This Day in History: 1943-08-14
The dedicated movie-goer could revel in some of the most famous films of the war years on four consecutive days locally. On Saturday s/he could see James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy at the Strand in Suffern. Sunday’s classic offering, again at the Strand, was “Casablanca” with Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. On Monday, “Five Graves to Cairo” starring Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, and Erich von Stroheim was showing at the Ramsey Theatre, and on Tuesday Stage Door Canteen featuring “48 Stars, 6 Bands, and 9 Song Hits” was scheduled for the Lafayette in Suffern. All four had either a specific wartime setting or a patriotic slant. The movies went to war as did everybody else, including the author of this column in 1943. (Bristow)