Wednesday, May 29, 2024

STAGE DOOR CANTEEN (1943)






















Directed by: Frank Borzage
Screenplay by: Delmer Daves
Starring: Cheryl WalkerWilliam TerryMarjorie RiordanLon McCallisterMargaret EarlyMichael HarrisonDorothea KentFred BradyPatrick O'MooreMarian ShockleyCount BasieEthel WatersXavier CugatLina RomayBenny GoodmanPeggy LeeKay KyserGuy LombardoFreddy MartinKenny BakerEdgar BergenRay BolgerKatharine CornellGracie FieldsHelen HayesKatharine HepburnSam JaffeGeorge JesselGypsy Rose LeeYahudi MenuhinEthel MermanSelena RoyleLanny RossEd WynnJudith AndersonTallulah BankheadRalph BellamyIna ClaireLynn FontaineHugh HerbertJean HersholtAlfred LuntHarpo MarxElsa MaxwellPaul MuniMerle OberonGeorge RaftMartha ScottJohnny WeissmullerVera GordonHenry ArmettaHelen BroderickLloyd CorriganJane DarwellWilliam DemarestVirginia FieldArlene FrancisVinton FreedleyAnn GillisLucile GleasonVirginia GreyAllen JenkinsRoscoe KarnsTom KennedyOtto KrugerJune LangBetty LawfordBert LytellAline MacMahonHorace McMahonHelen MenkenPeggy MoranAlan MowbrayElliott NugentFranklin PanghornHelen ParrishBrock PembertonCornelia Otis SkinnerNed SparksBill SternArleen WhelanDame May Whitty

132 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
"Dakota" Smith, a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and movies appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. Dakota meets a pretty young hostess, Eileen Burke, and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.

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