Pan-Americana Explained

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]

Plot

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.

Cast

Soundtrack

Notes and References

  1. p. 64 Melgosa, Adrián Pérez Cinema and Inter-American Relations: Tracking Transnational Affect Routledge, 2012