Editing Randolph Scott (section)

===World War II===
Shortly after the United States entered World War II, Scott attempted to obtain an officer's commission in the [[United States Marines|Marines]], but because of a back injury years earlier he was rejected.<ref name="Thomas"/> However, he did his part for the war effort by touring in a comedy act with [[Joe DeRita]] (who later became a member of [[the Three Stooges]]) for the Victory Committee showcases, and he also raised food for the government on a ranch that he owned.<ref>Nott 2004, p. 67.</ref>

In 1942 and 1943 Scott appeared in several war films, notably ''To the Shores of Tripoli'' (1942) at Fox, ''[[Bombardier (film)|Bombardier]]'' (1943) at RKO, the Canadian warship drama ''[[Corvette K-225]]'' (1943) (produced by [[Howard Hawks]]), ''[[Gung Ho! (1943 film)|Gung Ho!]]'' at Universal<ref>{{Citation|title=Bugs Bunny-War Bonds|date=1943|url=https://archive.org/details/GungHo-1943Trailer|access-date=September 21, 2017}}</ref> and ''[[China Sky (film)|China Sky]]'' (1945) at RKO. He also made ''[[The Desperadoes]]'' (1943), [[Columbia Pictures]]' first feature in [[Technicolor]]. The film was produced by [[Harry Joe Brown]], with whom Scott would form a business partnership several years later.

Scott was one of many Universal stars who made a cameo in ''[[Follow the Boys (1944 film)|Follow the Boys]]'' (1944). He was in a "northern" with [[Gypsy Rose Lee]], ''[[Belle of the Yukon]]'' (1944), and made a [[swashbuckler]] film for producer [[Benedict Bogeaus]] alongside [[Charles Laughton]], the cheaply made production ''[[Captain Kidd (1945 film)|Captain Kidd]]'' (1945).

Scott performed on two radio shows in 1945: "[[Belle of the Yukon]]" on ''[[The Screen Guild Theater|Screen Guild Players]]''<ref>"Those were the days." ''Nostalgia Digest'', Volume 39, Issue 2, Spring 2013, pp. 32–39.</ref> and "A Lady Takes a Chance" for ''Old Gold Comedy Theatre''.<ref name=rga1>"Radio's golden age." ''Nostalgia Digest'', Volume 38, Issue 3, Summer 2013, pp. 40–41.</ref>