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Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor shortly before he left for active duty

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Yvonne De Carlo obliges the boys on the set of <em>Salome Where She Danced</em>

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Bette Davis, Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen as McCarthy received his Red Cross membership pin. November, 1940

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Pat O´Brien and Deanna Durbin promote the purchase of war bonds

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Hugh Herbert licks a defense stamp to put in his savings book

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While husband Robert Taylor is serving with the US Naval Air Corps, Barbara Stanwyck reads the paper for news of the war

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Jane Wyman & Ronald Reagan at the Trocadero. Captain Reagan is attached to the Air Corps, stationed near Hollywood

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Shirley Temple autographs a Short Snorter Bill belonging to Mate First Class Bernard Abramson at the Stage Door Canteen in San Francisco

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Turhan Bey bids goodbye to Merle Oberon on the set of <em>Night in Paradise</em> before joining the Army

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Sponsor Claudette Colbert gives the combat transport USS Appling her initial Champagne bath. Maid of honor Judith Goetz closes her eye in sympathy. April, 1944

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"Don´t waste good money for July 4th fireworks... buy bonds instead. Jeff Donnell points out that the powder used in a Giant Salute can furnish enough death-dealing power to send Four Sons of Heaven to their Celestial Ancestors. Bonds beget bullets... that´s the patriotic way to celebrate July 4th"!

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Sterling Hayden registers for the draft. October, 1940

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Carole Landis´ St. Patrick´s Day greetings to the thousands of troops she entertained during a tour in Ireland, England and Africa. March, 1944

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When not on the set of <em>Wings for the Eagle</em>, Ann Sheridan keeps busy in her dressing room knitting for boys in the service

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Doing their bit at the Hollywood Canteen: Lana Turner, Deanna Durbin and Marlene Dietrich

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Madalynne Field, Captain Clark Gable and Irene Dunne at the christening of the SS Carole Lombard. January, 1944

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Phillip Terry & Joan Crawford add to their donation of books to servicemen during the Victory Book Drive at M-G-M

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Grouped on the south lawn of the White House with their hostess, Eleanor Roosevelt, are film celebrities who were in Washington for the first performance of a show for the benefit of army and navy relief funds. Seated: Oliver Hardy, Joan Blondell, Charlotte Greenwood, Charles Boyer, Risë Stevens, Desi Arnaz, Frank McHugh, Matt Brooks, James Cagney, Pat O´Brien, Juanita Stark, Alma Carroll. Standing: Merle Oberon, Eleanor Powell, Arleen Whelan, Marie McDonald, Fay McKenzie, Karin Booth, Mrs. Roosevelt, Frances Gifford, Frances Langford, Elyse Knox, Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert, Bob Hope, Joan Bennett, Bert Lahr, Jack Rose, Stan Laurel, Jerry Colonna, Groucho Marx. April, 1942

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Edward G. Robinson is awarded Franklin D. Roosevelt´s hat, which was donated by the president to be auctioned off at the Gambol of the Stars, British War Relief benefit. Presenting him with the hat are George Murphy, Melvyn Douglas and Jean Hersholt. March, 1941

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Julie Bishop has a patriotic Christmas

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Tyrone Power, Claudette Colbert and Ronald Colman take part on a broadcast for the United China Relief. June, 1941

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Orson Welles feigns surprise as a soldier finds his missing ring high up on the garter of Welles´ beautiful assistant. It´s all part of a magic show performed in a huge tent in Hollywood for servicemen. August, 1943

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At a party for servicemen at the Mocambo, Michèle Morgan and Marie Wilson dance respectively with Sergeant James Pasternaki and Private James Guston. December, 1941

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On leave after months of active sea duty, John Farrow dances with wife Maureen O´Sullivan at the Stork Club. July, 1943

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Margaret Sullavan tends her Victory Garden

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While filming <em>Two Yanks in Trinidad</em>, Pat O´Brien joins the Penny-a-Plane club at the instigation of Jinx Falkenburg. Every time the Yanks shoot down a plane, O´Brien contributes a penny to buy a bomber

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Writer-director Garson Kanin made several documentaries for the U.S. Army during World War II

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Joan Fontaine promotes Victory Gardens

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Mary Gordon and Hedy Lamarr do dishes in the kitchen of the Hollywood Canteen. November, 1943

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"Mae West will break up her celebrated collection of diamonds, estimated to be worth half a million dollars, and turn over a selection of them to the War Production Board for use in precision instruments and cutting drills in defense factories." June, 1943

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While serving as Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps, director Robert B. Sinclair gets married to Heather Angel in the Beverly Hills Community Church. April, 1944

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Harpo Marx and Fred Astaire work out backstage before an appearance in the big Hollywood Bond Cavalcade variety show, a highlight of the Third War Loan Drive

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In costume between scenes of <em>Keep Your Powder Dry</em>, Laraine Day prepares cards to be sent to servicemen overseas. November, 1944

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Lieutenant Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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Paulette Goddard and Captain Burgess Meredith file their intention to wed at the Los Angeles Hall of Records. May, 1944

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Fred Astaire dances for U.S. soldiers in the palace garden at Versailles, France. September, 1944

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Back at M-G-M, Captain Clark Gable edits the thousands of feet of film he shot in Europe, much of it over enemy territory. November, 1943

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Before boarding a train at Union Station in Los Angeles to go to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to begin a personal appearance tour of Army camps, Linda Darnell stops at the station´s Red Cross booth to do a turn as a collector. April, 1942

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