Make a Wish

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

5.5(10)19371h 17m

MusicComedy

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.

Director

Kurt Neumann

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Cast

Bobby Breen

Chip Winters

Basil Rathbone

Johnny Selden

Henry Armetta

Moreta

Donald Meek

Joseph

Leon Errol

Brennan

Billy Lee

Pee Wee

Ralph Forbes

Walter Mays

Leonid Kinskey

Moe

Herbert Rawlinson

Dr. Stevens

Spencer Charters

Station Agent

Johnny Arthur

Antoine

Lew Kelly

Mailman

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

6.0

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 ("C...