Hollywood (Jan - Mar 1943)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

Bette Davis, president, and John Garfield, vice-president, examine blueprints for the Hollywood Canteen. The two stars worked hard and diligently to realize their dream ■ Hollywood's war effort never ceases. In addition to strenuous bond tours, salvage campaigns and army camp tours, the big and small of movieland have contrived still another way to help. The newly opened Hollywood Canteen is being "operated as a recreation center for U. S. servicemen. Together with Bette Davis and John 22 Garfield, every unattached star and starlet has pitched in to put the project over. A visit to the Canteen will find million dollar stars eagerly and untiringly washing dishes, waiting on tables, dancing long weary hours — all in a unified effort to make America's fighting men feel at home. It is justifiably Hollywood's pride and joy. ■ Mammoth-sized Laird Cregar and a petite hostess relax a moment before the crowd arrives HOLLYWOOD Ak