On the whole, this doesn't hold a candle to the genuinely entertaining stars-go-all-out-for-the-war-effort variety film "Thank Your Lucky Stars." But if you keep your finger on the fast forward, especially during the hideously false ordinary-boy-dates-Joan-Leslie episodes, you'll know where to stop. Landmarks include the fleeting moment in which Peter Lorre fondles the metal on a U.S. officer's chest with a memorably insane look in his eyes; the Andrews Sisters singing "Don't Fence Me In" and Eddie Cantor, if you go in for that sort of thing; and last but most of all Broadway dancer Joan McCracken, proving that she taught her husband Bob Fosse every damn thing he ever knew.
Review of Hollywood Canteen
