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Make a Wish – Original Cast Recording 1951

Make a Wish – Original Cast Recording 1951

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Synopsis

Janette (Nanette Fabray) has managed to escape from a Paris orphanage to the bustling, glittering life of the French capital. Looking for freedom and excitement, Janette meets Marius Frigo, one of the wealthiest gentlemen in France, (Melville Cooper). He is more than a little interested in Janette, but she has fallen in love with Paul Dumont (Stephen Douglass), an idealistic but poor young law student. In her sly Parisian manner, Janette, with the help of her friends Ricky (Harold Lang) and Poupette (Helen Gallagher), manages to work things out so that M. Frigo ends up finding employment for his young rival.

Credits

Janette: Nanette Fabray Marius Frigo: Melville Cooper Paul Dumont: Stephen Douglass Ricky: Harold Lang Poupette; Helen Gallagher Music, Lyrics, and Vocal Arrangements by Hugh Martin Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock Choreography by Gower Champion

About

A great cast, led by Nanette Fabray, Stephen Douglass, Helen Gallagher and Harold Lang, was the main attraction in Make a Wish, a better than average musical loosely based on Ferenc Molnar’s The Good Fairy, with a book by Preston Sturges (and Abe Burrows, who went uncredited), and music and lyrics by Hugh Martin. The story of a French orphan, on a visit to the French capital, who gets lost in Paris and discovers love with a young artist, in spite of a middle-aged millionaire’s advances, it opened at the Winter Garden on April 18, 1951. In a subplot to the main story, Helen Gallagher and Harold Lang brought Gower Champion’s imaginative choreography to dazzling heights, but even they couldn’t save the show from lasting only a mere 102 performances. First LP release: May 25, 1951