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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
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.
A similar movie called Hollywood Canteen would follow this film a year after it was released. Hollywood Canteen was similar in concept but not a sequel to this film.
A modern source lists Billy Gilbert in the cast, but he was not seen in the movie.
Allen Jenkins who is the MC near the end of the film was the voice for cartoon character Officer Dibble on the cartoon series Top Cat about 20 years later.
The film's storyline of a G.I.'s romance with a Canteen girl named Irene was inspired by the song, "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen", written by Irving Berlin, and recorded in 1942 by singer Kenny Baker (who appears in this film). The opening lyrics of the song are, "I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen / I left it there with a girl named Irene."
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