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A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
The love-struck couple Mitzi and Hal are expelled from school after a prom, where Hal stayed behind and hid in a closet and was found dressed as a girl.
Hal and Mitzi have known each other since they were babies. Tap dancer Hal now works as a window dresser in Blake's Department Store, owned by Mitzi's dad. Mr. Blake hates jazz music and dancing. He refuses to let Mitzi marry Hal, because Hal's ambition is to be a dancer on stage. When Mitzi reveals a secret about Mrs. Blake's past, her father soon changes his tune.
An homage to NYC in the form of a short travelogue.
An insurance salesman persuades his sister to help him meet a radio star so he can sell the celebrity a policy.
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