Panama Hattie (DVD)

Hattie Maloney (Ann Sothern) is a gaudy, good-hearted nightclub singer who tends to love above her station. This time, it's pedigreed officer Dick Bulliet (Dan Dailey, Jr..), and it's for real. But there's one little problem: he's got a small daughter so ladylike she makes Emily Post look like Tugboat Annie - and she's not impressed with Hattie's bangles and bows. And Hattie's got a trio of protectors, three goofball gobs who think that maybe Hattie's too good for Dick. This World War II musical sparkles with Cole Porter numbers like "Just One of Those Things," classic buffoonery from Red Skelton, Ben Blue and Rags Ragland as Hattie's spy-hunting sailor pals and - last but not least - the screen debut of Miss Lena Horne. Can a salt-of-the-earth gal capture a society guy? of course she can - and getting there is half the fun!

Starring: Rags Ragland, Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, "Rags" Ragland, Ben Blue, Marsha Hunt, Virginia O'Brien, Dan Dailey Jr., Jackie Horner, Pierre Watkin, Stanley Andrews, Lena Horne, James Berry, Warren Berry, Dan Dailey, Alan Mowbray, Carl Esmond, Nyas Berry, George Watts, Lucien Prival, Joe Yule, Duke York, Fred Graham, Roger Moore, Max Wagner, Grant Withers, Christine Stafford, Judy Matson, Dorothy Wilkerson, Six Hits and a Miss, Five Music Maids, Zedra de la Conde, Suzanne Ridgeway, Carmen Morales, Carmen Amaya, Leo Watson

Director: Arthur Freed