New york hollywood reporter stockard channing steals the new broadway revival of pal joey, richard rodgers and lorenz harts. Rita hayworth in pal joey 1957 frank sinatra and kim novak in pal joey 1957 rita hayworth and. She doesnt think shes that good in pal joeyshe said she didnt like the character she was playing because she was dumb and vapid. Pal joey 1957 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It also came just before the advent of original cast albums, and therefore went unrecorded. Rita hayworth in the final film of her long, successful partnership with columbia pictures, frank sinatra and kim novak star under the masterful. Overview of pal joey, 1957, directed by george sidney, with rita hayworth, frank sinatra, kim novak, at turner classic movies. Pal joey lyrics song lyrics for musical musical lyrics. Frank sinatra a lady is a tramp pal joey, 1957 youtube. In for its 75th anniversary and frank sinatras centennial. When joey meets the former chorus girl and now is the rich widow, vera simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other. Instead, the project sat around for some 10 years before sinatra, always eager to play a gigolo, took over as the lead. Sinatra stars as lady killernight club singer, joey evans. Pal joey original soundtrack frank sinatra allmusic.
Early on ohara drops the promising idea of a throughstory to make each letter a selfcontained narrative, so the book ultimately reads like. The rest is pure silky fluff smoothly wrapped around the paperthin plot. Pal joey original, musical, comedy, broadway opened in new york city dec 25, 1940 and played through nov 29, 1941. Not your average joey pal joey ultimately became the most successful rodgers and hart collaboration, if not the climax of their pairing. When a meddling punk threatens to shake them down, joey gets a taste of his own medicine in this groundbreaking, hard. Il rencontre par hasard son vieil ami ned, pianiste au club 626. This is an original, vintage 1957 complete set of 12 8x10 color photos issued by columbia pictures studio for the film classic pal joey. Complete 8film collection dvd, 2011, 8disc set brand new.
He invented many variants how to receive what he wanted, but so far, none of them worked. It retained about half of the broadway shows rogers and hart tunes and added a few more for good measure. A 1957 adaption of the successful broadway musical, pal joey is a prime example of old school filmmaking that placed greater emphasis on star power, glamour and classic songs than realism or innovation to attract audiences. Frank sinatra, rita hayworth, kim novak pal joey 1957. Okay, so im gonna tell my age and say that i remember when this movie. On the seedy side of chicago nightlife in the 1930s, joey evans is a poor mans bing crosbya bigtalking, smalltime nightclub crooner down on his luck but always on the make. Richard rodgers and lorenz hart s musical about shifty nightclub entertainer joey frank sinatra, seriously sanitised for the screen, is set in san francisco the art deco frontage of the mansion of wealthy widow vera prenticesimpson rita hayworth is the entrance to the coit memorial tower, 1 telegraph hill boulevard, atop telegraph hill.
The only real cohesive element here are all the rogers and hart songs. Pal joey was just re released on dvd as part of the kim novak collection. Complete cast announced for broadway revival of pal joey. Pal joey is a 1957 american technicolor musical film, loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name, and starring rita hayworth, frank sinatra, and kim novak. Joey evans, a second rate nightclub singer in san francisco, is a womanizer.
The naive chorus girl cant cure joey from womanizing. Bonus tracks are bootlegged from the cd releases of on the town and the complete sinatra on columbia set. The movie itself is a hoot, even if it greatly watered down the corrosive, aheadofitstime broadway musical its based on. Pal joey synopsis broadway musical the end of 1930s. The rodgers and hart musical that introduced the world to i could write a book and bewitched, bothered and bewildered. Joey evans a charming, handsome, funny, talented a1st class, an. The relationship between joey and his older benefactress vera simpson is one of implication rather. Pal joey is a fun, glitzy film that seems more like a compilation of glossy music videos than an actual musical. Pal joey is a 1957 american technicolor musical film, loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name, and starring rita hayworth, frank sinatra, and. Along the way, the central character, joey evans, evolved from an irredeemable, womanizing heel who preys on chorus girls to a likable nightclub crooner torn between his love for a struggling singer. Pal joeys thematic darkness has made it difficult to revive, but city centers invaluable encores.
Joey is romancing linda and a widow named vera, who is an exstripper. Gene kelly came to fame in the title role in the original broadway production and was the logical first choice for the screen version, but when mgm would not lend him out the project sat on the backburner so long that his intended costar rita hayworth swapped female. Released july 10th, 1957, pal joey stars rita hayworth, frank sinatra, kim novak, barbara nichols the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Despite making a meaningful connection with lovely chorus girl linda english kim novak, it doesnt stop him from seducing the wealthy widow, and exburlesque dancer, vera simpson rita hayworth, who he hopes. About the show and movie pal joey and the introduction of bewitched, bothered and bewildered. Pal joey music by richard rodgers, lyrics by lorenz hart, book by john ohara, directed by george abbott is a show based on a series of short stories by john ohara, stories first published in the new yorker.
Despite its broadway success, pal joey took his time reaching the screen. She enjoyed working with rita hayworth and with jean louis on the clothes. Nightclub singer joey evans ditches his girlfriend linda for a socialite named vera simpson. Jo ann greer sang for hayworth, as she had done previously in affair in trinidad and miss sadie thompson. Purchase pal joey on digital and stream instantly or download offline. With rita hayworth, frank sinatra, kim novak, barbara nichols. Frank sinatra, in his prime, made some terrific movies, but pal joey is my favorite. Long playing high fidelity manufactured for essex productions, inc.
Pal joey dvd, 1999, closed caption multiple languages. However, pal joey the film remains delightfully watchable for two very good reasons. When kelly came to mgm it was supposed to be made into a film, and kelly would reprise his stage role. The musical is based on a character and situations ohara created in a series of short stories published in the new yorker, which he later published in novel form. If not one of sinatras very best movies, pal joey is nevertheless a classy vehicle. Pal joey is far and away the best frank sinatra soundtrack album of them all. A pretty good movie with a brilliant cast, i didnt get to see the whole film, but it looked pretty. Pal joey is a 1957 musical film directed by george sidney, starring frank sinatra, rita hayworth, and kim novak joey evans sinatra is a lounge singer and emcee who winds up in san francisco looking for work. Pal joey, rodgers and harts broadway musical of late 1940, based on john oharas epistolary short stories about a chicago lowlife who manipulates women, was considered overly cynical in its first production and was only a modest financial success. Stockard channing stunning in pal joey revival reuters.
The novel and the libretto and lyrics by john ohara. Pal joey official trailer pal joeys original source was john oharas series of fictional letters, published in the new yorker, from a mythical dancer who signed all the missives, your pal. Classic frank sinatra film, glamorous film stars and fantastic music. Multiple formats, anamorphic, closedcaptioned, color, full screen. The title character, joey evans, is a manipulative smalltime nightclub performer whose ambitions lead him into an affair with. Frank sinatra, at the zenith of his cocky, worldonastring popularity, glides through the film with breezy nonchalance, romancing showgirl kim novak columbia pictures new sex symbol and wealthy. When joey meets the former chorus girl and now is the rich widow, vera simpson, the pair of.
Frank sinatra in pal joey 1957 pal joey the backstory. Pal joey 1957 also starred novak, but it worked much better, in large part because of the classic songs by richard rodgers and lorenz hartincluding the lady is a tramp and my funny valentineand the performances of sinatra and rita hayworth. Joey is a young singerdancer with big dreams like having own club. Read about the pal joey dvd and browse other dvd movies. Overall, pal joey is a better soundtrack than it is a film. The young man began rehearsing with the chorus of girls and singer gladys.
Seventeen years after its premiere on broadway in 1940, pal joey 1957 finally made its way to the silver screen after numerous attempts by columbia studio boss harry cohn to cast and produce it. George sidney directed, with the choreography managed by hermes pan. Frank sinatra, rita hayworth, kim novak pal joey discogs. Pal joey the novel, a series of letters written by night club singer joey to his trumpeter bandleader friend ted, is a mixed bag.
Soundtrack of pal joey with rita hayworth, frank sinatra and kim novak. Pal joey 1957 the movie pal joey the movie, directed by george sydney, was released 17 years after pal joey the musical. Pal joey, a 1957 film, loosely adapted from the musical of the same name. Sinatra is very good playing one of those johnny fontaine i wouldnt even need to act. Casting is complete for the roundabout theatre companys forthcoming broadway revival of pal joey, which will star the previously announced trio. Pal joey stars rita hayworth, frank sinatra and kim novak in a sophisticated musical. Pal joey is a musical with a book by john ohara and music and lyrics by richard rodgers and lorenz hart.
However, when blackmail enters the picture, vera opts out and joey runs to. Frank sinatra in pal joey 1957 frank sinatra and barbara nichols in pal joey 1957 rita hayworth. Joey evans, a brash, scheming songanddance man elbows his way into a job at a south side nightclub and is soon juggling the affections of a naive shop girl and a wealthy society dame who he hopes will set him up in business. Joey took a job of entertainer in the secondclass nightclub. Kim novaks singing voice was dubbed by trudy stevens. He talks his way into a burlesque nightclub on the barbary coast and through sheer force of. Pal joey was originally a broadway play that starred gene kelly.
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