Expert: Jim Kason - 8/27/2011

Question
In the 1943 film, Stage Door Canteen, are the Russian soldiers real or are they actors? Same question for the Chinese fighter pilots.

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Answer
Hi Jeanne,

Thanks for your question.   I really don't recall exactly when the Russian and Chinese soldiers appeared in the film,....( ...was it at the canteen?)...but I'm pretty sure that since the film was made Completely at Warner Brothers Studios in 1943, During the war,....that they were actors who Were (or spoke) Russian or Chinese.
You can see the complete cast list ( which is extensive,...but maybe omitting some),...at:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036384/fullcredits#cast

Sincerely,
Jim K.

P.S. Also,...purely out of curiosity,...wondered Why you wanted to know this?