Wake up and Dream

• Director: Kurt Neumann
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Musical
• Main Cast: Russ Columbo, Roger Pryor, June Knight, Catherine Doucet, Henry Armetta
• Release Year: 1934
• Country: US
• Run Time: 75 minutes

Plot

Wake Up and Dream was part of a concerted (and successful) effort to turn radio crooner Russ Columbo into a major movie star. The story is the old saw about a trio of vaudevillians, Paul (Columbo), Charley (Roger Pryor) and Toby (June Knight), who have a falling out when both Paul and Charley fall in love with Toby. The girl is indecisive, but she comes to the conclusion that Paul is the man for her. By this time, however, Paul is convinced that Toby is crazy about Charley, and he tries to bring the two of them together. Alas, by the time Wake Up and Dream was released in October of 1934, Russ Columbo was dead, the victim of an accidentally discharged rifle. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Russ Columbo - Paul Scotti
• Roger Pryor - Charley Sullivan
• June Knight - Toby Brown
• Catherine Doucet - Mme. Rose
• Henry Armetta - Cellini

Andy Devine - Egghead; Maurice Black - Tom Romero; Richard Carle - Babcock; Spencer Charters - Earl Craft; Jane Darwell - Woman; Gavin Gordon - Seabrook; Arthur Hoyt - George Spelvin; Paul Porcasi - Polopolis; Winifred Shaw - Mae LaRue; Clarence H. Wilson - Hildebrand

Credit

Kurt Neumann - Director, Dan Mandell - Editor, Russell Columbo - Songwriter, Bernard Grossman - Songwriter, Jack Stern - Songwriter, Grace Hamilton - Songwriter, Charles Stumar - Cinematographer, B.F. Zeidman - Producer, John Meehan, Jr. - Screenwriter