STAGE DOOR CANTEEN - 1943 - WILLIAM TERRY - RARE DVD
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Stage Door Canteen (1943)
"Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. Dakota meets a pretty young hostess, Eileen, and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance. Judith Anderson Henry Armetta Kenny Baker (featured performer+) Tallulah Bankhead Ralph Bellamy Jack Benny Edgar Bergen (with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd) (featured performer+) Ray Bolger (featured performer+) Helen Broderick Ina Claire Katharine Cornell (featured performer - her only film appearance++) Lloyd Corrigan Jane Darwell William Demarest Gracie Fields (featured performer+) Arlene Francis Virginia Grey Helen Hayes Katharine Hepburn (featured performer; Hepburn's only co-starring effort in a musical, even though she doesn't sing++) Hugh Herbert Jean Hersholt Sam Jaffe Allen Jenkins George Jessel (featured performer+) Otto Kruger Gertrude Lawrence Gypsy Rose Lee (featured performer+) Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Bert Lytell Aline MacMahon Harpo Marx Elsa Maxwell Helen Menken Yehudi Menuhin (featured performer+) Ethel Merman (featured performer+) Peggy Moran Alan Mowbray Paul Muni Merle Oberon Franklin Pangborn Brock Pemberton George Raft Selena Royle (featured performer++) Lanny Ross Martha Scott Cornelia Otis Skinner Ned Sparks Bill Stern Ethel Waters (featured performer+) Johnny Weissmuller Dame May Whitty Ed Wynn (featured performer+) Orchestras: (all featured performers) Count Basie (with Ethel Waters as featured vocalist+) Xavier Cugat (with Lina Romay as featured vocalist+) Benny Goodman (with Peggy Lee as featured vocalist+) Kay Kyser + Guy Lombardo + Freddy Martin +
"Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. Dakota meets a pretty young hostess, Eileen, and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance. Judith Anderson Henry Armetta Kenny Baker (featured performer+) Tallulah Bankhead Ralph Bellamy Jack Benny Edgar Bergen (with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd) (featured performer+) Ray Bolger (featured performer+) Helen Broderick Ina Claire Katharine Cornell (featured performer - her only film appearance++) Lloyd Corrigan Jane Darwell William Demarest Gracie Fields (featured performer+) Arlene Francis Virginia Grey Helen Hayes Katharine Hepburn (featured performer; Hepburn's only co-starring effort in a musical, even though she doesn't sing++) Hugh Herbert Jean Hersholt Sam Jaffe Allen Jenkins George Jessel (featured performer+) Otto Kruger Gertrude Lawrence Gypsy Rose Lee (featured performer+) Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Bert Lytell Aline MacMahon Harpo Marx Elsa Maxwell Helen Menken Yehudi Menuhin (featured performer+) Ethel Merman (featured performer+) Peggy Moran Alan Mowbray Paul Muni Merle Oberon Franklin Pangborn Brock Pemberton George Raft Selena Royle (featured performer++) Lanny Ross Martha Scott Cornelia Otis Skinner Ned Sparks Bill Stern Ethel Waters (featured performer+) Johnny Weissmuller Dame May Whitty Ed Wynn (featured performer+) Orchestras: (all featured performers) Count Basie (with Ethel Waters as featured vocalist+) Xavier Cugat (with Lina Romay as featured vocalist+) Benny Goodman (with Peggy Lee as featured vocalist+) Kay Kyser + Guy Lombardo + Freddy Martin +