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Panama Flo is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Garrett Fort. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees , Robert Armstrong , Charles Bickford , Marjorie Peterson and Maude Eburne .
Panama Flo: Directed by Ralph Murphy, Tay Garnett. With Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong, Charles Bickford, Marjorie Peterson. A New York chorus girl is coerced into keeping house for an oil man in South America to pay off a debt.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Ralph Murphy, Tay Garnett
- 1932-01-29
Dec 6, 2015 · Flo is a showgirl in a Panama dance hall named Sadie’s. She has a sweet, innocent romance with an aviator named Babe. When her show is closed early with Sadie reneging on her promise to ship the girls back to their home of New York, Flo is in a jam.
Mar 16, 2013 · Murphy may be best remembered as Gloria Dickson’s ex-husband, but they had divorced a little less than a year before 30-year-old Dickson died in a house fire. Panama Flo opened in New York, January 19, 1932, and nationwide ten days later.
Panama Flo ★½ 1932. While stranded in Panama, honky-tonk chanteuse Flo (Twelvetrees) steals the wallet of mining engineer Don McTeague (Bickford), but gets caught. Instead of calling the cops, the mark insists Flo go with him to his mining camp and work off the debt as his housekeeper.
A American blond, Helen Twelvetrees, stuck as a bargirl in Panama and getting caught stealing from Charles Bickford who forces her to live with him in the South American jungle. Alcoholic and filled with inner rage, with Helen also knowing how to protect herself.
Helen Twelvetrees is excellent as Flo, a burlesque dancer who gets fired by her harridan of a boss (the amazing Maude Eburne) and ends up virtually enslaved by a brutal oil explorer (Charles Bickford) in the heart of the South American jungle.