Wake Up and Dream (1946 film)

Wake Up and Dream is a 1946 Technicolor film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Elick Moll, and starring June Haver and John Payne. The flm was released by 20th Century Fox and was based on the novel The Enchanted Voyage by Robert Nathan.[2]

Wake Up and Dream
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLloyd Bacon
Produced byWalter Morosco
Written byElick Moll (writer)
Robert Nathan (novel)
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
CinematographyHarry Jackson
Edited byRobert Fritch
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox
Release date
December 2, 1946
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$900,000[1]

Plot

Jeff Cairn enlists in the Navy. He puts younger sister Nella in a cousin's care, but she misses 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. Jeff is reported to be missing in action, while the sloop eventually sets out to sea and is caught in a storm.

Cast
ActorRole
John PayneJeff Cairn
June HaverJenny
Charlotte GreenwoodSara March
Connie MarshallNella Cairn
John IrelandHoward Williams
Clem BevansHenry Pecket
Charles RussellLieutenant Coles
Lee PatrickThe Blonde
Charles D. BrownLieutenant Commander
Irving BaconToll Gate Attendant

Soundtrack

The film features the song "Give Me the Simple Life" with music by Rube Bloom and lyrics by Harry Ruby.[2]

Reception

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

References
  1. Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 221
  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.
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