Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie

MGM, 1942, 79 minutes, **½

Released October, 1942



Ann Sothern is the sassy saloon keeper whose Central American bar is a haven for fighting sailors, romancing couples, and sinister spies in this filming of the Cole Porter Broadway musical. Dan Dailey, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Lena Horne also star; songs include "It Was Just One of Those Things", "I've Still Got My Health", "The Son of a Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam".



Opening remark: "Warning! Any resemblance between the three sailors in this story and human beings is purely accidental."



Produced by: Arthur Freed

Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod

Screen Play by: Jack McGowan and Wilkie Mahoney

Based on the Play by: Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva,

Produced by B. G. DeSylva, Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

Musical Adaptation: Roger Edens

Musical Direction: Georgie Stoll

Musical Numbers Staged by: Vincente Minnelli

Dance Director: Danny Dare

Additional Songs by: Roger Edens, Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg

Song: "At the Savoy" by Walter Donaldson

Vocals and Orchestrations: Leo Arnaud, George Bassman, Conrad Salinger

Art Director: Cedric Gibbons

Associate: John S. Detlie

Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis

Associate: Hugh Hunt

Musical Presentation: Merrill Pye

Gowns by: Kalloch

Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff

Recording Director: Douglas Shearer

Director of Photography: George Folsey

Film Editor: Blanche Sewell



Cast: Ann Sothern [Hattie Maloney], Dan Dailey [Dick Bulliet], Red Skelton [Red], Marsha Hunt [Leila Tree], Virginia O'Brien [Flo Foster, Cigarette Girl], Rags Ragland [Rags], Alan Mowbray [Jay Perkins, Butler], Ben Blue [Howdy], Jackie Horner [Geraldine "Gerry" Bulliet, Dick's daughter], Carl Esmond [Lucas Kefler], Pierre Watkin [Admiral Tree], Stanley Andrews [Colonel 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], Zedra Conde, Carmen Amaya, Carmen Morales [Local Girls in "Good Neighbors" Number], Lena Horne [Specialty], The Berry Brothers [Themselves], The Music Maids [Vocals], Six Hits and a Miss [Vocals], Carmen Amaya Dancers [Themselves]



Musical Program: [0:01] Hattie from Panama (sung and danced by Mixed Chorus including Six Hits and a Miss, The Music Maids and The Carmen Amaya Dancers); [0:03] I've Still Got My Health (sung and danced by Ann Sothern); [0:06] Berry Me Not (instrumental danced by The Berry Brothers); [0:18] Just One of Those Things (sung by Lena Horne); [0:26] Fresh As a Daisy (sung by Virginia O'Brien with a little help from Red Skelton, Rags Ragland and Ben Blue); [0:31] Good Neighbors (sung and danced by Red Skelton, Rags Ragland, Ben Blue, Zedra Conde, Carmen Amaya, Carmen Morales, joined by Chorus); [0:38] Let's Be Buddies (sung by Ann Sothern with Jackie Horner and Virginia O'Brien with Alan Mowbray); [1:06] Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here (excerpt played by Marching Band); [1:08] (Did I Get Stinkin') At the Savoy (sung by Virginia O'Brien); [1:11] The Sping (sung and danced by Lena Horne and The Berry Brothers); [1:18] Finale: The Son of a Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam (sung by the Company)