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Panama Hattie is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva. It is also the title of a 1942 MGM musical based upon the play.

Songs

"All I've Got to Get Now Is My Man"
"Americans All Drink Coffee"
"Fresh as a Daisy"
"God Bless the Women"
"Good Neighbors" (w.m. Roger Edens for the 1942 film version)
"Here's to Panama Hattie"
"I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight"
"I've Still Got My Health"
"Join It Right Away"
"Let's Be Buddies"
"Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please"
"My Mother Would Love You"
"The Son-of-a-Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane for the 1942 film version)
"The Spring" (w. Jeni Le Gon & Alfred Legou m. Phil Moore for the 1942 film version)
"A Stroll on the Plaza Sant' Ana"
"They Ain't Done Right by Our Nell"
"Visit Panama"
"We Detest a Fiesta"
"Welcome to Jerry"
"Who Would Have Dreamed?"
"You Said It"

Broadway production

The show opened on October 30, 1940 at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 501 performances. It was directed by Edgar McGregor.

Cast:

Ethel Merman
as Hattie Maloney
Arthur Treacher
as Vivian Budd
Betty Hutton
as Florrie
James Dunn as Nick Bullett
Phyllis Brooks as Leila Tree
Joan Carroll
as Geraldine Bullett

and the dancers included June Allyson and Vera-Ellen.

London production

The show opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on November 4, 1943 and ran for 308 performances. It was directed by William Mollison.

Cast:

Bebe Daniels
as Hattie Maloney
Max Wall as Eddy Brown
Claude Hulbert
as Vivian Budd
Frances Marsden as Florrie
Ivan Brandt as Nick Bullett
Georgia MacKinnon as Leila Tree
Betty Blackler as Elizabeth Bullett

1942 film

The 1942 film version was directed by Norman Z. McLeod.

Cast:

Ann Sothern
as Hattie Maloney
Red Skelton as Red
Rags Ragland as Rags
Ben Blue
as Rowdy
Marsha Hunt as Leila Tree
Virginia O'Brien
as Flo Foster

Lena Horne appears as a nightclub singer in her first MGM film appearance, singing "Just One of Those Things".

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