MusicComedy

Make a Wish

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

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.

Release Date : 1937-09-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Sol Lesser ProductionsBobby Breen Productions Inc.

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Chip Winters

Original Name : Bobby Breen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny Selden

Original Name : Basil Rathbone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moreta

Original Name : Henry Armetta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joseph

Original Name : Donald Meek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brennan

Original Name : Leon Errol

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pee Wee

Original Name : Billy Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walter Mays

Original Name : Ralph Forbes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moe

Original Name : Leonid Kinskey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Stevens

Original Name : Herbert Rawlinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Station Agent

Original Name : Spencer Charters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Antoine

Original Name : Johnny Arthur

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mailman

Original Name : Lew Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wagner

Original Name : Charles Richman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minstrel

Original Name : Fred Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clara

Original Name : Lillian Harmer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Secretary

Original Name : Barbara Barondess

Gender : Female

Character Name : Telephone Girl

Original Name : Dorothy Appleby

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grant

Original Name : Richard Tucker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chunky

Original Name : Tommy Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Billy Lechner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bud

Original Name : Jack Egger

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-20

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.