Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Hollywood Canteen" in English language version.
When John Garfield sat down for that commissary lunch with Bette Davis, he told her about what he had seen in New York—and of his strong belief that Hollywood must have its own Canteen as soon as possible.
As Davis and Garfield envisioned the Canteen, it would be open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. How in the world, asked the Victory Committee, James Cagney especially, could such an operation feature Hollywood celebrities without burning them out completely, or, worse, over-exposing them to the servicemen: pressing too much flesh in person, that is, hence diminishing the value, the magical presence, of the Hollywood star?
The Hollywood Victory Committee, led by Jimmy Cagney, insisted that Davis's policy of calling stars herself was inappropriate and that henceforth she would have to go through the committee to get celebrities to show up.
A big fellow on shore patrol for the Navy, assured he was divulging no military secret, estimated there were 1,000 men inside the Canteen and 15,000 or more jammed outside on Sunset Boulevard, in the heart of the film capital. The Canteen holds only 1,000 at a time.
Of course one sailor fainted dead away when he discovered it was Lamour he danced with and a soldier came down with whistling hiccoughs when Irene Dunne passed him the sandwiches and Cregar got stuck for two hours between tables, but those things are expected.
In addition, hundreds of WACs, WAVES and SPARS joined with the movie celebrities in the celebration.
Inspired by, and in a measure patterned after, New York's Stage Door Canteen, the Hollywood Canteen first took form in the minds of Bette Davis and John Garfield late last summer.
Well, 42 Hollywood guilds and unions are involved in the effort. Everyone works for free, of course. Jules Stein, head of Music Corporation of America, is treasurer. He accepts donations and handles the various moneys involved.
Hollywood – Movie-town newsreel: The celebrated Stage Door Canteen in Manhattan, where stars in all branches of show business entertain men in uniform—and only men in uniform—will have a counter-part here. Bette Davis and John Garfield are the organizers.
It means that the Hollywood Canteen, founded by Bette Davis and John Garfield, is a real success because these same stars have demonstrated what a good job they can do of playing host or hostess, of dishwashing, floor-mopping and acting as busboy.
Do you want to know how the Hollywood Canteen got started? About four months ago, John Garfield bumped into Bette Davis in the Green Room of the Warner studio.
Bette Davis will finally get her stage door canteen, only it will be called 'The Hollywood Canteen' and will be run independently, even though it is affiliated with the theater wing.
Bette Davis was elected to a third term as president of the Hollywood canteen by the board of directors.
Almost single-handed she organized the Hollywood Canteen, which is modelled after the New York Stage Door Canteen, and will provide an entertainment center for men in uniform.
In the meantime, she pauses long enough to become president of the Hollywood Canteen. Got out of a sick bed to attend the opening.
Miss Davis, you know, is a rather energetic young woman. She doesn't waste any time. Neither does Mr. Garfield. In a few days the plan for a canteen in Hollywood was launched.
The Rio Grande hall, seating 1,000, off Sunset near Cahuenga, accessible to bus and street car, is the site selected. Bette Davis has done a tremendous amount of work in making the canteen possible. The proceeds from The Talk of the Town next Saturday night go to the maintenance of the canteen.
There were few dry eyes as the last song was sung in the famed building that had entertained 3,000,000 service men and women.
Scores of unions representing almost every craft in the movie business let down all the bars and bans and worked together under the leadership of Bette Davis to grab over $5000 from the premiere-party of the Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman comedy, The Talk of the Town.
Instead of going to bed, she went to bat...for the Hollywood canteen and accomplished an almost-impossible task. She got 42 jealous unions to sit down at one table and revise their by-laws so that soldiers and sailors could have every form of entertainment free here in Hollywood.
Movieland outdid itself tonight in dedicating a stupendously remodeled building, formerly housing a nightclub called the Barn, as the Hollywood Canteen.
Saturday night, for the opening wedge of the Hollywood Canteen, she was just the hired help. If ever there was a whirling dervish, Bette was it.
Bette Davis returned to her Laguna Beach retreat after getting out of a sick bed to make certain that her 'baby', the Hollywood Canteen, got off to a good start.
The Hollywood Canteen committee gave a luncheon at the Ambassador Hotel for leading merchants of Los Angeles, who are expected to donate various supplies for the Canteen which opens officially next Saturday. Irene Dunne presided; and one of the speakers she introduced was Chief Aviation Machinist A. J. Winchell, who was in the Battle of Midway.
'I sat down at a table and a girl came along with a trayful of cigarets. I did a double take because I thought I recognized her and, sure enough, it was Bette Davis. She gives me a big smile and says hello and she's awful friendly. Later I hear she's chairman of the Canteen and did most of the work getting it started.'
Marlene Dietrich, her hair disheveled, was sweeping the floor of the Canteen near closing time. A soldier approached, took the broom out of her hands, started sweeping, and said: 'Look, honey, you have to do this enough at home.'
Miss Davis and Actor John Garfield collaborated on the idea of establishing a canteen in Hollywood, an all-out effort of the film industry to entertain the service men.
Sgt. Carl Bell, from Rising Star, Tex., was the 1,000,000th man to visit the Hollywood canteen.
Miss Davis answered without hesitation, 'Of course not, let them dance if they want to.'
Inscribed will be the names of Clark Gable, Jack Ford, Robert Montgomery, William Wyler, James Stewart, Victor Mature and about 200 other film workers who are serving their country in uniforms. Industry now has more than 6,000 representatives in the armed forces.
So John Garfield, Jimmy Cagney, Olivia deHavilland, Ida Lupino and Miss D. have donated their salaries for bits in Thank Your Lucky Stars to its exchequer. By being hep-cats, Bette and the rest raised $50,000.
The 100,000 boys who attend each month consume 4,000 loaves of bread, 50,000 half-pints of milk, 400 pounds of butter, 1,500 pounds of coffee, 2,500 pounds of meat and 75,000 packs of cigarettes.
In October Warner Brothers expect to present the Hollywood Canteen with another check for $80,000, bringing the studio's contributions to the canteen to approximately $390,000.
When the guild was free, more than 1200 showed up daily. Now less than 400 appear every day.
I think that eventually she will decide on a factory where disabled veterans will be able to earn their way in life.
During its operation, it accumulated considerable funds, largely through sharing in the profits of two motion pictures, Stage Door Canteen and Hollywood Canteen, and in the last 20 years, it has donated nearly $1,000,000 to veterans hospitals and various philanthropic organizations.
Only a handful of spectators were on hand Tuesday when a bulldozer operator began reducing it to rubble.
Some veteran had changed the movable letters on the menu sign to read, 'Goodbye, Mom Lehr. God bless our happy home, if we can find one. Two million boys.'
Bette Davis, founder and president of the Hollywood Canteen, receives the War Department's award for Meritorious Service from Brig. Gen. Robert M. Cannon for her outstanding efforts in behalf of the canteen.
Actress Bette Davis will be decorated by the Defense Department Saturday for her 'dedicated, continuing support of the American armed forces,' it was announced today.
The romances depicted in this film were fictitious, but they provided a framework for numerous New York and Hollywood thespians to make cameo guest appearances.
Yet whereas the USO was segregated, with separate clubs for white and Negro soldiers, the Hollywood Canteen, like the East Coast Stage Door Canteen, was as open and integrated as possible at the time.
In this fascinating, 'revealing glimpse behind the image' (Los Angeles Times) narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, director J. David Riva pays tribute to his world-renowned grandmother.
The Canteen was the brainchild of actor John Garfield, a 'flag-waving socialist' unable to enlist because of a heart condition, and Bette Davis, the so-called 'fourth Warner Brother' and reigning queen of the studio.
Started by Bette Davis and others in 1942, the canteen on Cahuenga Boulevard became a fixture in Hollywood, during World War II.
More than a dozen carpentry-savvy Navy Seabees with the 93rd Battalion built hundreds of bunk beds, enlarged Lehr's house and erected other structures on the property to accommodate up to 1,000 military guests.
Yet whereas the USO was segregated, with separate clubs for white and Negro soldiers, the Hollywood Canteen, like the East Coast Stage Door Canteen, was as open and integrated as possible at the time.
Bette Davis returned to her Laguna Beach retreat after getting out of a sick bed to make certain that her 'baby', the Hollywood Canteen, got off to a good start.
During its operation, it accumulated considerable funds, largely through sharing in the profits of two motion pictures, Stage Door Canteen and Hollywood Canteen, and in the last 20 years, it has donated nearly $1,000,000 to veterans hospitals and various philanthropic organizations.
Actress Bette Davis will be decorated by the Defense Department Saturday for her 'dedicated, continuing support of the American armed forces,' it was announced today.
The 30-year-old building was owned until 1945 by the estate of Dustin Farnum, silent film great.
Yet whereas the USO was segregated, with separate clubs for white and Negro soldiers, the Hollywood Canteen, like the East Coast Stage Door Canteen, was as open and integrated as possible at the time.
As Davis and Garfield envisioned the Canteen, it would be open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. How in the world, asked the Victory Committee, James Cagney especially, could such an operation feature Hollywood celebrities without burning them out completely, or, worse, over-exposing them to the servicemen: pressing too much flesh in person, that is, hence diminishing the value, the magical presence, of the Hollywood star?
Forty percent of the film's gross receipts were to be donated to the Hollywood Canteen.
Started by Bette Davis and others in 1942, the canteen on Cahuenga Boulevard became a fixture in Hollywood, during World War II.
More than a dozen carpentry-savvy Navy Seabees with the 93rd Battalion built hundreds of bunk beds, enlarged Lehr's house and erected other structures on the property to accommodate up to 1,000 military guests.
Started by Bette Davis and others in 1942, the canteen on Cahuenga Boulevard became a fixture in Hollywood, during World War II.
In addition, hundreds of WACs, WAVES and SPARS joined with the movie celebrities in the celebration.
Inspired by, and in a measure patterned after, New York's Stage Door Canteen, the Hollywood Canteen first took form in the minds of Bette Davis and John Garfield late last summer.
Well, 42 Hollywood guilds and unions are involved in the effort. Everyone works for free, of course. Jules Stein, head of Music Corporation of America, is treasurer. He accepts donations and handles the various moneys involved.
The Canteen was the brainchild of actor John Garfield, a 'flag-waving socialist' unable to enlist because of a heart condition, and Bette Davis, the so-called 'fourth Warner Brother' and reigning queen of the studio.
Bette Davis will finally get her stage door canteen, only it will be called 'The Hollywood Canteen' and will be run independently, even though it is affiliated with the theater wing.
Bette Davis was elected to a third term as president of the Hollywood canteen by the board of directors.
Almost single-handed she organized the Hollywood Canteen, which is modelled after the New York Stage Door Canteen, and will provide an entertainment center for men in uniform.
In the meantime, she pauses long enough to become president of the Hollywood Canteen. Got out of a sick bed to attend the opening.
Yet whereas the USO was segregated, with separate clubs for white and Negro soldiers, the Hollywood Canteen, like the East Coast Stage Door Canteen, was as open and integrated as possible at the time.
Scores of unions representing almost every craft in the movie business let down all the bars and bans and worked together under the leadership of Bette Davis to grab over $5000 from the premiere-party of the Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman comedy, The Talk of the Town.
Instead of going to bed, she went to bat...for the Hollywood canteen and accomplished an almost-impossible task. She got 42 jealous unions to sit down at one table and revise their by-laws so that soldiers and sailors could have every form of entertainment free here in Hollywood.
Movieland outdid itself tonight in dedicating a stupendously remodeled building, formerly housing a nightclub called the Barn, as the Hollywood Canteen.
Bette Davis returned to her Laguna Beach retreat after getting out of a sick bed to make certain that her 'baby', the Hollywood Canteen, got off to a good start.
The Hollywood Canteen committee gave a luncheon at the Ambassador Hotel for leading merchants of Los Angeles, who are expected to donate various supplies for the Canteen which opens officially next Saturday. Irene Dunne presided; and one of the speakers she introduced was Chief Aviation Machinist A. J. Winchell, who was in the Battle of Midway.
Marlene Dietrich, her hair disheveled, was sweeping the floor of the Canteen near closing time. A soldier approached, took the broom out of her hands, started sweeping, and said: 'Look, honey, you have to do this enough at home.'
Miss Davis and Actor John Garfield collaborated on the idea of establishing a canteen in Hollywood, an all-out effort of the film industry to entertain the service men.
More than a dozen carpentry-savvy Navy Seabees with the 93rd Battalion built hundreds of bunk beds, enlarged Lehr's house and erected other structures on the property to accommodate up to 1,000 military guests.
Sgt. Carl Bell, from Rising Star, Tex., was the 1,000,000th man to visit the Hollywood canteen.
Miss Davis answered without hesitation, 'Of course not, let them dance if they want to.'
Inscribed will be the names of Clark Gable, Jack Ford, Robert Montgomery, William Wyler, James Stewart, Victor Mature and about 200 other film workers who are serving their country in uniforms. Industry now has more than 6,000 representatives in the armed forces.
So John Garfield, Jimmy Cagney, Olivia deHavilland, Ida Lupino and Miss D. have donated their salaries for bits in Thank Your Lucky Stars to its exchequer. By being hep-cats, Bette and the rest raised $50,000.
In October Warner Brothers expect to present the Hollywood Canteen with another check for $80,000, bringing the studio's contributions to the canteen to approximately $390,000.
When the guild was free, more than 1200 showed up daily. Now less than 400 appear every day.
I think that eventually she will decide on a factory where disabled veterans will be able to earn their way in life.
During its operation, it accumulated considerable funds, largely through sharing in the profits of two motion pictures, Stage Door Canteen and Hollywood Canteen, and in the last 20 years, it has donated nearly $1,000,000 to veterans hospitals and various philanthropic organizations.
Only a handful of spectators were on hand Tuesday when a bulldozer operator began reducing it to rubble.
Some veteran had changed the movable letters on the menu sign to read, 'Goodbye, Mom Lehr. God bless our happy home, if we can find one. Two million boys.'
The 30-year-old building was owned until 1945 by the estate of Dustin Farnum, silent film great.
Actress Bette Davis will be decorated by the Defense Department Saturday for her 'dedicated, continuing support of the American armed forces,' it was announced today.
