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Language
  
English

Country
  
United States

Director
  
John H. AuerRuby Rosenberg (assistant)

Release date
  
March 22, 1945 (1945-03-22) (US)

Pan-Americana is a 1945 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by John H. Auer, from a screenplay by Lawrence Kimble, based on a story by Auer and Frederick Kohner. RKO released the film on March 22, 1945, and the picture stars Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Robert Benchley, Eve Arden, Ernest Truex, Marc Cramer, and Jane Greer (uncredited) in her feature film debut. The film was an example of the Good Neighbor policy encouraging Americans to travel to South America for holidays and the last of a film genre.

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Premise

American journalist Jo Anne Benson travesl with photographer Dan Jordan to a trip to Mexico, Cuba and Brazil for a magazine story encountering a variety of South American entertainers.

Cast

  • Phillip Terry ... Dan Jordan
  • Audrey Long ... Jo Anne Benson
  • Robert Benchley ... Charlie Corker
  • Eve Arden ... Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
  • Ernest Truex ... Uncle Rudy
  • Marc Cramer ... Gerold 'Jerry' Bruce
  • Lita Baron ... Lupita (as Isabelita)
  • Rosario and Antoni
  • Miguelito Valdés
  • Harold Liebman and Lola Liebman
  • Louise Burnette
  • Chinita
  • Chuy Castillion
  • Chuy Reyes and His Orchestra
  • Nestor Amaral and His Samba Band
  • Rita Corday ... Pan-American Girl
  • Jane Greer ... Miss Downing
  • Julian Rivero ... Pablo the Driver-Tour Guide

    • Soundtrack

  • Rumba Matumba
    Music by Bobby Collazo
    Lyrics by Mort Greene
  • Guadalajara
    Written by Pepe Guízar
  • Babalú
    Written by Margarita Lecuona
  • Negra Leono
    Written by Antonio Fernandez
  • La morena de mi copla
    Written by Carlos Castellanos Gómez
  • Stars in Your Eyes
    Music by Gabriel Ruiz
    Lyrics by Ricardo López Méndez
    English Lyrics by Mort Greene
  • No Tabuleiro da Baiana
    Written by Ary Barroso
    English Lyrics by Mort Greene

    • References

    Pan-Americana Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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