Panama Lady
{{short description|1939 film by Jack Hively}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Panama Lady
| image = Panama lady.jpg
| writer = Garrett Fort
Michael Kanin
| starring = Lucille Ball
Steffi Duna
Evelyn Brent
| director = Jack Hively
| producer = Cliff Reid
| music = Roy Webb
| studio = RKO Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1939|05|12|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4681 | title=Panama Lady: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=April 12, 2014}}}}
| runtime =
| language = English
| country = United States
| budget =
}}
File:Lucille Ball and Allan Lane.jpg and Lucille Ball ]]
Panama Lady is a 1939 film starring Lucille Ball.
Plot
Panama Lady is a cleaned-up remake of the 1932 Helen Twelvetrees film vehicle Panama Flo. Lucille Ball essays the old Twelvetrees role as Lucy, a nightclub "hostess" stranded in Panama by her ex-lover Roy (Donald Briggs).
Victimized by a shakedown orchestrated by tavern owner Lenore, oil rigger McTeague (Allan Lane) holds Lucy responsible. To avoid landing in jail, Lucy agrees to accompany McTeague to his oil camp as his housekeeper. Assuming that she has been brought to this godforsaken spot strictly for illicit purposes, Lucy eventually realizes that McTeague's intentions are honorable: All he wants is his money back, and he expects our heroine to work off the debt on her feet.
Ultimately, Lucy and McTeague fall in love, but not before the scurrilous Roy re-enters her life.
Cast
- Lucille Ball as Lucy
- Allan Lane as McTeague
- Steffi Duna as Cheema
- Donald Briggs as Roy Harmon
- Evelyn Brent as Lenore
- Bernadene Hayes as Pearl
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|id= 0031777 |title=Panama Lady}}
- [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=83651 New York Times Review] [broken link, Oct 8, 2021]
{{Jack Hively}}
Category:1939 romantic drama films
Category:American romantic drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films produced by Cliff Reid
Category:Films directed by Jack Hively
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films with screenplays by Garrett Fort
Category:Domestic workers in films
Category:English-language romantic drama films
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