Panama Hattie

1942
Approved
1h 19m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,9/10

586

MA NOTE

POPULARITÉ

4 993

75 004

Ben Blue, Rags Ragland, Red Skelton, and Ann Sothern in Panama Hattie (1942)

Hattie Maloney runs a saloon in Panama where assorted characters congregate where they frequently sing and dance Cole Porter numbers. An upper class gentleman arrives and sparks fly between him and Hattie. They try and overcome complications between songs.

Liretrailer1 min 37 s

1 vidéo

79 photos

Comedy Musical

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSailors suspicious of spies and a singer in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.Sailors suspicious of spies and a singer in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.Sailors suspicious of spies and a singer in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,9/10

586

MA NOTE

POPULARITÉ

4 993

75 004

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

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' Bulliard

Carmen Amaya

Dancer in "Good Neighbors" Number
(uncredited)

Marvin Bailey

Member - Six Hits and a Miss
(uncredited)

Jackie Bardell

Gimme Girl
(uncredited)

The Berry Brothers

The Beery Brothers
(uncredited)

Ananias Berry

Member, The Berry Brothers
(uncredited)

James Berry

Member, The Berry Brothers
(uncredited)

Warren Berry

Member, The Berry Brothers
(uncredited)

Pauline Byrne

Member - Six Hits and a Miss
(uncredited)

Zedra Conde

Performer in "Good Neighbors" and "The Sping" Numbers
(uncredited)

Histoire

Modifier

Le saviez-vous

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Anecdotes
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, Betsy Blair, Doris Dowling and Vera-Ellen were dancers. Allyson was also Hutton's understudy.

Citations
Hattie Maloney: They're from the other side of the tracks, and I don't want to get run over crossing!

Générique farfelu
At the end of the opening credits, the lead actors break through a giant screen that states: "Warning! Any resemblance between the three sailors in this story and human beings is purely accidental."

Connexions
Featured in We Must Have Music (1941)

Bandes originales
Hattie From Panama
(1942) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens
Sung and danced by Six Hits and a Miss and The Music Maids

Commentaires des utilisateurs22

Commentaire

Commentaire en vedette

5/10

not great

Ann Sothern is "Panama Hattie" in this 1942 film based on the Broadway musical starring Ethel Merman. Also starring are Dan Dailey, Red Skelton, Rags Ragland, Ben Blue, Virginia O'Brien (as Flo, originated on Broadway by Betty Hutton), Marsha Hunt, Lena Horne and the Berry Brothers. The story concerns a vivacious nightclub singer (Sothern) who falls in love with a man (Dailey) who has a young daughter, but she has competition from a socially prominent woman who warns Hattie that she's not of his class and won't make a good wife. There is a subplot concerning spies who are uncovered by three sailors (Skelton, Ragland and Blue).

This a very old-fashioned musical comedy plot with pleasant music, the highlight being "Just One of Those Things" as sung by the beautiful Lena Horne. The singing from Sothern and O'Brien is very good, and Sothern does well as the insecure, vulnerable and sometimes overdressed singer. The problem for me are the Three Stooges-like sailors - a little bit of that goes a long way.

Watch it for the singing and the patriotic "Good Neighbors" finale - it was wartime.