Starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, these very enjoyable movies are based loosely on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington.

When tomboy Marjorie moves with her family to a new house in a small town in Indiana, she begins a romance with William. While she transforms from a tomboy to a young lady, her father is not so sure about William who has unconventional ideas.

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon {1953}

The trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as Marjorie Winfield's boyfriend, William Sherman, returns from the Army after World War I. Bill and Marjorie's on-again, off-again relationship provide the backdrop for other family issues, primarily brought on by little brother Wesley's overactive imagination and tall tales.