Un cuento de amor

Título original: Stage Door Canteen

1943
Approved
2h 12min

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William Terry and Cheryl Walker in Un cuento de amor (1943)

Dakota, un joven soldado de Nueva York, visita el famoso Stage Door Canteen, donde aparecen famosas estrellas del teatro y las películas y albergan un centro recreativo para militares durant... Leer todoDakota, un joven soldado de Nueva York, visita el famoso Stage Door Canteen, donde aparecen famosas estrellas del teatro y las películas y albergan un centro recreativo para militares durante la guerra.Dakota, un joven soldado de Nueva York, visita el famoso Stage Door Canteen, donde aparecen famosas estrellas del teatro y las películas y albergan un centro recreativo para militares durante la guerra.

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6.2/10

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Nominado a 2 premios Óscar
- 2 nominaciones en total

Trivia
The real Stage Door Canteen at 216 W. 44th St., Times Square, was unable to be used for filming, as it was still an operating nightclub during World War II. As such, for this movie, it was re-created at R.K.O. Radio Pictures studios in Culver City, California.

Citas
Katharine Hepburn: He knows what he's fighting for. He's fighting for the kind of world in which you and he can live together in happiness and peace and love. Don't ever think about quitting. Don't ever stop for a minute... working, fighting,praying until we've got that kind of a world. For you, for him, for your children... for the whole human race. Days without end. Amen.

Créditos curiosos
All rights granted by the American Theater Wing which gratefully acknowledges and credits the producers, stars and members of all the theatrical unions, guilds, crafts and associations for their participation in the creation and continuance of the original Stage Door Canteen.

Versiones alternativas
There are two versions of this film --- one that runs two hours and twelve minutes, and a shorter television version, which runs one hour and thirty-three minutes (93 minutes), which is the most common one available.

Conexiones
Featured in Gotta Dance, Gotta Sing (1982)

Bandas sonoras
The Girl I Love to Leave Behind
(1943)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung and Danced by Ray Bolger (uncredited)
Reprised as dance music near the end

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mixed bag of period performance and quick cameos

In wartime, a group of soldiers stop off at a canteen before they are posted to heaven knows where. In this canteen they are entertained and served by luminaries from stage and screen (so much fun for the viewer spotting big names in little roles). The soldiers (California, Dakota, and Tex) are the lynchpins who carry the paper-thin story around delightful performances from the likes of Ethel Merman, Ray Bolger, Gracie Fields, Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee, Kay Kyser, Xavier Cugat, and Count Basie.

Blink and you might miss (a few names for a taster) Tallulah Bankhead, Ina Claire, Judith Anderson, Aline MacMahon, Katherine Cornell, the Lunts, George Jessel, Ed Wynn, Ralph Bellamy, George Raft, May Whitty, Harpo Marx, Ned Sparks, and Dorothy Fields. You'll remember Katharine Hepburn as she goes all patriotic at the end of the movie.

Is it a good film? Probably not, but it is certainly historically interesting and probably has the most big names in one movie. The three soldier boys stand for all their compatriots who went to war'during both that conflict and the ones which followed. They aren't glorified, but are simply depicted as young lads who like dancing with girls and being treated with courtesy. We may never know what happens to California, Dakota, and Tex (and millions like them) but 'Stage Door Canteen' gives you a bit of their lives, and a snapshot of the wartime canteen.