Beyond the most popular classic Christmas movies, like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “White Christmas,” there are countless less-famous older movies with equally heartwarming holiday stories (not limited to Christmas) that fulfill our longing for family and our nostalgia for times gone by. “On Moonlight Bay” from 1951 and its sequel, “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” from 1953, are charming family films that feature great holiday scenes—including Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Although made in the 1950s, these two Warner Bros. movies are set in World War I-era America, in the idyllic Midwestern town of Milburn, Indiana. Both are musicals, but they feature famous songs of the set period rather than original ’50s compositions. The stories, which are loosely based on Booth Tarkington’s collection of “Penrod” sketches, focus on the Winfield family. In the films, the family consists of father George (Leon Ames), mother Alice (Rosemary DeCamp), their 17-year-old …