Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva.

Songs

• "All I've Got to Get Now Is My Man"
• "Americans All Drink Coffee"
• "Fresh as a Daisy"
• "God Bless the Women"
• "Good Neighbors" (w.m. Roger Edens for the 1942 film version)
• "Here's to Panama Hattie"
• "I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight"
• "I've Still Got My Health"
• "Join It Right Away"
• "Let's Be Buddies"
• "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please"
• "My Mother Would Love You"
• "The Son-of-a-Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane for the 1942 film version)
• "The Sping" (w. Jeni Le Gon & Alfred Legou m. Phil Moore for the 1942 film version)
• "A Stroll on the Plaza Sant' Ana"
• "They Ain't Done Right by Our Nell"
• "Visit Panama"
• "We Detest a Fiesta"
• "Welcome to Jerry"
• "Who Would Have Dreamed?"
• "You Said It"

Broadway production

The show opened on October 30, 1940 at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 501 performances. It was directed by Edgar McGregor .

Cast:

• Ethel Merman as Hattie Maloney
• Arthur Treacher as Vivian Budd
• Betty Hutton as Florrie
• James Dunn as Nick Bullett
• Phyllis Brooks as Leila Tree
• Joan Carroll as Geraldine Bullett

and the dancers included June Allyson and Vera-Ellen.

London production

The show opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on November 4, 1943 and ran for 308 performances. It was directed by William Mollison .

Cast:

• Bebe Daniels as Hattie Maloney
• Max Wall as Eddy Brown
• Claude Hulbert as Vivian Budd
• Frances Marsden as Florrie
• Ivan Brandt as Nick Bullett
• Georgia MacKinnon as Leila Tree
• Betty Blackler as Elizabeth Bullett

1942 film

The MGM film version was directed by Norman Z. McLeod .

Cast:

• Ann Sothern as Hattie Maloney
• Red Skelton as Red
• Rags Ragland as Rags
• Ben Blue as Rowdy
• Marsha Hunt as Leila Tree
• Virginia O'Brien as Flo Foster

Lena Horne appeared as a nightclub singer.