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Pal Joey is a 1957 film distributed by Columbia. It is loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name; it stars Rita Hayworth (top billed), Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak. Jo Ann Greer sang for Hayworth, as she had done previously in Affair in Trinidad and Miss Sadie Thompson. Kim Novak's singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Erwin. The director is George Sidney and the choreographer is Hermes Pan.
Considered by many critics as the definitive Frank Sinatra vehicle, Sinatra won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as the wise-cracking, hard-bitten Joey Evans. As to be expected the musical arrangements are particularly fine, with some near-perfect Nelson Riddle charts for the Rodgers and Hart standards "The Lady is a Tramp", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," "I Could Write a Book" and "There's A Small Hotel."
Pal Joey is also one of Frank Sinatra's few post-From Here to Eternity movies in which he did not receive top-billing, Sinatra deciding himself to allow Rita Hayworth this honor stating, with regards to being billed "between" Hayworth and Novak, "That's a sandwich I don't mind being stuck in the middle of."
Along with being a strong box office success, Pal Joey also earned four Academy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations.
Characters * Vera Simpson -- Rita Hayworth * Joey Evans -- Frank Sinatra * Linda English -- Kim Novak * Gladys -- Barbara Nichols * Ned Galvin -- Bobby Sherwood
The happy ending of the film contrasts with that of the stage musical, where Joey is left alone at the end.
The transformation of Joey into a "nice guy" departed from the stage musical, where Joey's character was notable for being the anti-hero.
The film varies from the stage musical in several other key points: the setting was changed from Chicago to San Francisco, while the stage Joey was a dancer. The plot of the film drops a blackmail attempt and two roles prominent on stage were changed: Melba (a reporter) was cut and Gladys became a minor character. Linda became a naive chorus girl instead of an innocent stenographer and some of the lyrics to "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" were changed.
In the film, Vera Simpson is a wealthy widow and a former stripper (billed as "Vanessa the Undresser") and thus gets to sing the classic Hart name-list song "Zip". (As that number required an authentic burlesque drummer to mime the bumps and grinds, the extra playing the drums is disconcertingly switched with a professional musician in a jump cut).
Of the original 14 Rodgers and Hart songs, eight remained, but with two as instrumental background, and four songs were added from other shows. 1. Pal Joey: Main Title
2. "That Terrific Rainbow" - chorus girls and Linda English
3. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (introduced in the 1939 musical Too Many Girls) - Joey Evans
4. "Do It the Hard Way" - orchestra and chorus girls
5. "Great Big Town" - Joey Evans and chorus girls
6. "There's a Small Hotel" (introduced in the 1936 musical On Your Toes) - Joey Evans
7. "Zip" - Vera Simpson
8. "I Could Write a Book" - Joey Evans and Linda English
9. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (introduced in the 1937 musical Babes in Arms) - Joey Evans
10. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - Vera Simpson
11. "Plant You Now, Dig You Later" - orchestra
12. "My Funny Valentine" (introduced in the 1937 musical Babes in Arms) - Linda English
13. "You Mustn't Kick It Around" - orchestra
14. Strip Number - "I Could Write a Book" -Linda Evans
15. Dream Sequence and Finale: "What Do I Care for a Dame"/"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"/"I Could Write a Book" - Joey Evans
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Rita Hayworth jumps in the lineby et7waage127,939 views
I like this video. Make me remember that film. Guaug. Frank Sinatra, Rita and Kim Novak. Let s not forget "The lady is a tramp"Wonderful song. Even Lady Gaga ( I don t know why) sang it with Tony Bennet. HELP
nelly7412 1 month ago
Joey has his own "Slanguage" ~awesome!
Ebeth666 10 months ago
wow
theseanze 1 year ago