Make a Wish (1937 film)

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

Make a Wish
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
Country	United States
Language	English

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

• Bobby Breen as Chip Winters
• Basil Rathbone Johnny Selden
• Marion Claire as Irene Winters
• Ralph Forbes as Walter Mays
• Donald Meek as Butler Joseph
• Billy Lee as Pee Wee
• Henry Armetta as Composer Moreta
• Leon Errol as Composer Brennan
• Herbert Rawlinson as Camp Manager Stevens
• Charles Richman as Mr. Wagner
• Fred Scott as Minstrel
• Lillian Harmer as Clara
• Johnny Arthur as Antoine
• Richard Tucker as Grant
• Leonid Kinskey as Moe
• Tommy Ryan as Chunky
• Barbara Barondess as Secretary
• Billy Lechner as Judge
• Lew Kelly as Mailman
• Dorothy Appleby as Telephone Girl

Awards

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