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Beginning in 1950, Operation Starlift was a program created by the Special Services Officers and Hollywood Coordinating Committee to bring movie stars of the time to Travis Air Force Base in order to entertain the wounded coming in from the Korean War.
Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as the Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major general Nguyen Chanh Thi, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) I Corps ...
Aug 17, 2020 · The working title was better: “Operation Starlift.” It was actually a thing, too. According to The San Francisco Examiner , Nov. 22, 1950, it began with gossip columnist Louella Parsons, who organized the transport of Hollywood stars on an Air Force C-47 to Travis Air Force Base north of San Francisco to entertain troops who were wounded in ...
Nov 23, 2020 · • The film is based on the real Operation Starlift, which was spearheaded by Ruth Roman when she visited Travis Air Force Base in Sept. 1950. Special Service Officers and Hollywood Coordinating Committee , according to the Travis Heritage Center.
Starlift (a.k.a. Operation Starlift) is a 1951 American musical film released by Warner Bros. starring Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Dick Wesson, and Ruth Roman. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by John D. Klorer and Karl Kamb, from a story by Klorer.
For Starlift, exhibitors had better start worrying, not if they have a big enough name for the marquee, but rather if the marquee is big enough to list the names of Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Ruth Roman, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Phil Harris, Frank Lovejoy, Randolph Scott, Jane Wyman and Patrice Wymore.
Meantime, a new program, Operation Starlift, has been set in place by the Air Force and the Hollywood studios, whereby stars are flown to San Francisco to perform for the outbound and inbound troops. Movie stars such as Randolph Scott, Phil Harris, and Jane Wyman pitch in to entertain the troops.
