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01/09/1937 Music, Comedy 1h 17m
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"THE BIGGEST LITTLE SINGING STAR" IN A MELODY DRAMA OF THE MAINE WOODS!

Overview

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.

  1. Kurt Neumann

    Director

  2. Bernard Schubert

    Writer

  3. Earle Snell

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Bobby Breen

    Chip Winters

  2. Basil Rathbone

    Johnny Selden

  3. Henry Armetta

    Moreta

  4. Donald Meek

    Joseph

  5. Leon Errol

    Brennan

  6. Billy Lee

    Pee Wee

  7. Ralph Forbes

    Walter Mays

  8. Leonid Kinskey

    Moe

  9. Herbert Rawlinson

    Dr. Stevens

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 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 t...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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