Wake Up and Dream (1946 film)

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Wake Up and Dream
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Written byElick Moll
Based onThe Enchanted Voyage by Robert Nathan
Produced by Walter Morosco
Starring June Haver
John Payne
Charlotte Greenwood
Cinematography Harry Jackson
Edited byRobert Fritch
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge
Production
company
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox
Release date
  • December 2, 1946 (1946-12-02)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$900,000 [1] The film features songs written by Rube Bloom and Harry Ruby. [2]

Wake Up and Dream is a 1946 American Technicolor musical fantasy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring June Haver, John Payne and Charlotte Greenwood. The film was released by 20th Century Fox and was based on the novel The Enchanted Voyage by Robert Nathan. [2] The Enchanted Voyage was the working title and the title of the film in the United Kingdom.

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Plot

Jeff Cairn enlists in the Navy. He puts younger sister Nella in a cousin's care where she will be sent to a convent. Nella runs away back to the boarding house where they lived and where old Henry Pecket let her work on his sloop, docked out back.

A waitress, Jeff's sweetheart Jenny, agrees to move into Sara March's boarding house to look after the girl. Sara mistakenly believes Henry is inviting women aboard his boat and sells Henry's boat as an act of revenge. Jeff is reported to be missing in action, while the sloop with Henry, Nella and Jenny aboard and is caught in a storm and drifts far away in a flood. Nella doesn't believe that Jeff is dead and believes with all her heart that they will find Jeff on a dream island on their enchanted voyage.

Cast

ActorRole
John Payne Jeff Cairn
June Haver Jenny
Charlotte Greenwood Sara March
Connie MarshallNella Cairn
John Ireland Howard Williams
Clem Bevans Henry Pecket
Charles RussellLieutenant Coles
Lee Patrick The Blonde
Charles D. BrownLieutenant Commander
Irving Bacon Toll Gate Attendant

Soundtrack

Music by Rube Bloom
Lyrics by Harry Ruby
Sung by John Payne and June Haver

Music by Rube Bloom
Lyrics by Harry Ruby

Music by Rube Bloom
Lyrics by Harry Ruby

Music traditional
Lyrics by Harry Ruby

Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Music by Harold Arlen

Reception

Nathan called the film "a wretched little thing." [3]

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References

  1. Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 221
  2. 1 2 A.W. (January 24, 1947). "Movie Review Wake up and Dream (1946) At the Victoria". The New York Times .
  3. E. G. (Oct 19, 1947). "AN AUTHOR SOUNDS OFF ON SCREEN WRITING". New York Times. ProQuest   107795378.