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.
Rags Ragland
- Rags
- (as 'Rags' Ragland)
Dan Dailey
- Dick Bulliard
- (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
Carmen Amaya
- Dancer in "Good Neighbors" Number
- (non crédité)
Marvin Bailey
- Member - Six Hits and a Miss
- (non crédité)
Jackie Bardell
- Gimme Girl
- (non crédité)
The Berry Brothers
- The Beery Brothers
- (non crédité)
Ananias Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (non crédité)
James Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (non crédité)
Warren Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (non crédité)
Pauline Byrne
- Member - Six Hits and a Miss
- (non crédité)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesAdapted 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!
- Crédits fousAt 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."
- ConnexionsFeatured in We Must Have Music (1941)
- Bandes originalesHattie From Panama
(1942) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens
Sung and danced by Six Hits and a Miss and The Music Maids
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PANAMA HATTIE (1942) is two different movies, plotwise. One movie is about nightclub singer Hattie Maloney and her romance with a young soldier from a well-to-do Philadelphia family. The other film is a slapstick comedy about a trio of sailors on shore leave, with a penchant for catching spies. Juggling both, only tenuously connected plots in a 79-minute time frame means that neither story is properly developed. Conflicts are resolved easily and off-screen. And both stories give way to extended musical numbers, particularly at the end.
Despite its obvious weaknesses, PANAMA HATTIE is a very entertaining collection of parts. Red Skelton, Rags Ragland, and Ben Blue make a fine comedic team. The slapstick is pulled off well and the script is witty. Skelton's clowning shtick isn't too overbearing, as he is part of a trio (and the brains, no less). Ann Sothern impresses with her singing and Lena Horne is showcased in a couple of musical numbers with the dancing Berry Brothers.
Two favorites of mine, the offbeat "deadpan" singer Virginia O'Brien and the lovely Marsha Hunt, are welcome presences in the congenial ensemble. O'Brien shines in fun numbers like "Fresh as a Daisy" and "(Did I Get Stinkin') At the Savoy". Hunt's mildly antagonistic Philadelphia snob is a bit of a change of pace for her, and she has some great comedic moments opposite Skelton.
The film's finale becomes an interesting showcase of wartime patriotism, capped by the entire cast singing "The Son of a Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam" about bombing the Japs and Heinies right off their Axis and whatnot. There's a great line near the end. After convincing her to join the war effort, Skelton tells Hunt that he'll take her around the world after the war is over: "I'll even show you where Japan used to be."
6.5/10
Despite its obvious weaknesses, PANAMA HATTIE is a very entertaining collection of parts. Red Skelton, Rags Ragland, and Ben Blue make a fine comedic team. The slapstick is pulled off well and the script is witty. Skelton's clowning shtick isn't too overbearing, as he is part of a trio (and the brains, no less). Ann Sothern impresses with her singing and Lena Horne is showcased in a couple of musical numbers with the dancing Berry Brothers.
Two favorites of mine, the offbeat "deadpan" singer Virginia O'Brien and the lovely Marsha Hunt, are welcome presences in the congenial ensemble. O'Brien shines in fun numbers like "Fresh as a Daisy" and "(Did I Get Stinkin') At the Savoy". Hunt's mildly antagonistic Philadelphia snob is a bit of a change of pace for her, and she has some great comedic moments opposite Skelton.
The film's finale becomes an interesting showcase of wartime patriotism, capped by the entire cast singing "The Son of a Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam" about bombing the Japs and Heinies right off their Axis and whatnot. There's a great line near the end. After convincing her to join the war effort, Skelton tells Hunt that he'll take her around the world after the war is over: "I'll even show you where Japan used to be."
6.5/10
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- Budget
- 1 097 907 $US (estimé)
- Durée1 heure 19 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Panama Hattie (1942) officially released in India in English?
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