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Panama Hattie (1942)
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September 1942 (USA)
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mediocre MGM version of Merman's Broadway hit
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Red Skelton | ... | Red |
 | Ann Sothern | ... | Hattie Maloney |
 | Rags Ragland | ... | Rags (as 'Rags' Ragland) |
| Ben Blue | ... | Rowdy |
| Marsha Hunt | ... | Leila Tree |
| Virginia O'Brien | ... | Flo Foster |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler |
| Dan Dailey | ... | Dick Bulliard (as Dan Dailey Jr.) |
| Jackie Horner | ... | Geraldine 'Gerry' Bulliet |
 | Lena Horne | ... | Herself - Singer in Phil's Place |
| The Berry Brothers | ... | Themselves, Performers |
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79 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Adapted from the Broadway musical "Panama Hattie", which opened at the 46th Street Theater in New York October 30, 1940 and ran for 501 performances. Ethel Merman played Hattie, Betty Hutton was Flo, Rags Ragland originated his movie role, Arthur Treacher played the butler, James Dunn was Bullet, and future film stars June Allyson, Lucille Bremer and Vera-Ellen were dancers.
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References The Invisible Man (1933)
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I've Still Got My Health
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Highly mediocre musical is a botched filmization of Ethel Merman's Broadway smash. In this one, the marvelous Ann Sothern at the peak of her pin-up girl beauty almost saves the film with another delightful performance. Glossy MGM production values and a game cast including Dan Dailey, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien and the lovely Lena Horne give it their all. Story is very thin but this was still a huge hit at the time. Probably because Miss Sothern was then one of MGM's top box-office draws at the time. Sothern's "Lady Be Good"(MGM,1941) is a far superior film with a charming script and an Oscar-winning song but was somehow less popular than "Panama Hattie." WHo knows why some films make a fortune and others tank....