FEATURE FILM

Make a Wish

5.8/10
TMDB11 votes
1937Original: English77 min

While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest operetta, Selden at last finds it when he meets Chip's gorgeous mother Irene Winters, a popular singer. Alas, her stiff-necked fiancé Walter Mays refuses to allow her to return to the stage, whereupon Rathbone spirals into a depression -- and even worse, a profound case of writers' block.

Genres: Music, Comedy
Cast: Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Henry Armetta, Donald Meek, Leon Errol

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About Make a Wish

"THE BIGGEST LITTLE SINGING STAR" IN A MELODY DRAMA OF THE MAINE WOODS!

Make a Wish (1937) is a film in the music, comedy genres. Directed by Kurt Neumann. The cast includes Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Henry Armetta, Donald Meek.

Released
1937-09-01
Original language
English
Runtime
77 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Sol Lesser Productions, Bobby Breen Productions Inc.
Directors
Kurt Neumann
Writers
Bernard Schubert, Gertrude Berg, Earle Snell

Make a Wish cast & characters

Audience reviews

5.8/10 from 11 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

This is quite a curious little film with Basil Rathbone ("Johnny") as a composer who takes a cabin near a boys summer camp. There he encounters an engaging, outgoing, bunch of young boys who inspire him to overcome his writer's block and pen a blockbuster musical. Now, ordinarily, I'm with Herod when it comes to kids, even more so when they have a leading role - and sing, too - but Bobby Breen ("Chip") is actually…

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This is quite a curious little film with Basil Rathbone ("Johnny") as a composer who takes a cabin near a boys summer camp. There he encounters an engaging, outgoing, bunch of young boys who inspire him to overcome his writer's block and pen a blockbuster musical. Now, ordinarily, I'm with Herod when it comes to kids, even more so when they have a leading role - and sing, too - but Bobby Breen ("Chip") is actually rather good as the young man with whom Rathbone gradually bonds. He can certainly sing, and his mischief in trying to set up his widowed mother with the composer is charming and at times quite ingenious. It's suffers a little from being rather statically staged but Oscar Strauss and Paul Francis Webster's lyric is worth of a show of it's own and there's an innocence about the whole thing that is actually quite endearing. Not great, a wee bit sentimental - but worth watching, nonetheless.

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What is Make a Wish about?

While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest operetta, Selden at last finds it when he meets Chip's gorgeous mother Irene Winters, a popular singer. Alas, her stiff-necked fiancé Walter Mays refuses to allow her to return to the stage, whereupon Rathbone spirals into a depression -- and even worse, a profound case of writers' block.

Who stars in Make a Wish?

Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Henry Armetta, Donald Meek, Leon Errol, Billy Lee. See the cast cards above for character names.

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