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Stage Door Canteen Overview:

Stage Door Canteen (1943) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Frank Borzage, Sol Lesser and Barney Briskin.

Academy Awards 1943 --- Ceremony Number 16 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringFrederic E. RichNominated
Best Music - SongMusic by James Monaco; Lyrics by Al DubinNominated
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Stage Door Canteen BlogHub Articles:

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 14, 2016 From 4 Star Films

Director Frank Borzage’s Stage Door Canteen is a gentle-handed piece of propaganda. It plays out rather like a scripted 1940s wartime reality. It’s less a film and more of a historical relic commemorating the eponymous Stage Door Canteen in New York City. Thus, any effort to give it som... Read full article

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 14, 2016 From 4 Star Films

Director Frank Borzage’s Stage Door Canteen is a gentle-handed piece of propaganda. It plays out rather like a scripted 1940s wartime reality. It’s less a film and more of a historical relic commemorating the eponymous Stage Door Canteen in New York City. Thus, any effort to give it som... Read full article

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

By Beatrice on Oct 12, 2014 From Flickers in Time

Stage Door Canteen Directed by Frank Borzage Written by Delmer Daves 1943/USA Sol Lesser Productions First viewing/Netflix rental This is a review of the kind of acts that played, or might have played, at the Stage Door Canteen operated by the leading lights of the Broadway theater in New York ... Read full article

Musical Monday VETERAN’S DAY DOUBLE FEATURE: “Stage Door Canteen” (1943) and “Hollywood Canteen” (1944)

on Nov 11, 2013 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. In honor of Veteran’s Day, Comet Over Hol... Read full article

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Stage Door Canteen Facts
There are two main versions of this movie. One that runs at about 132 minutes and a shorter TV version which runs around the 93 minute mark, the latter of which is the more omnipresent version available.
This movie is in the public domain in many regions and as such has been widely available on video-cassette and DVD in copies of varying quality.
Most of the cameo appearances in this movie were filmed at the RKO Radio Pictures studio at Culver City in California but a few such as Benny Goodman's were filmed in New York City, the home of the real Stage Door Canteen which was located on 44th Street.
According to the book 'The Films of World War II' by Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein & John Griggs, this movie " . . . was a superstar-studded tribute to the American Theater Wing, which had founded and operated the Stage Door Canteen for the purpose of entertaining servicemen in New York City. The canteen received a percentage of the film's profits so 'Stage Door Canteen' was in reality a big benefit . . . a lot of money was raised for the actual Stage Door Canteen." Moreover, in a review, Bosley Crowther at the time wrote in 'The New York Times' that "90 per cent of the profits from this film are to go to the support and advancement of the American Theatre Wing."
The real Stage Door Canteen on 44th Street was unable to be used for the filming as it was still an operating nightclub during World War II. As such, for this movie, it was re-created in the RKO Radio Pictures studio at Culver City in California which wasn't actually in New York.
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