Hollywood canteen est une meilleure film cree par warner bros. Le film a t produit avec une excellente qualit graphique, meilleur oreille busting qualite sonore et les plus beaux meilleurs acteurs. Joan mccracken celebrity profile check out the latest joan mccracken photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Joan mccracken active 1944 1994 born jan 1, 1922 died jan 1, 1961 genres romance, musical, comedy filmography v. Hollywood canteen jane wyman posters, movie details. It is the story of a south pacific veteran who goes to the hollywood canteen, that famous caravansari for service men, and meets his dream girl, joan leslie. Hollywood canteen 1944, a hodgepodge of music, comedy, romance and star cameos, was all part of warner bros. She also was noted for her performances in the broadway shows bloomer girl 1944, billion dollar baby 1945 and dance me a song 1950, and the films hollywood canteen 1945. The real hollywood canteen was started by john garfield, canteen vicepresident, and bette davis, president. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. See more ideas about hollywood, john garfield and canteen. Celebrity history joan mccracken 19171961 fire island pines.
Mar 09, 2018 hollywood canteen 1944, 6 two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the hollywood canteen before going back to active duty. Hollywood canteen marked the film debut of stage actress joan mccracken. One of them, slim played by robert hutton is the lucky one millionth soldier to enter the canteen. Brown,eddie cantor,kitty carlisle,jack carson,dane clark, joan crawford,helmut dantine,bette davis,faye emerson,victor francen,john garfield,sydney greenstreet,alan hale,paul henreid,robert hutton,andrea king, joan leslie,peter lorre,ida lupino,irene. Nov 15, 2014 the hollywood canteen gives slim the opportunity to kiss joan leslie as noland keeps striking out as a lothario. Joan hume mccracken december 31, 1917 november 1, 1961 was an american dancer, actress, and comedian who became famous for her role as sylvie the girl who falls down in the original 1943 production of oklahoma. Musical numbers hollywood canteen sung by the andrews sisters behind titles. Nolan dane clark discover the hollywood canteen, a usoinspired. When i ran across this dance number in the film hollywood canteen 1944, it made my jaw drop. She also was noted for her performances in the broadway shows bloomer girl 1944, billion dollar baby 1945 and dance me a.
Miss mccracken, who appeared in oklahoma, bloomer girl and billion dollar baby, legally terminated her previous marriage to jack dunphy in 1951. Doug pratt on one of the best of the canteen movies, the films surreal parade of stars, portraying touchyfeely versions of themselves, never ceases to be fascinating, and the movies pace, musical numbers, and contrived dramatic framing device are. Joan crawford danced with servicemen, the andrews sisters gathered corn for their country and roy rogers introduced a cole porter standard while bette davis presided in her most beatific performance. Release hollywood canteen in high quality with movie summary dozens of warner brothers stars come together in this 1940s musicalcomedy in top video format.
Shop joan mccracken bob fosses second wife wearing fishnets in hollywood canteen original 1944 m. Joan mccracken dances to creedence clearwater revival youtube. Bob fosse played by sam rockwell was born in 1927 in chicago, illinois. Hollywood canteen 1944 flickers in timeflickers in time. During wwii, canteen s sprouted up all over the country. The studio cast her in hollywood canteen 1944, an allstar extravaganza in which warner contract players portrayed. Hollywood canteen also has fewer celebrity cameos and musical numbers and more plot while stage door canteen is the opposite. Hollywood canteen 1944 the best part of this is the lindy hop chorus routine beginning at about the 2. According to contemporary news items, the film began production in nov 1943, but a dispute between warner bros.
Its a recount of his speechless admiration every time he sees a famous movie star and of his almost unbearable exuberance when miss. Hollywood canteen is a 1944 american musical romantic comedy film starring joan leslie, robert hutton, and dane clark and distributed by warner bros. The brain child of bette davies and john garfield, the hollywood canteen served up wartime escapism with more than a dollop of movie magic. Lorre,ida lupino,irene manning,nora martin,joan mccracken,dolores moran. Stage door canteen is more of a revue of broadway star while hollywood canteen has all the earmarks of a hollywood film. She also was noted for her performances in the broadway shows bloomer girl 1944, billion dollar baby 1945 and dance me a song 1950, and the films hollywood canteen 1945 and good news 1947. Joan mccracken was more than bob fosses second wife. But in actuality, mccrackens life and career, which were cut tragically short by a fatal heart attack, are a fascinating drama all their own. More than thank your lucky stars, hollywood canteen is a whos who of show business.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Opening in 1942, the canteen only served serviceman, but thats not what made the canteen so specialsee it was entirely staffed by hollywoods entertainment elite. Nov 25, 2016 hollywood canteen starred joan leslie and robert hutton, and featured cameos from many of the stars who volunteered at the canteen. Joan mccracken was a very charming and talented member of the. Gives a pretty good idea how the canteens worked especially the hollywood canteen.
Here she is dancing the number ballet in jive in hollywood canteen. May 30, 2016 hollywood canteen is such a sweet film and you wish joan leslie really did have a romance and marry a soldier. Another cameo shows joan mccracken straight from the musical oklahoma. First national pictures, inc turner entertainment co a corporal wins a date with joan leslie in this salute to the world war ii landmark, the hollywood canteen. The boys are visiting a movie studio, and they witness the filming of a dance number starring joan mccracken with at least 20 other dancers. Aug 25, 2015 two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the hollywood canteen before going back to active duty. A dancer who had worked with martha grahams company, joan simon played by aya cash was the wife of playwrightscreenwriter neil simon, with the pair marrying in the mid1950s and having two.
Doug pratt on one of the best of the canteen movies, the films surreal parade of stars, portraying touchyfeely versions of themselves, never ceases to be fascinating, and the movies pace, musical numbers, and contrived dramatic framing device are breezier than most. Roosevelts third inauguraland the white housefirsts for black performersas well as in period movies. The hollywood celebrities created a version called the hollywood canteen for military personnel to rest, relax and safe entertainment which this film is about those. Pass that peace pipe joan mccracken good news 1947 duration. Marigold cheesecake photo and more music, movie, and tv memorabilia at amazons entertainment collectibles store. Two soldiers slim robert hutton and sargent dane clark are on sick leave spend three nights at the hollywood canteen before going back to active duty. She was an actress, known for good news 1947, claudia. Hollywood canteen starred joan leslie and robert hutton, and featured cameos from many of the stars who volunteered at the canteen. Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at the hollywood. The canteen was the brainchild of actor john garfield, a flagwaving socialist unable to enlist because of a heart condition, and bette davis, the socalled fourth warner brother and. With a little friendly help from john garfield, slim gets to kiss joan leslie, whom he has been dreaming about while in the pacific. In the new miniseries fosseverdon, bob fosses second wife joan mccracken, played by susan misner, is a side character in the saga of fosses complicated relationship with his muse and third wife gwen verdon. The story of a marriage 1952 and hollywood canteen 1944.
Other than her big dance number here, joan mccracken who was in the original cast of. Joan mccracken bob fosses second wife wearing fishnets. First national pictures, inc turner entertainment co a corporal wins a date with joan leslie in this salute to the world war ii landmark. Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the hollywood canteen before going back to active duty. Hollywood canteen the official andrea king website. Joan mccracken was born on december 31, 1917 in philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa. Modeled after, and affiliated with, the stage door canteens founded by the american theatre wing, the hollywood canteen became a haven for servicemena place where they could enjoy entertainment and dancing free of worry or charge. Apr 17, 2019 joan mccracken, musician comedy and television actress, and robert l. During his early teens, he danced as part of an act known as the riff brothers in vaudeville and burlesque circuits, spaces. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. With bette davis, john garfield, the andrews sisters, jack benny. Opening in 1942, the canteen only served serviceman, but thats not what made the canteen so special.
To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, the times does. This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. When slim wins the millionth man contest, part of his prize is a weekend with leslie and the plot just gets sappier and sappier. Hollywood canteen 1944 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sep 16, 2017 the brain child of bette davies and john garfield, the hollywood canteen served up wartime escapism with more than a dollop of movie magic. Hollywood canteen 1944 joan crawford cameo duration. Creedence mashed up with 40s musical telecaster guitar. Creatively entitled hollywood canteen, the plot revolved around two soldiers who spend their three nights leave at the hollywood canteen before going back to active duty.
Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises ballet in jive dance joan mccracken jimmy dorsey hollywood canteen o. Despite both joan and bette davis appearing in the film, they shared no screen time together. What people forget about is the sexiest part of the war effort, operated entirely outside of the auspices of the war board. Hollywood hospitality at the hollywood canteen the.
Learning that slim has a crush on joan leslie, canteen president bette davis. Hollywood canteen 1944 aficatalog american film institute. Though not widely remembered today, mccracken was a trendsetter in musical comedy dance. The hollywood canteen where movie stars were at your service.
She died on november 1, 1961 in new york city, new york, usa. The film was written and directed by delmer daves, and is notable for featuring many stars appearing as themselves in cameo roles. There is not a fairly distinguished song or turn of dialogue in the show, and the story which binds the acts together is an embarrassingly affected affair. Hollywood canteen, variety show, opens at strand house. Having come from broadway and hollywood she had many friends that. But i recently read a biography about bob fosse fosse, and it got me searching out old performance clips of his, which really drove home how much he influenced michael jackson. Joan mccracken dances to creedence clearwater revival. Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the hollywood canteen before. The film was written and directed by delmer daves and received three oscar nominations. Hollywood canteen jane wyman posters, movie details, artwork. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Hollywood canteen 1944 le streaming en ligne film musical.
The east coast counterpart was the stage door canteen, also celebrated in a 1943 film. In the 1950s pines yacht club owner peggy fears invited many celebrities to the pines to experience, and hopefully invest in the new community. Brown,eddie cantor,kitty carlisle,jack carson,dane clark,joan crawford,helmut dantine,bette davis,faye emerson,victor francen,john garfield,sydney greenstreet,alan hale,paul henreid,robert hutton,andrea king,joan leslie,peter. Bob fosses wife joan mccracken was a triplethreat performer both on. The canteen was established so that our boys on leave in tinseltown could have a good time with good food and good dancing and, as a bonus, rub shoulders with their favorite movie. The hollywood celebrities created a version called the hollywood canteen for military personnel to rest, relax and safe entertainment which this film is about those efforts. Celebrity history joan mccracken 19171961 fire island. Davis recognised the importance of the work she had done at the canteen, later saying, there are few accomplishments in my life that i am sincerely proud of. During wwii, canteens sprouted up all over the country. Joan hume mccracken december 31, 1917 november 1, 1961. The west coasts answer to broadways stage door canteen, the hollywood canteen was created as a gi moralebooster by film stars bette davis and john garfield.
Andrea king, joan leslie, robert hutton, lynne baggett and angela greene in hollywood canteen. The story of a marriage 1952 and hollywood canteen. Carmen cavallaro and his orchestra in hollywood canteen 1944 hollywood canteen bette davis. Hollywood hospitality at the hollywood canteen the national. Having come from broadway and hollywood she had many friends that she now invited to see this new found paradise and invest. Leslie was the perfect actress to play the role because she is kind and believable.
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