Pan-Americana | |
Director: | John H. Auer Ruby Rosenberg (assistant) |
Producer: | John H. Auer |
Screenplay: | Lawrence Kimble |
Story: | Frederick Kohner John H. Auer |
Starring: | Phillip Terry Audrey Long Robert Benchley Eve Arden Ernest Truex Marc Cramer Jane Greer (uncredited) |
Music: | Leigh Harline Constantin Bakaleinikoff |
Cinematography: | Frank Redman |
Editing: | Harry Marker |
Studio: | RKO Radio Pictures |
Runtime: | 84 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
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.[1]
American journalist Jo Anne Benson travels with photographer Dan Jordan to a trip to Mexico, Cuba and Brazil for a magazine story encountering a variety of South American entertainers.