HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN

Hollywood Canteen
Warner Bros., 1944, B/W, 124 minutes, ***
Released December, 1944

Joan Leslie is at her best in this fun-filled all-star extravaganza. Another of those cast lists that includes everyone in Hollywood! Among the stars is the legendary Bette Davis, who nearly single-handedly built the Hollywood Canteen. The film was, no doubt, a proud moment for her as it celebrates the Hollywood Canteen, which offered a home away from home for thousands of G.I.s durning the war years. A really sweet film packed with music, comedy and moist eyes from one end to the other. Loads of fun!

Produced by: Alex Gottlieb
Executive Producer: Jack L. Warner
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Original Screen Play by: Delmer Daves
Musical Numbers Created and Directed by: LeRoy Prinz
"Don't Fence Me In" (by) Cole Porter; "Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart" (by) Ted Koehler and M. K. Jerome; "You Can Always Tell a Yank" (by) E. Y. Harburg and Burton Lane; "We're Having a Baby" (by) Harold Adamson, Vernon Duke; "What Are You Doin' the Rest of Your Life" (by) Ted Koehler and Burton Lane; "The General Jumped at Dawn" (by) Larry Neal and Jimmy Mundy; "Gettin' Corns for My Country" (by) Jean Barry, Leah Worth and Dick Charles; "Voodoo Moon" (by) Obdulio Morales, Julio Blanco and Marion Sunshine; "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" (by) Bob Nolan
Music Adapted by: Ray Heindorf
Musical Director: Leo F. Forbstein
Art Director: Leo Kuter
Set Decorations: Casey Roberts
Wardrobe by: Milo Anderson
Makeup Artist: Perc Westmore
Sound by: Oliver S. Garretson, Charles David Forrest
Director of Photography: Bert Glennon
Film Editor: Christian Nyby

Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Song ("Sweet Dreams Sweetheart"), Best Score - Musical (Ray Heindorf) and Best Sound Recording

Cast: Joan Leslie [Herself], Dane Clark [Sergeant Nowland], Robert Hutton [Corporal "Slim" Green], Janis Paige [Angela], Jonathan Hale [Mr. Brodel], Barbara Brown [Mrs. Brodel], Mark Stevens, Richard Erdman [Soldiers on Deck], James Flavin [Marine Sergeant], Eddie Marr [Dance Director], Theodore von Eltz [Director], Ray Teal [Captain], Rudy Friml [Orchestra Leader], George Turner [Tough Marine], Sally Sweetland [singing voice of Joan Leslie], Andrews Sisters, 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, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Ida Lupino, Irene Manning, Nora Martin, Joan McCracken, Dolores Moran, Dennis Morgan, Eleanor Parker, William Prince, Joyce Reynolds, John Ridgely, Roy Rogers and Trigger, S. Z. Sakall, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Barbara Stanwyck, Craig Stevens, Joseph Szigeti, Donald Woods, Jane Wyman, Jimmy Dorsey and His Band, Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra, Golden Gate Quartet, Rosario and Antonio, Sons of the Pioneers [Guests]

Musical Program: [0:00] Hollywood Canteen (sung by The Andrews Sisters behind titles); [0:05] Home on the Range (played on accordion in background); [0:15] What Are You Doin' the Rest of Your Life (sung and danced by Jack Carson and Jane Wyman with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchetra); [0:20] The General Jumped at Dawn (sung by Golden Gate Quartet); [0:26] We're Having a Baby (sung by Eddie Cantor and Nora Martin with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchetra); [0:34] Tumblin' Tumbleweeds (sung by Sons of the Pioneers); [0:36] Don't Fence Me In (sung by Roy Rogers with Sons of the Pioneers, danced by Trigger); [0:44] Gettin' Corns For My Country (sung by The Andrews Sisters with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchetra); [0:47] Don't Fence Me In (sung by The Andrews Sisters with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchetra); [0:53] You Can Always Tell a Yank (sung by Dennis Morgan and Chorus with Jummy Dorsey and His Orchestra, then sung by Joe E. Brown with Chorus); [0:59] Don't Fence Me In (instrumental arrangement played by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, danced by Dane Clark and Joan Crawford); [1:13] Sweet Dreams Sweetheart (sung by by Sally Sweetland dubbing for Joan Leslie, joined by Chorus); [1:29] Ballet in Jive (danced by Joan McCracken and Ensemble); [1:37] The Bee ("Die Biene") (by Franz Schubert) (violin solo by Joseph Szigeti); [1:42] "The Souvenir" played by Joseph Szigeti and Jack Benny (comedy number); [1:47] Voodoo Moon (instrumental played by Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra); [1:51] unidentified instrumental number (danced by Rosario and Antonio); [1:57] Sweet Dreams Sweetheart (sung by by Kitty Carlisle); Various instrumental numbers played by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra for dancing at the canteen.