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Strictly G.I. - Command Performance U.S.A. Pt. 2 of 2, R2 of 2

Reel Number: 221673-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944

Country: USA

Location: California,Hollywood

TC Begins: 05:48:00

TC Ends: 05:58:08

Duration: 00:10:08

Strictly G.I. - Command Performance U.S.A. Pt. 2 of 2, R2 of 2 Army - Navy Screen Magazine #20 Bob Hope introduces Betty Hutton singing Murder She Says. Sings lively at CBS microphone making faces & dancing w/ gestures. Good orchestra accompaniment. She hurries off stage. 05:50:48 Hope: “Yes sir, a vitamin pill w/ legs.” Thanks 370th Army Air Force Band from San Bernardino. 05:51:30 Lana Turner out to mic, exchange jokes about steak & ham. Hope: “Right now I’m bacon.” Calls for porter house steak, comes out w/ army guard. Large steak into frying pan & sound of steak sizzling. Stove taken away. “Fellows, I wish I could cook a big steak for each & every one of you.” All leave stage except Hope. 05:53:39 Judy Garland out to microphone, “Bob, why are men so crazy about sweater girls?” “That’s one mystery I’d like to unravel.” She sings Somewhere Over The Rainbow. 05:56:09 Special graphic effects of radio antenna towers & names of geography regions. Bows & off stage. 05:56:42 Hope sings “Thanks for memory...” w/ different, personal words. Says good-bye sign-off. Orchestra plays as he leaves stage. 05:57:49 Labeling boxes of audio recordings. The End title. WWII Entertainment; Hollywood; Jokes; Communications - Disc Recording; Movie Stars; WW2; 1944; 1940s; Homefront; WW2;

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