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Director:
Writer:
Delmer Daves (writer)
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Release Date:
15 December 1944 (USA) more
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Tagline:
62 Stars in Warners' Biggest Ever! more
Plot:
Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Another One For The Boys In Uniform more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
The Andrews Sisters ... Themselves (as Andrews Sisters)

Jack Benny ... Himself
Joe E. Brown ... Himself
Eddie Cantor ... Himself

Kitty Carlisle ... Herself

Jack Carson ... Himself
Dane Clark ... Sergeant Nowland

Joan Crawford ... Herself
Helmut Dantine ... Himself

Bette Davis ... Herself
Faye Emerson ... Herself
Victor Francen ... Himself
John Garfield ... Himself

Sydney Greenstreet ... Himself
Alan Hale ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
124 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Originally conceived by Warner Bros. as a multi-studio (like the actual Hollywood Canteen) WWII effort with rival studios (Fox, Paramount, MGM, etc.) contributing cameo appearances by its stars. But when other studios balked at having performers appear (even though profits were reportedly earmarked for war effort), Warner turned it into a single-studio affair. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When "Slim" is sightseeing in Hollywood at the beginning of the film his infantry division patch (40th Div) is shown on his left shoulder. However, in one scene (right after the swimming pool), the patch is displayed on his right shoulder. more
Quotes:
Jane Wyman: I've been Reagan-ized! more
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Soundtrack:
Souvenir more

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Another One For The Boys In Uniform, 28 August 2007
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

I've got a weak spot when it comes to these all star extravaganzas which can never be again. With the old Hollywood studio system gone there's no place where all this talent can gather under one roof for the same picture. Put a film like this today it would have the budget of a second world country.

The plots of these things are invariably silly, in this one it's GI Robert Hutton becoming the one millionth serviceman to enter the Hollywood Canteen and he gets an all expense weekend there with the girl of his dreams, Warner Brothers star Joan Leslie. That was part of the mythology of the day, if the film were done at Columbia Rita Hayworth might have been the object of Hutton's desires. That one I can believe a little more.

The Hollywood Canteen in real life was the inspiration and personal project of Bette Davis and John Garfield and they preside over the film and it's many guest stars, mostly from the Warner Brothers lot.

One exception to the rule was Roy Rogers who came over from Republic Pictures and brought the Sons of the Pioneers with him. I wonder what Herbert J. Yates got out of Jack Warner for Rogers's services? Anyway Roy gets to introduce the Cole Porter classic Don't Fence Me In in this film.

Later on the Andrews Sisters sing it and they had a big hit record with Don't Fence Me In with Decca though they sang it with a well known crooner from that other studio Paramount for Decca Records.

Joan Crawford made her first appearance at Warner Brothers in this film after leaving MGM. She dances with GI Dane Clark who after seeing combat in the Pacific faints at the realization he's dancing with JOAN CRAWFORD. Those were the days.

Still I love these films so.

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