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Razing at Hollywood Canteen Site
Hollywood officials order razing of the Legrand Theater once home to the Hollywood Canteen and its wartime gatherings. The Legrand’s demolition ends a landmark that hosted Bette Davis, Lana Turner, Betty Hutton and many others entertaining three million service members during 1943 to 1945. The Hollywood Canteen Foundation has since funded veterans charities and a Korean War canteen, with no current need for a Viet Nam era facility.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Legrand
Hollywood Canteen
Los Angles
Lana Turner
Joan Crawford
Bette Davis
Jules Stein
MCA Corporation
New York
Stage Door Canteen
Cahuenga Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Betty Grable
Jane Russell
Paulette Goddard
Ann Sheridan
Elizabeth Taylor
Bob Hope
Danny Kaye
Joe E. Brown
Dinah Shore
Betty Hutton
Kay Kyser
Harry James
Duke Ellington
Bing Crosby
Stein
Miss Davis
Hollywood Canteen Foundation
Florentine Gardens