A CBS Playhouse Radio Broadcast recording in Hollywood, California. Vocal Gospel group The Charioteers sing on a stage. They do several takes of the song "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers". Close-ups of members of the group including Billy Williams (lead tenor), Eddie Jackson (second tenor), Ira Williams (baritone), Howard Daniel (bass). A crowd applauds.
Famous Hollywood personalities on stage holding scripts as they prepare for a radio broadcast before an audience of U.S. military personnel during World War 2. . Seen are Fred MacMurray, Rita Hayworth, Ginnie Simms and Lou Holz (with Don Wilson behind them). Camera focuses on MacMurray and Hayworth, as they stand listening intently to someone (unseen) who seems to be giving them directions. Then, they applaud, even shaking the scripts as they clap their hands. Next, Camera focuses on Rita Hayworth listening to the director. She looks at the script and applauds. Camera focuses on MacMurray, who listens again to director. Then camera focuses on Simms and Holz with Wilson between and behind them. The three of them converse momentarily, and then break into applause. Camera shows them again seemingly conversing with the director. Next, the audience is shown, consisting of Servicemen in uniform, and friends. They listen and applaud. View of the broadcast studio control room, with two U.S. Army officers there, one of whom is speaking. He wears a U.S. Army Service Forces Shoulder patch. He motions with his hand as it to signal the start of the broadcast. (Perhaps he was the unseen director.)
African American soldiers of U.S. army and Pvt. (Private) Joe Louis (famous American boxing champion) stand at entrance of Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, California. They salute as U.S. Army officers arrive. (World War II period).
Singer Al Jolson at Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, California. Al Jolson sings popular song "My Mammy" over a microphone on the stage for the U.S. soldiers. Man plays piano in the background. (World War II period).
American actress Loretta Young at hospital in Hollywood, California. Loretta Young walks along sidewalk with a U.S. soldier and they both enter a hospital. Loretta Young talks to U.S. soldiers lying in bed. She speaks to various soldiers lying in bed. (World War II period).
American actors and U.S. soldiers in Ciro's High Club, Hollywood. Exterior of Ciro's High Club shows neon sign of 'Ciro's'. Actresses Anne Shirley and Joan Davis with a U.S. officer seated at a table. Anne Shirley talks to a soldier. Soldiers and women dance. Presentation of Bombardier Wing to Anne Shirley. Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and two U.S. soldiers at a table. Ventriloquist performs an act with his hand, draped in a cloth napkin, and painted to look like a face. (World War II period).
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