Hugh Herbert

This delightfully sentimental movie documents (via a fictional tale) the real-life story of New York City’s Stage Door Canteen, an east coast version of the Hollywood Canteen, where soldiers were entertained by stage and screen stars of the era.

Stage Door Canteen -- A war time romance bloomes in WWII between canteen hostess Eileen and visiting soldier Dakota at New York's famous Stage Door Canteen. Their story provides the backdrop for showing the greatest film, stage, comedy, and musical actors of the day performing multiple plays, acts, and musical numbers, or serving drinks and food to U.S. servicemen at this famous non-profit establishment. See the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Helen Hayes, Kenny Baker, Ralph Bellamy, Charlie McCarthy, Ray Bolger, Tallulah Bankhead, Jean Hersholt, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harpo Marx, Johnny Weissmuller, and many more in this star-studded production. At the time, profits for this film were entirely donated to various wartime fundraising efforts.

A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show in this amusing and entertaining musical starring Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee Joan Blondell ("Grease," "The Champ") and Dick Powell ("42nd Street" "Murder My Sweet"). Trouble brews when a religious millionaire declares war against "filthy" entertainment. Co-starring Ruby Keeler ("42nd Street").

When a shot intended for her philandering boyfriend accidentally hits a judge in the behind, a tough-talking saloon singer (pinup girl Betty Grable) is forced to hide out in a new town, where she poses as the local schoolteacher. Cesar Romero (who later became famous as the gaping Joker on TV's "Batman") also stars in this Wild West musical comedy directed by Preston Sturges.

When they come across an sudden inheritance, small-town store clerk Ernie Finch (Henry Morgan), his wife (Virginia Grey) and her sister (Dona Drake) splurge on a trip to the Big Apple, where they soon encounter some cagey characters who hope to part the wide-eyed bumpkins from their money. But the penny-pinching Finch proves to be a cunning match for even the slickest New York operators. Richard Fleischer directs this delightful comedy.

High school sweethearts Tom Walker (George Montgomery) and Carol Maynard (Dorothy Lamour) meet again in their old hometown, after following very different paths in life: Carol has become a famous model, and ex-football star Tom is now a minister. While Carol tries to save her uncle's boarding house from foreclosure, she also resumes her romance with Tom -- which piques the interest of the local bishop (Charles Laughton), who's also Tom's boss.

During World War II, New York's Stage Door Canteen served as a friendly stop for off-duty soldiers. This star-studded romance tells the tale of Eileen (Cheryl Walker), a Canteen hostess who defies policy and falls for soldier Dakota Smith (William Terry). As the love affair unfolds, dozens of Hollywood's brightest stars appear as themselves, including Katharine Hepburn, Ed Wynn, Johnny Weissmuller, Ethel Merman, Harpo Marx and Gypsy Rose Lee.

A war time romance bloomes in WWII between canteen hostess Eileen and visiting soldier Dakota at New York's famous Stage Door Canteen. Their story provides the backdrop for showing the greatest film, stage, comedy, and musical actors of the day performing multiple plays, acts, and musical numbers, or serving drinks and food to U.S. servicemen at this famous non-profit establishment. See the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Helen Hayes, Kenny Baker, Ralph Bellamy, Charlie McCarthy, Ray Bolger, Tallulah Bankhead, Jean Hersholt, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harpo Marx, Johnny Weissmuller, and many more in this star-studded production. At the time, profits for this film were entirely donated to various wartime fundraising efforts.

A war time romance bloomes in WWII between canteen hostess Eileen and visiting soldier Dakota at New York's famous Stage Door Canteen. Their story provides the backdrop for showing the greatest film, stage, comedy, and musical actors of the day performing multiple plays, acts, and musical numbers, or serving drinks and food to U.S. servicemen at this famous non-profit establishment. See the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Helen Hayes, Kenny Baker, Ralph Bellamy, Charlie McCarthy, Ray Bolger, Tallulah Bankhead, Jean Hersholt, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harpo Marx, Johnny Weissmuller, and many more in this star-studded production. At the time, profits for this film were entirely donated to various wartime fundraising efforts.

A soldier on leave in New York goes to the Stage Door Canteen where they put on a show for servicemen during the War. He meets a pretty hostess and they enjoy the acts together.

Stage Door Canteen -- A soldier on leave in New York goes to the Stage Door Canteen where they put on a show for servicemen during the War. He meets a pretty hostess and they enjoy the acts together.

To win the beautiful Mary's (Anita Louise) affection, cunning Cribs (Alan Mowbray) introduces her husband Edward (Richard Cromwell) to the Demon Rum, which turns him into a raging alcoholic. Luckily, Edward's best friend, William (Buster Keaton), will stop at nothing to save the day. Hugh Herbert also stars in this classic comedy as Frederick Healy, a scatterbrained doctor with the cure for alcoholism.