Stage Door Canteen (1943) - film review

Comedy / Musical / Romance / War

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Stage Door Canteen is an American comedy romance film first released in 1943, directed by Frank Borzage. The film stars Judith Anderson, Kenny Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, Ralph Bellamy and Edgar Bergen. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Frank Borzage
Script: Delmer Daves
Photo: Harry J. Wild
Music: Freddie Rich
Cast: Judith Anderson (Herself), Kenny Baker (Himself), Tallulah Bankhead (Herself), Ralph Bellamy (Himself), Edgar Bergen (Himself), Charlie McCarthy (Himself), Ray Bolger (Himself), Ina Claire (Herself), Katharine Cornell (Herself), Gracie Fields (Herself), Lynn Fontanne (Herself), Helen Hayes (Herself), Katharine Hepburn (Herself), Hugh Herbert (Himself), Jean Hersholt (Himself), George Jessel (Himself), Gypsy Rose Lee (Herself), Alfred Lunt (Himself), Harpo Marx (Himself), Elsa Maxwell (Herself), Yehudi Menuhin (Himself), Ethel Merman (Herself), Paul Muni (Himself), Merle Oberon (Herself), George Raft (Himself), Lanny Ross (Himself), Martha Scott (Herself), Ethel Waters (Herself), Johnny Weissmuller (Himself), Ed Wynn (Himself), Henry Armetta (Himself), Benny Baker (Himself), Helen Broderick (Herself), Lloyd Corrigan (Himself), Jane Darwell (Herself), William Demarest (Himself), Virginia Field (Herself), Vinton Freedley (Himself), Ann Gillis (Herself), Lucile Gleason (Herself), Vera Gordon (Herself), Virginia Grey (Herself), Sam Jaffe (Himself), Allen Jenkins (Himself), Roscoe Karns (Himself), Tom Kennedy (Himself), Otto Kruger (Himself), June Lang (Herself), Betty Lawford (Herself), Bert Lytell (Himself – Canteen Master of Ceremonies), Aline MacMahon (Herself), Horace McMahon (Himself), Helen Menken (Herself), Peggy Moran (Herself), Ralph Morgan (Himself), Alan Mowbray (Himself), Elliott Nugent (Himself), Patrick O’Moore (Australian), Franklin Pangborn (Himself), Helen Parrish (Herself), Brock Pemberton (Himself), Selena Royle (Herself), Marion Shockley (Lillian), Cornelia Otis Skinner (Herself), Ned Sparks (Himself), Bill Stern (Himself), Arleen Whelan (Herself), Dame May Whitty (Herself), Count Basie (Himself – as Conductor of the Count Basie Orchestra), Xavier Cugat (Himself – as Conductor of the Xavier Cugat Orchestra), Benny Goodman (Himself – as Conductor of the Benny Goodman Orchestra), Kay Kyser (Himself – as Conductor of the Kay Kyser Band), Guy Lombardo (Himself – Conductor of the Guy Lombardo Orchestra), Freddy Martin (Himself – as Conductor of the Freddy Martin Orchestra), Cheryl Walker (Eileen Burke), William Terry (Dakota Smith), Marjorie Riordan (Jean), Lon McCallister (California Jack Gilman), Margaret Early (Ella Sue), Sunset Carson (Tex), Dorothea Kent (Mamie – Jersey’s Girl), Fred Brady (Jersey Wallace), Kay Kyser Band (Themselves), Benny Goodman Orchestra (Themselves), Count Basie Orchestra (Themselves), Guy Lombardo Orchestra (Themselves), Freddy Martin Orchestra (Themselves), Xavier Cugat Orchestra (Themselves), Harry Babbitt (Kay Kyser Band Singer), Dave Barbour (Himself), Julie Conway (Kay Kyser Band Singer), Jane Cowl (Herself), Helen Dumas, Trudy Erwin (Kay Kyser Band Singer), Dorothy Fields (Herself), Pat Flaherty (Dubious Army Sergeant), Arlene Francis (Herself), Mack Gray (Waiter), George E. Green (Himself – Freddy Martin Orchestra Member), Eddie Hall (Soldier on Train), Louis Jean Heydt (Captain Robinson), John James (Don Brandt – Marine with Virginia Grey), Virginia Kaye (Herself), Kenner G. Kemp (Marine), Jack Lambert (Sailor Cutting In with Ina Claire), Gertrude Lawrence (Herself), Peggy Lee (Herself – Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer), Jack Martin (Kay Kyser Band Singer), Sully Mason (Kay Kyser Band Singer), George Mathews (Marine Sergeant with Ray Bolger), Marian Moore, Elizabeth Morgan, Caleb Peterson (Johnny Jones), Francis Pierlot (Minister at Jersey’s Wedding), Ruth Roman (Girl), Lina Romay (Xavier Cugat Orchestra Singer), Johnny Roventini (Johnny – Bellhop ’Living Tradmark’ for Philip Morris Cigarettes), Mortimer Snerd (Himself), Arthur Walsh (Jitterbugging Soldier), Jesse White (Himself), Max Williams (Kay Kyser Band Singer), Matt Willis (Sergeant on Train)
Country: USA
Language: English / Russian / Spanish
Runtime: 132 min; B&W

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