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The cameras, however, have fetchingly caught many headliners regaling the servicemen: Irving Berlin, Joe E. Brown, Marlene Dietrich, Hedy Lamarr, Alfred Lunt. Notable other records of celebrities: the late Carole Lombard on her last War Bond selling tour; Carole Landis answering a soldier's request for the radioed sound of one of her heartrending sighs; Eugene Ormandy waving the Philadelphia Orchestra through a Strauss waltz; 57-year-old Al Jolson singing his 22-year-old Mammy. There are also some excellent shots of the audiencesthe entertained are as entertaining as the entertainer.
