Stage Door Canteen (1943)

Directors

Frank Borzage

Cast

Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Marjorie Riordan, Lon McCallister, Margaret Early, Michael Harrison, Dorothea Kent, Fred Brady, Patrick O'Moore, Marian Shockley, Kenny Baker, Edgar Bergen, Ray Bolger, Katharine Cornell, Gracie Fields, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Sam Jaffe, George Jessel, Gypsy Rose Lee, Yehudi Menuhin, Ethel Merman, Selena Royle, Lanny Ross, Ethel Waters, Ed Wynn

The story

thumb|right|upright=1.2|Katharine Hepburn and Cheryl Walker in Stage Door Canteen The film, made in wartime, celebrates the work of the Stage Door Canteen, created in New York City as a recreational center for both American and Allied servicemen on leave to socialize with, be entertained or served by Broadway celebrities. The storyline follows several women who volunteer for the Canteen and must adhere to strict rules of conduct, the most important of which is that their job is to provide friendly companionship to and be dance partners for the (often nervous) men who are soon to be sent into combat. No romantic fraternization is allowed.

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