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Panama Hattie (1942) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Roy Del Ruth and Norman Z. McLeod and produced by Arthur Freed.

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Musical Monday: Panama Hattie (1942)

on Nov 27, 2017 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Panama Hattie?(1942) ? Music... Read full article


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Pierre Watkin (Admiral Tree) and Stanley Andrews (Colonel John Briggs) were in studio records for those roles, but never appeared. Lester Dorr was listed as a cast member in a news item but was not seen in the movie.
Joe Yule, who appears uncredited as a waiter, is the father of cast member Mickey Rooney, whose real name is Joe Yule, Jr.
Although Ethel Merman was passed over for the role of Hattie in this film, she later played the role in the TV production Panama Hattie costarring Art Carney and Ray Middleton.
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Also directed by Norman Z. McLeod




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Also produced by Arthur Freed




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Also released in 1942




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