Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

1944 | 2h 4m | War, Musical | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

A young GI named Slim meets and falls in love with leading lady Joan Leslie at a star-staffed servicemen's club.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Delmer Daves

CAST

Joan Leslie

Robert Hutton

Dane Clark

Laverne Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Patricia Andrews

Jack Benny

Joe E. Brown

Eddie Cantor

Kitty Carlisle

Jack Carson

Joan Crawford

Helmut Dantine

Bette Davis

Faye Emerson

Victor Francen

John Garfield

Sydney Greenstreet

Alan Hale

Paul Henreid

Peter Lorre

Ida Lupino

Irene Manning

Joan McCracken

Dolores Moran

Dennis Morgan

Eleanor Parker

Joyce Reynolds

Roy Rogers

S.Z. Sakall

Zachary Scott

Alexis Smith

Barbara Stanwyck

Joseph Szigeti

Donald Woods

Jane Wyman

Jimmy Dorsey

PRODUCERS

Alex Gottlieb

Jack L. Warner

WRITERS

Delmer Daves

Host Intros

08:51
Never Surrender: World War Two In The Movies -- Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Intro Aired: May 2019
Introduction and comments following Hollywood Canteen, 1944, with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz and author Lynne Olson.
01:29
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Intro Aired: May 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Hollywood Canteen, 1944.

Related Videos

04:14
Hollywood Canteen (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Gettin' Corns For My Country
Clip
Patty Andrews is rescued from a gung-ho marine (James Flavin) by Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre, joining sisters Laverne and Maxene for a tune by Jean Barry, Leah Worth and Dick Charles, in Warner Bros' tribute to the wartime volunteer project, Hollywood Canteen, 1944.
03:42
Hollywood Canteen (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Dead Ringer For Joan Crawford
Clip
As fictional Sgt. Nolan, Dane Clark is transfixed by young Janis Paige (who was a popular regular attraction at the real club) who won't give up her name, then having better luck with Joan Crawford, in the Warner Bros' story about the Hollywood Canteen, 1944.
03:21
Hollywood Canteen (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought You Were Ann Sheridan
Clip
The original Hollywoodland sign appears in a montage of wartime Hollywood, as soldiers Slim and Nolan (Robert Hutton, Dane Clark) begin their adventure, Joe E. Brown the first celebrity met, early in the Warner Bros' salute to the movie industry morale project, Hollywood Canteen, 1944.
03:55
Hollywood Canteen (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Kiss Giver-Outer
Clip
In Bert Glennon's camera, Joan Leslie surely never looked prettier, as Bette Davis, "president" of the operation, and John Garfield, a leading volunteer, bend the rules so she can give a smooch to smitten G.I. "Slim" (Robert Hutton), in the Warner Bros' tale about the Hollywood Canteen, 1944.
Hollywood Canteen -- (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Half of Hollywood pitches in to help a serviceman and a starlet find love at the Hollywood Canteen (1944)

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