Panama Lady

Panama Lady
Panama Lady
Directed by	Jack Hively
Written by	Garrett Fort; Michael Kanin
Produced by	Cliff Reid
Starring	Lucille Ball; Steffi Duna; Evelyn Brent
Music by	Roy Webb
Production; company	RKO Pictures
Release date	May 12, 1939;
Country	United States
Language	English

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

^ "Panama Lady: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 12, 2014.

External links

Panama Lady at IMDb
Panama Lady at AllMovie
New York Times Review [broken link, Oct 8, 2021]

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[1] "Panama Lady: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 12, 2014.

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