Hollywood Canteen

Essentially a filmed concert, the setting is the Hollywood Canteen, a free entertainment club open to servicemen. The Canteen was created as a G. I. morale booster by movie stars Bette Davis and John Garfield during World War II. Many of those cameoing in the film had previously volunteered to work there or provide entertainment. The East Coast counterpart was the Stage Door Canteen in New York City, also celebrated in an RKO film in 1943.

Dane Clark as Sgt. Nolan (Nowland)
Bette Davis as herself
Joan Leslie
Robert Hutton as Cpl. Slim Green
Janis Paige as a studio guide
Betty Brodel as Joan Leslie's sister
Jonathan Hale as Joan Leslie's father
Barbara Brown as Joan Leslie's mother
Eddie Marr as LeRoy Prinz

Guests:

Sons of the Pioneers and Roy Rogers, Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Cantor, Kitty Carlisle, Jack Carson, Joan Crawford, Faye Emerson, Sydney Greenstreet, Alan "Rocky" Hale, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Ida Lupino, Dorothy Malone, Denis Morgan, Eleanor Parker, S Z Sakall, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Wyman, Jimmy Dorsey and The Golden Gate Quartet

(Only the songs performed by Roy Rogers and/or the Sons of the Pioneers are listed.)

Essentially a filmed concert with a story line interwoven: two soldiers on leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before returning to active duty in the South Pacific. Slim Green is the millionth G. I. to enjoy the Canteen and, consequently, wins a date with Joan Leslie. The other G. I. (Sgt. Nolan) gets to dance with Joan Crawford. Canteen founders, Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the Canteen. The soldiers enjoy a variety of musical numbers performed by a host of Hollywood stars. (Wikipedia)

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