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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0617742100297
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Critic's Choice
Manufacturer: Critic's Choice
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 2003
Publisher: Critic's Choice
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 135 minutes
Sales Rank: 32852
Studio: Critic's Choice
Theatrical Release Date: 1943
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Three soliders meet three girls at the famous canteen before going overseas in this star-studded film. Featuring apperances by Katharine Hepburn, Helen Hayes, Edgar Bergen, & Harpo Marx. Also featuring the bands of Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo, and Freddy Martin.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Stage Door Canteen - A look back at more innocent times
This review is going to be very critical of and take a lot of the previous reviews of this movie to task. I evidently am way older (74) than most of the reviewers, but if the comments most of the previous reviewers made are any example of the difference between the understanding of what it meant in those WWII days to have patriotism, appreciation of the simpler times during which this WWII and many other similar WWII movies were made, the obvious difficulties in striking a balance between presenting ... Read More
Rating:  - Glad Tidings From The "Good" War
War propaganda comes in all forms, from harsh gung-ho chauvinist to the melodramatic. This film is in the melodramatic form of a patriotic homage to what is now called in the mass media, at least, the "greatest generation", my parents generation during World War II. Here we have a thin story line about three GI's landing at New York's famous Stage Door Canteen to be feted, wined and dined by the toast of the international entertainment world, including Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Ray Bolger (doing a great ... Read More
Rating:  - Variable and corny, but it has some high points
What to make of this wartime, home-front morale movie, which is loaded with star players and character actors? It has a slight story-line about four young American soldiers. They're about to ship overseas any day, but manage to visit the Stage Door Canteen just off Broadway, where the stars entertain, dance and talk with soldiers, cook and serve and wash the dishes. The four, of course, all have states as nicknames. One, the innocent California, longs for his first kiss; Tex meets a down-home girl at the ... Read More
Rating: - Home Front during WWII
I watched "Stage Door Canteen" the other night primarily because Katherine Hepburn was in the cast (as one of many cameo appearances). I must admit that I was having a hard time figuring out her eventual impact on the movie but she played an important role at the end of the film. The basic plot of this film is secondary to the entertainment. However, the two work together well. We see several GI's on leave 24 hours before they ship off. They are directed to the Stage Door Canteen where four-star meals ... Read More
Rating: - Stage Door Canteen
What a delightful music video. So many stars in this movie that one can't count them all. A real classic that everyone should watch with a friend in the military.
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