Season 6-Episode 5 of "Great Performances" on PBS is a well-regarded adaptation of Paul Gallico's story about a starry-eyed, amateur singer-dancer in 1944 New York City hired at the last minute to be part of a camp unit entertainment troupe for the United Service Organizations during World War II. Sissy Spacek plays Verna (singing in a girlishly high register) whose comrades are a fatherly, over-the hill vaudevillian (Howard Da Silva) and a jaded chanteuse (Sally Kellerman) who works as a bartender when she isn't singing smoky ballads. William Hurt (very green) is the Army captain--and "gorgeous hunk of man"--who falls for Verna, even though the violent blasts going off in the distance are keeping her up nights. Not convincing for a minute, but the chatty script by Albert Innaurato has well-written passages and the casual direction by Ronald F. Maxwell allows the performers room to shine. A modest, nice, unassuming little piece. Three Emmy nominations with one win: Da Silva for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special. ** from ****