Stage Door Canteen (1943)




Johnny Weissmuller - Stage Door Canteen




"Dakota" Smith (William Terry), a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and movies appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. Dakota meets a pretty young hostess, Eileen Burke (Cheryl Walker), and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.


Books with substantial mentioning of Stage Door Canteen


Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein and John Griggs
The Films of World War II
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973

Homer Dickens
The Films of Katharine Hepburn
New York, 1971