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Pan-Americana (1945)

Pan-Americana poster
Directed by
John H. Auer
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A travel magazine editor and a pilot team up to promote South American vacations. They face comedic obstacles involving mistaken identities and romantic rivalries.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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