Moonlight in Havana

Moonlight in Havana
Directed by	Anthony Mann
Screenplay by	Oscar Brodney
Produced by	Bernard W. Burton
Starring	Allan Jones Jane Frazee Marjorie Lord
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Russell F. Schoengarth
Music by	Charles Previn
Distributed by	Universal Studios
Release date	October 8, 1942 (1942-10-08) (Los Angeles)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Moonlight in Havana is a 1942 American film romantic comedy directed by Anthony Mann and featuring Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, and Marjorie Lord. This was Mann's second film as director. Choreography by Lester Horton.

Plot

Baseball star Johnny "Whizzer" Norton has been suspended by manager Eddie Daniels and the New York Blue Sox for his incorrigible behavior. When nightclub owner Barney Crane happens to hear Johnny singing, he offers him a job in the club where Gloria Jackson is currently the star performer.

Johnny is not interested until he hears Crane wants to take the whole troupe to Havana, Cuba, to entertain. Knowing that the Blue Sox have training camp in Havana, he agrees to the trip, which includes a boat voyage where the singers entertain.

Complications begin in Cuba as soon as Gloria comes to suspect Johnny's real reason for being there, while Patsy Clark, daughter of Blue Sox owner Joe Clark, shows a romantic interest in Johnny. He is reinstated by the team and quits the stage act, but has a change of heart, returning to show business and to Gloria.

Cast

• Allan Jones as Johnny Norton
• Jane Frazee as Gloria Jackson
• Marjorie Lord as Patsy Clark
• William Frawley as Barney Crane
• Don Terry as Eddie Daniels
• Wade Boteler as Joe Clark
• Helen Lynd as Daisy

External links

• Moonlight in Havana at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Moonlight in Havana at IMDb
• Moonlight in Havana at AllMovie
• Moonlight in Havana at the TCM Movie Database