Stage Door Canteen (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Frank Borzage |
| Producer(s) | Frank Borzage, Barney Briskin (associate), Sol Lesser |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | New York |
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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)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Frederic E. Rich | Nominated |
| Best Music - Song | Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by Al Dubin | Nominated |
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Stage Door Canteen (1943)
By 4 Star Film Fan on May 14, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsDirector 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 some... Read full article
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
By 4 Star Film Fan on May 14, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsDirector 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 some... Read full article
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
By Beatrice on Oct 12, 2014 From Flickers in TimeStage 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 HollywoodIt?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 Holly... Read full article
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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 documentary "Showbiz Goes to War" says of this movie: "In 1943, Hollywood glorified New York's Stage Door Canteen in a movie of the same name and the public responded to its wartime sentiments by making it a big box-office attraction because the story was sympathetic to the romantic problems of the hostesses who fell in love with soldiers scheduled to go overseas. Audiences could identify with the theme of wartime separation because they were living it themselves . . . Stage Door Canteen was pure propaganda but it pointed out the loneliness of men and women during the Second World war when Saturday night was the loneliest night of the week."
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