Stage Door Canteen details
| Format: | U DVD |
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| Starring: | Gracie Fields |
| Director: | Frank Borzage |
| Genre: | Music/Musical - Opera/Operetta, Performing Arts |
| Studio: | ELSTREE HILL ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Stage Door Canteen |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 12 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Not currently released |
| Main languages: | English |
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This One Is Way Past It's Bedtime !
By William. from Nottingham,England. , 20 Jun 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
This movie was made especially for the allies about to go to war in the Pacific,but really mainly for the American forces,about to be shipped out.
The quality of the film was very poor,as you might imagine,but the acting was CORN,CORN,CORNY all the way through. Whoever wrote the script needed a good long suck on a lemon. The only redeeming feature was the amount of stars,who were famous at the time appearing throughout the whole film.Unfortunately,most can only be recognised by us oldies,so would have very little appeal to the younger generation.All in all,very dissapointing,from what,at first glance looked very promising....Thumbs down to this,sorry.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(3)Oh! So Dated
By a customer from Cheshire England , 23 Feb 2009Oh so dated.... but what could I expect when this film was released in 1943.?
I suppose it was good if you wanted to see some of the old stars strutting their stuff. The story line was very weak .
Interesting to see how films have improved over the years/- Was this review helpful to you?
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Propaganda
By FrankIV (513 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 13 Mar 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
Not a very good film, I'm afraid, but of considerable interest. It's set in one of the canteens run during the second world war for members of the armed services at which, from time to time, celebrities would act as waiters and popular entertainers would 'drop in' to perform. How many of the faces and names appearing here would be recognisable to modern audiences I'm not sure: Katherine Hepburn certainly, and Ray Bolger from 'The Wizard of Oz'; possibly Talullah Bankhead, Ethel Merman and Gracie Fields; hopefully Count Basie and Benny Goodman, but that's about it. Of real interest is the way in which Hollywood presents wartime society, the respectful attitude towards celebrity, the ways in which celebrities, including theatrical grandees like the Lunts and Helen Hayes, are put across as regular guys and gals, the relationships between men and women, the fact that the only black faces in the place belong to Count Basie's band, until one black serviceman appears and is served by - guess what? - the only black helper in the place who hadn't appeared until he did. Innocence and ignorance side by side, but relieved by some great moments, such as Yehudi Menuhin playing 'Ave Maria', or a very young and unbilled Peggy Lee singing 'Why don't You Do Right?' with Goodman. I watched alternately fascinated and appalled.- Was this review helpful to you?
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This One Is Way Past It's Bedtime !
By William. from Nottingham,England. , 20 Jun 2006This movie was made especially for the allies about to go to war in the Pacific,but really mainly for the American forces,about to be shipped out.
The quality of the film was very poor,as you might imagine,but the acting was CORN,CORN,CORNY all the way through. Whoever wrote the script needed a good long suck on a lemon. The only redeeming feature was the amount of stars,who were famous at the time appearing throughout the whole film.Unfortunately,most can only be recognised by us oldies,so would have very little appeal to the younger generation.All in all,very dissapointing,from what,at first glance looked very promising....Thumbs down to this,sorry.- Was this review helpful to you?
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