I’ve been going through a bunch of 9th AF (IX Bomber Command) crewmen’s diaries and decided to list the entertainment movies they saw from January to the end of July 1943. I doubt this is a complete list and I think some of the titles are wrong or misspelled, but hope it interests you to see the entertainment air and ground crews saw.
The dates are direct from the individual diaries. The movies would have “made the rounds” of the various units and obviously been shown on different dates at different units.
If you live in the US you can see some of these old movies on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel. They may occasionally show up on other channels too.
| Shylock | 19 Jan |
| My Smiling Gal | 18 Apr |
| Whispering Ghost | 23 Apr |
| Yank in Libya | 28 Apr |
| The Hard Way | 3 May |
| The Vivacious Lady | 8 May |
| King’s Row | 11 May |
| Casablanca | 14 May |
| Wake Island | 21 May |
| Hunchback of Notre Dame | 25 May |
| Tale of Two Cities | 27 May (wind blew down screen) |
| Grand Central Murder | 28 May |
| Westerners | 31 May |
| Rio Rita | 1 Jun |
| Sailors Three | 3 Jun (British film) |
| White Cargo | 3 Jun |
| Victory at Stalingrad | 6 Jun |
| Desert Victory | 6 Jun |
| Sweetye Girl (sp?) | 21 Jun |
| Love Crazy | 22 Jun |
| Stage Door Canteen | 24 Jun |
| I Got ‘Em Covered (You Got Me Covered?) | 27 Jun |
| You Can’t Fool Your Wife | 29 Jun |
| They Got Me Covered | 2 Jul |
| Boys From Syracuse | 4 Jul |
| Allegheny Uprising | 6 Jul |
| Unexpected Father | 8 Jul |
| Jackass Mail | 10 Jul |
| Gallant Lady | 13 Jul |
| Mission: Spitfire | 15 Jul |
| Mr. V | 16 Jul |
| It Happened At Flatbush | 18 Jul |
| Tortilla Flats | 22 Jul |
| Panama Lady | 24 Jul |
| 10 Men From West Point | 26 Jul |
| I’ll Find You Somewhere | 28 Jul |
| That’s Right, You Are Wrong | 30 Jul |