Stage Door Canteen (film)
Stage Door Canteen is a 1943 American World War II film with musical numbers and other entertainment interspersed with dramatic scenes by a largely unknown cast. The film was produced by Sol Lesser's Principal Artists Productions and directed by Frank Borzage. The film features many celebrity cameo appearances but primarily relates a simple drama set in the famed New York City restaurant and nightclub for American and Allied servicemen. Six bands are featured. The score and the original song, "We Mustn't Say Goodbye", were nominated for Academy Awards.
Theatrical release poster
Katharine Hepburn and Cheryl Walker in Stage Door Canteen
Cheryl Walker and William Terry
Lon McCallister and Michael Harrison are served by Katharine Cornell, Aline MacMahon and Dorothy Fields
Sol Lesser was an American film producer. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961.
Sol Lesser ca. 1920
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