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]

Pan-Americana
Directed byJohn H. Auer
Ruby Rosenberg (assistant)
Screenplay byLawrence Kimble
Story byFrederick Kohner
John H. Auer
Produced byJohn H. Auer
StarringPhillip Terry
Audrey Long
Robert Benchley
Eve Arden
Ernest Truex
Marc Cramer
Jane Greer (uncredited)
CinematographyFrank Redman
Edited byHarry Marker
Music byLeigh Harline
Constantin Bakaleinikoff
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Release date
  • March 22, 1945 (1945-03-22) (US)[1]
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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.

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