Moonlight in Vermont
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Edward Lilley
Gloria Jean
Ray Malone
George Dolenz
Fay Helm
Betty Mccabe
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Synopsis
Gwen Harding, a country girl from Virginia, starts her first day at the Devereau School of Music Stage Radio, a private school for the performing arts in New York City, by mistaking fellow student Richard "Slick" Ellis for the school's owner, Lionel Devereau. Gwen tells the school's administration that she has very little money and can only afford to take a limited number of courses. In order to help pay for her extra courses, Gwen works as a waitress at the school's cafeteria, which leads her to be snubbed by the wealthy Brenda Allenby, who is actually jealous of Slick's attentions toward the new student. Later, Lucy Meadows, Gwen's former vocal instructor, comes to New York to visit Gwen, but is mistaken by Lionel for his new secretary. Lucy decides to accept the job, as she is immediately attracted to her new boss. Back on their Vermont farm, meanwhile, Gwen's uncle and aunt, Rufus and Bess Harding, face hard times, as they can ill-afford their niece's tuition due on top of Bess's medical bills and costly labor needed to help with the upcoming harvest. When Rufus receives an unsigned letter from Brenda, warning him that New York is no place for a country girl like Gwen, he orders his niece to return home. Lucy decides to go to Vermont as well, despite Lionel's strenuous objections. The students then suggest to Lionel that the school cancel its spring show in order to go to Vermont to help Gwen's family harvest their crops. Lionel readily agrees when he learns that Lucy is living on the Harding farm, having taken over the ill Bess's chores. Brenda agrees to go along as well, as her friend Betty has written to Lucy and falsely stated that Slick and Brenda are engaged. After the students complete the harvest, Bess asks them to stay on so that they can perform their spring show at the local farm jubilee. Meanwhile, Lucy decides to enter Gwen's cow Myrtle in the milking competition, in hopes of winning the $500 grand prize that would pay the young girl's tuition at Devereau. When Brenda learns of Lucy's plan, she disguises the cow and takes it from its barn. Myrtle is found in time to win the contest, however, and Gwen and Slick are united after learning about Brenda's multiple deceptions. Lionel and Lucy are reunited as well, as he dictates to her a proposal of marriage.
Cast
Gloria Jean
Ray Malone
George Dolenz
Fay Helm
Betty Mccabe
Sidney Miller
Vivian Austin
Patsy O'connor
Mira Mckinney
Billy Benedict
Virginia Brissac
Russell Simpson
The Jivin' Jacks And Jills:
Dolores Diane
Dariel Johnson
Irma Jeter
Elaine Campbell
Wanda Smith
Peggy Brant
Bill Henderson
Cal Rothenberg
Robert Coleman
John Truel
Jack Coffey
Pat Phelan
Joseph "corky" Geil
Bobby Scheerer
Ruth Lee
John Whitney
Marilyn Day
Jean Davis
Ralph Dunn
Barbara Brown
Dorothy Vaughan
Alice Fleming
Harry Harvey Jr.
Joseph Bernard
Francis Sayles
Alice Draper
Crew
Jerome Ash
Bernard B. Brown
Bernard W. Burton
Fritz Collings
Eugene Conrad
Louis Da Pron
R. A. Gausman
John B. Goodman
Abraham Grossman
Lorenz Hart
Inez James
Joe Lapis
Charles Maynard
Sidney Miller
Richard Rodgers
Milton Schwarzwald
L. R. Smith
Edward Ward
Vera West
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Early Hollywood Reporter production charts and news items list Stacy Keach as the film's director. Keach, a dialogue director and screen test director, was replaced in this position by credited director Edward Lilley. Moonlight in Vermont marked the feature film debut of actor Ray Malone, who was listed on Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter production charts as either Lynn Malone or Ray Lynn. This was also the first film in which Sidney Miller received credit as a musical composer, having previously worked in films as a child actor.
