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"THE BIGGEST LITTLE SINGING STAR" IN A MELODY DRAMA OF THE MAINE WOODS! - Make a Wish
Movie Details

Title: Make a Wish

Release Date: 1 Sep 1937

Runtime: 1h 17m

Genre: Music, Comedy

Director: Sol Lesser Productions, Bobby Breen Productions Inc.

Production Companies: Sol Lesser Productions, Bobby Breen Productions Inc.

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.9 (8 votes)

Cast

  • Chip Winters: Bobby Breen
  • Johnny Selden: Basil Rathbone
  • Moreta: Henry Armetta
  • Joseph: Donald Meek
  • Brennan: Leon Errol
  • Pee Wee: Billy Lee
  • Walter Mays: Ralph Forbes
  • Moe: Leonid Kinskey
  • Dr. Stevens: Herbert Rawlinson
  • Station Agent: Spencer Charters
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