Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie

Director: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: George Bassman
George Bassman
, Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern
, Dan Dailey
Dan Dailey
, Red Skelton
Red Skelton
Norman Z. McLeod
Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie

Director: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: George Bassman
George Bassman
, Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern
, Dan Dailey
Dan Dailey
, Red Skelton
Red Skelton
Norman Z. McLeod

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Overview

Cole Porter's musical hit Panama Hattie originally starred Ethel Merman on Broadway. But Merman was not a proven movie commodity, thus it was Ann Sothern who appeared in the film version as Hattie, brassy but golden-hearted proprietress of a Canal Zone hotel. Accustomed to dealing with such raucous cohorts as she-sick sailors Red (Red Skelton), Rags (Rags Ragland) and Rowdy (Ben Blue), Hattie isn't quite certain how to handle herself when she falls in love with wealthy and cultured Dick Bulliett (Dan Dailey Jr.) Socialite Leila Tree (Marsha Hunt), who'd previously set her cap for Dick, does her best to break up the romance, but Hattie is championed by Dick's kid sister Geraldine (Jackie Horner) and family butler Jenkins (Alan Mowbray). The play's original storyline, which shifted into gear when Hattie began picking up Nazi shortwave radio broadcast in the fillings of her teeth, is virtually nonexistent here, as is Porter's score, save for "I've Still Got My Health" and "Let's be Buddies" (Lena Horne does, however, show up to sing "Just One of Those Things", a carryover from an earlier Porter musical). A notoriously troubled production, Panama Hattie was completely refilmed after a disastrous preview, delaying its scheduled release by nearly a year.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/12/2012
UPC: 0883316469118
Original Release: 1942
Rating: NR
Source: Warner Archives
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:19:00
Sales rank: 43,917

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Ann Sothern Hattie Maloney
Dan Dailey Dick Bulliard
Red Skelton Red
Lena Horne Herself - Singer in Phil's Place
Marsha Hunt Leila Tree
Virginia O'Brien Flo Foster
Rags Ragland Rags
Alan Mowbray Jay Perkins
Ben Blue Howdy,Actor
Jackie Horner Geraldine Bulliet
Carl Esmond Lucas Kefler
Pierre Watkin Adm. Tree
Stanley Andrews Col. John Briggs
George Watts Mac the Bartender
Lucien Prival Hans
Joe Yule Waiter
Duke York Bruno
Fred Graham Naval Policeman
Roger Moore Spy
Max Wagner Guard
Grant Withers Shore Patrol

Technical Credits
Norman Z. McLeod Director
Jack McGowan Screenwriter
Wilkie Mahoney Screenwriter
Arthur Freed Producer
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