hollywood canteen

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The Hollywood Canteen operated  between October 3, 1942, and November 22, 1945 as a club offering food, dancing and entertainment for servicemen, usually on their way overseas. A serviceman's ticket for admission was his uniform and everything at the canteen was free of charge.

Stars volunteered to wait on tables, cook in the kitchen and clean up. One of the highlights for a serviceman was to dance with one of the many female celebrities volunteering at the Canteen.

Bette Davis

Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles

Olivia De Havilland

Red Skelton

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney playing the drums

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Eddie Cantor

Red Skelton

Fred McMurray chatting with GI's

Red Skelton signing autographs

Paulette Goddard

Phil Silvers on clarinet

Rosalind Russell and Barbara Stanwyck

Andrews Sisters

Ray Milland

Frank Sinatra

Martha Raye and Ann Sheridan

Roddy McDowell

Marlene Dietrich

Ann Sheridan, Hedda Hopper and Ingrid Bergman

Eddie Cantor and Marlene Dietrich

June Allyson and Gloria DeHaven

Rita Hayworth and Red Skelton

Ava Gardner

Red Skelton, Rita Hayworth

Marlene Dietrich, Bob Hope and Bette Davis

Greer Garson, Artur Rubenstein, Mary Pickford, Basil Rathbone

Cary Grant (rear)

Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye

Ginger Rogers and Fred McMurray

Dinah Shore

Rita Hayworth

Hedy Lamarr

Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen and Hedy Lamarr

Dinah Shore

Ava Gardner

Hedy Lamarr

Bette Davis and Frank Sinatra

Danny Kaye

Red Skelton

Betty Grable

Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore