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Pan-Americana
Pan-Americana
	Film poster
Directed by	John H. Auer; Ruby Rosenberg (assistant)
Screenplay by	Lawrence Kimble
Story by	Frederick Kohner; John H. Auer
Produced by	John H. Auer
Starring	Phillip Terry; Audrey Long; Robert Benchley; Eve Arden; Ernest Truex; Marc Cramer; Jane Greer (uncredited)
Cinematography	Frank Redman
Edited by	Harry Marker
Music by	Leigh Harline; Constantin Bakaleinikoff
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	March 22, 1945 (US);
Running time	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.^[2]

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

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: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
^ p. 64 Melgosa, Adrián Pérez Cinema and Inter-American Relations: Tracking Transnational Affect Routledge, 2012