Stage Door Canteen (1943) on Netflix
Passed19432h 12mComedyRomanceWar
Servicemen on leave in New York visit the Stage Door Canteen, where stars entertain them and women volunteers dance with them. Eileen volunteers, hoping a Hollywood visitor will notice her.
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Plot summary
The women who volunteer at the Stage Door Canteen in New York City give friendly companionship to American and Allied servicemen on leave and act as their dance partners. Romantic fraternization is not allowed. Many of the men are nervous and are headed into combat. Eileen, one of the volunteers, says she joined the Canteen so a Hollywood star in attendance might discover her. Stage and screen celebrities work at the club, and six bands perform there.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- All proceeds from Stage Door Canteen, after producer Sol Lesser's 8.5 percent cut, went to the American Theatre Wing and its allied charities; the film did so well that Lesser turned over $1.5 million, more than $20.5 million in today's money.
- The real Stage Door Canteen in New York was a basement club in the 44th Street Theatre that was too busy receiving servicemen to be used for filming, so its settings were recreated at the Fox Movietone Studio in New York and at RKO Pathé Studios in Los Angeles.
- Stage Door Canteen is the only film appearance of Katharine Cornell, and its performance of "Why Don't You Do Right?" by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra became the first major hit for singer Peggy Lee.
