Stage Door Canteen

(1943)

132 minutes.

Directed by Frank Borzage

Cast: Count Basie, Ralph Bellamy, Ray Bolger, Helen Hayes, Katherine Hepburn, George Jessel, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harpo Marx, Ethel Merman, Ralph Morgan, Merle Oberon, George Raft, Johnny Weissmuller and Ed Wynn

Film / Musical

Dakota, a young soldier on a pass in New York City , visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater 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.