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Wake Up and Dream (1946 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Wake Up and Dream' is a 1946 Technicolor musical fantasy 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.'The Enchanted Voyage' was the working title and the title of the film in the United Kingdom.
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
Soundtrack
* "Give Me the Simple Life"
Music by Rube Bloom
Lyrics by Harry Ruby
Sung by John Payne and June Haver
*'I Wish I Could Tell You'
Music by Rube Bloom
Lyrics by Harry Ruby
* 'Into the Sun'
Music by Rube Bloom
Lyrics by Harry Ruby
* 'Bell Bottom Trousers'
Music traditional
Lyrics by Harry Ruby
* 'We're Off to See the Wizard'
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Music by Harold Arlen
Reception
Nathan called the film "a wretched little thing."
References
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