

132 minutes
6/24/1943
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.

Cheryl Walker
as Eileen Burke

William Terry
as Dakota Smith

Marjorie Riordan
as Jean

Lon McCallister
as California

Margaret Early
as Ella Sue

Sunset Carson
as Tex

Dorothea Kent
as Mamie

Frederick Brady
as Jersey

Judith Anderson
as Judith Anderson

Kenny Baker
as Kenny Baker

Tallulah Bankhead
as Tallulah Bankhead

Ralph Bellamy
as Ralph Bellamy

Edgar Bergen
as Edgar Bergen

Ray Bolger
as Ray Bolger

Ina Claire
as Ina Claire

Katharine Cornell
as Katharine Cornell

Gracie Fields
as Gracie Fields

Lynn Fontanne
as Lynn Fontanne

Helen Hayes
as Helen Hayes

Katharine Hepburn
as Katharine Hepburn

Hugh Herbert
as Hugh Herbert

Jean Hersholt
as Jean Hersholt

George Jessel
as George Jessel

Gypsy Rose Lee
as Gypsy Rose Lee

Alfred Lunt
as Alfred Lunt

Harpo Marx
as Harpo Marx

Elsa Maxwell
as Elsa Maxwell

Yehudi Menuhin
as Yehudi Menuhin

Ethel Merman
as Ethel Merman

Paul Muni
as Paul Muni

Merle Oberon
as Merle Oberon

George Raft
as George Raft

Lanny Ross
as Lanny Ross

Martha Scott
as Martha Scott

Ethel Waters
as Ethel Waters

Johnny Weissmüller
as Johnny Weissmüller

Ed Wynn
as Ed Wynn

Henry Armetta
as Henry Armetta

Benny Baker
as Benny Baker

Helen Broderick
as Helen Broderick

Lloyd Corrigan
as Lloyd Corrigan

Jane Darwell
as Jane Darwell

William Demarest
as William Demarest

Virginia Field
as Virginia Field
Vinton Freedley
as Vinton

Ann Gillis
as Ann Gillis

Lucile Gleason
as Lucille Gleason

Vera Gordon
as Vera Gordon

Virginia Grey
as Virginia Grey

Sam Jaffe
as Sam Jaffe

Allen Jenkins
as Allen Jenkins

Roscoe Karns
as Roscoe Karns

Tom Kennedy
as Tom Kennedy

Otto Kruger
as Otto Kruger

June Lang
as June Lang

Betty Lawford
as Betty Lawford

Bert Lytell
as Master of Ceremonies

Aline MacMahon
as Aline MacMahon

Horace McMahon
as Horace MacMahon
Helen Menken
as Helen Menken

Peggy Moran
as Peggy Moran

Ralph Morgan
as Ralph Morgan

Alan Mowbray
as Alan Mowbray

Elliott Nugent
as Elliott Nugent

Patrick O'Moore
as Australian

Franklin Pangborn
as Franklin Pangborn

Helen Parrish
as Helen Parrish
Brock Pemberton
as Brock Pemberton

Selena Royle
as Selena Royle
Marion Shockley
as Lillian

Cornelia Otis Skinner
as Cornelia Otis Skinner

Ned Sparks
as Ned Sparks
Bill Stern
as Bill Stern

Arleen Whelan
as Arleen Whelan

May Whitty
as Dame May Whitty

Count Basie
as Count Basie

Xavier Cugat
as Xavier Cugat

Benny Goodman
as Benny Goodman

Kay Kyser
as Kay Kyser

Guy Lombardo
as Guy Lombardo

Freddy Martin
as Freddy Martin

Harry Babbitt
as Kay Kyser Band Singer (uncredited)

Dave Barbour
as Musician (uncredited)
Alice Barry
as Sun Tan Girl (uncredited)
Leah Benner
as Sun Tan Girl (uncredited)
Julie Conway
as Kay Kyser Band Singer (uncredited)

Jane Cowl
as Jane Cowl (uncredited)
Helen Dumas
as Helen (uncredited)
Trudy Erwin
as Kay Kyser Band Singer (uncredited)
Dorothy Fields
as Dorothy Fields (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
as Dubious Army Sergeant (uncredited)

Arlene Francis
as Arlene Francis (uncredited)

Mack Gray
as Waiter (uncredited)
George E. Green
as Freddy Martin Orchestra Member (uncredited)

Eddie Hall
as Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Leonard Harper
as Talent Scout (uncredited)

Edna Mae Harris
as Sun Tan Girl (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt
as Captain Robinson (uncredited)

John James
as Don Brandt (uncredited)
Virginia Kaye
as Virginia Kaye (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
as Marine (uncredited)

Jack Lambert
as Sailor Cutting In with Ina Claire (uncredited)

Gertrude Lawrence
as Gertrude Lawrence (uncredited)

Peggy Lee
as Benny Goodman Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
Maurice Marks
as Jitterbugging Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Martin
as Kay Kyser Band Singer (uncredited)

Sully Mason
as Kay Kyser Band Singer (uncredited)

George Mathews
as Marine Sergeant with Ray Bolger (uncredited)
Marian Moore
as Marian Moore (uncredited)
Elizabeth Morgan
as Elizabeth (uncredited)
Honeychile Perdue
as Sun Tan Girl (uncredited)
Caleb Peterson
as Johnny Jones (uncredited)

Francis Pierlot
as Minister at Jersey's Wedding (uncredited)

Django Reinhardt
as Django Reinhardt (uncredited)
Ruby Richards
as Sun Tan Girl (uncredited)
Verna Richardson
as Sun Tan Girl (uncredited)

Ruth Roman
as Girl (uncredited)

Lina Romay
as Xavier Cugat Orchestra Singer (uncredited)
Johnny Roventini
as Johnny (uncredited)
Mortimer Snerd
as Wooden Dummy (uncredited)
Anne G. Sterling
as Attractive Woman (uncredited)

Arthur Walsh
as Jitterbugging Soldier (uncredited)

Jesse White
as Jesse White (uncredited)
Max Williams
as Kay Kyser Band Singer (uncredited)

Matt Willis
as Sergeant on Train (uncredited)