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| Moonlight in Vermont | |
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| Directed by | Edward C. Lilley |
| Cinematography | Jerome Ash |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 62 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Moonlight in Vermont is the title of a 1943 upbeat American musical dramatic film.
A Vermont farm girl Gwen Harding enrolls in the renowned Devereau dance school in the New York. Her singing makes her semi-popular, and she is soon noticed by fellow student Richard "Slick" Ellis. Ellis' jealous girlfriend Brenda Allenby is soon involved. Farm problems conflict with dance school life and even though her new friends try to help out, other problems, including a vindictive romantic rival, arise.
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