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Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your Classic Movie guys winding up today our series on the show biz canteens of World War II. Since it was two of Warner Brothers’ biggest stars, Bette Davis and John Garfield (pictured above), who were the inspiration behind The Hollywood Canteen, it seemed only natural that that […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your Classic Movie guys here again to ponder what the Tinseltown version of a World War II “canteen” was like. Yesterday we told of the glories of the 1943 film “Stage Door Canteen — A Soldier’s Story,” and how it’s not to be missed by anyone who wants […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your Classic Movie guys reflecting today on that singular show biz phenomenon of World War II — the “good war” — called the “Canteens.” In strictly military parlance, canteens were post exchanges where soldiers could buy refreshments and provisions at sharply discounted prices. The show biz canteens […]