Make a Wish (1937 film)

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Make a Wish
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Directed by Kurt Neumann
Written by Bernard Schubert
Gertrude Berg
William Hurlbut
Al Boasberg
Earle Snell
Produced by Sol Lesser
Starring Bobby Breen
Basil Rathbone
Ralph Forbes
Cinematography John J. Mescall
Edited by Arthur Hilton
Music by Hugo Riesenfeld
Oscar Straus
Production
company
Principal Productions
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • August 27, 1937 (1937-08-27)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Make a Wish is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone and Ralph Forbes.

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Plot

While at summer camp in the Maine woods, young Chip Winters (Breen) befriends British composer Johnathan Selden (Rathbone), who left the city high life to try to break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed singer mother Irene Winters (Claire) and Selden.

Cast

Awards

Hugo Riesenfeld received a nomination for the Academy Award for best musical score for this film. [1]

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References

  1. "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. October 8, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2019.