene Manning.
5. "My Own United States" - Sung by Ann Sheridan and Chorus, Danced by Chorus.
6. "Time Waits for No One" - Sung by Ann Sheridan.
7. "It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight" - Sung and Danced by Bob Murphy, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan and Chorus.
8. "Time Waits for No One" - Sung by Ann Sheridan.
9. "We're Doing Our Best / Don't Let the Rainy Days Get You" - Sung and Danced by Ann Sheridan and Irene Manning.
10. "How Can They Tell That I'm Irish" - Sung and Danced by Ann Sheridan.
11. "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - Sung by Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan.
12. "When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandy / Take Me Out to the Ball Game / I've Got a Garden in Sweden / Breezin' Along with the Breeze / Who's Your Honey Lamb" - Sung by Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan.
13. "So Dumb But So Beautiful" - Sung by Jack Carson and Marie Wilson and danced by The Ashburns.
14. "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - Sung by Dennis Morgan.
15. "Thank You for the Dance" - Sung and Danced by Irene Manning and Chorus.
16. "Every Little Movement " - Sung by Irene Manning.
17. "I Go for You" - Sung by Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan.
18. "Just Like a Gypsy" - Sung by Ann Sheridan.
19. "Just Like a Gypsy" - Sung by Phyllis Kennedy.
20. Finale :
1. "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - Sung by Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan.
2. "Time Waits for No One" - Sung by Dennis Morgan and Chorus.
3. "So Dumb But So Beautiful" - Sung by Jack Carson and Marie Wilson.
4. "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - Sung by Chorus and Danced by The Four Step Brothers.
5. "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - Sung by Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan and Chorus.

Reception

Critical review

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote: "What is done in the name of biography in the Warner Brothers' 'Shine on Harvest Moon' is something which shouldn't be done to a burglar—let alone to the memory of the late Nora Bayes. For this musical film in which that lady and her second husband, Jack Norworth, are supposedly represented in their joint and devoted careers is no more veracious to the real thing than if it were a story of Alice Faye. It is simply another of those musicals which dig back into the past for a score of nostalgic ditties and some old-time vaudeville atmosphere; a film in which a songsmith falls in love with a honky-tonk girl and sticks with her through trials and tribulations until they finally emerge together on top. And if anyone goes expecting to see Ann Sheridan play Nora Bayes, or Dennis Morgan play Jack Norworth, this is to make it understood that you will not."

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $2,557,000 domestically and $1,149,000 foreign.