# Entertaining the Troops: American Entertainers in World War II

Film clips of World War II-era performances for U.S. troops, plus new interviews and a reunion of Bob Hope's troupe. Includes performances/appearances by Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Frances Langford, the Andrews Sisters, Abbott & Costello, Lena Horne, Carole Landis, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, Danny Kaye, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Larry Adler, Kay Kaiser, Cass Daley, Irving Berlin, Mel Blanc, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, and Edward G. Robinson. Interviewees include Dorothy Lamour, Frances Langford, Mel Blanc, and Maxene Andrews. OTA broadcast recorded to VHS in 1989, and digitized to Lagarith AVI and transcoded to H.264 MP4 in 2020. This film is available in higher quality for online streaming at https://www.fandor.com/films/entertaining_the_troops

- Kind: Documentary
- Year: 1989
- By: Robert Mugg
- Genres: Comedy, War, Documentary, Music
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Entertaining.the.Troops)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/Entertaining.the.Troops?play=1)