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The Hollywood Canteen operated at 1451 North Cahuenga Boulevard in the Los Angeles, California, [1] [2] neighborhood of Hollywood between October 3, 1942 and November 22, 1945, as a club offering food, dancing, and entertainment for enlisted men and women, [1] [3] who were usually on their way overseas during World War II. [4]
Hollywood Canteen is a 1944 American musical romantic comedy film starring Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark and features many stars (appearing as themselves) in cameo roles. [3] and produced by Warner Bros. The film was written and directed by Delmer Daves [3] and received three Oscar nominations.
Hollywood Canteen: Directed by Delmer Daves. With The Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Cantor. Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas.
The Hollywood Canteen, which had been in operation since October 1942, closed its doors after one last hoorah on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1945. In all, more than 3,000 volunteers, many famous stars among them, had welcomed and entertained nearly four million servicemen and women.
Slim Green, a corporal stationed in the South Pacific, is enamored of actress Joan Leslie. After he is injured in battle, he and his pal, Sergeant Nolan, are sent to Hollywood, California for rest and recreation before they ship out again.
Dec 1, 2015 · The Hollywood Canteen operated at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California, between October 3, 1942, and November 22, 1945 (Thanksgiving Day), as a club offering food, dancing and...
Founded by Bette Davis and John Garfield, our service personal were the stars of the Hollywood Canteen, where Hollywood’s finest did service to them – as bartenders, waiters, bus boys and ...
In 1944, Warner Bros. produced a film called Hollywood Canteen. It was a fictionalized account of two soldiers’ experiences at the canteen, in which dozens of stars played themselves, volunteers for the war’s entertainment efforts.
Dec 23, 2016 · Hollywood Canteen (1944) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #HollywoodCanteen The real-life Hollywood Canteen was Tinseltown’s ultimate morale booster for our brave me ...more.
Hollywood Canteen. NR, 2 hr 4 min. RATE MOVIE. On medical leave in Los Angeles to recover from injuries sustained on the Pacific front, Cpl. Slim Green (Robert Hutton) and Sgt. Nolan (Dane Clark) discover the Hollywood Canteen, a USO-inspired club staffed entirely by Hollywood stars.
