Pal Joey

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Pal Joey, 1957.

Robert Osborne introduces Pal Joey, 1957.

Kim Novak standing by to model fashion, Frank Sinatra the title character, Bobby Sherwood his pal at the piano, all invited from the club to a San Francisco society gig hosted by Rita Hayworth as Vera, in her first scene, some recalling her past, with another Rodgers and Hart tune, this one not from the Broadway musical, in Pal Joey, 1957.

Planning to lure hot-property performer Linda (Kim Novak) to the club he’s about to open, singer Joey (Frank Sinatra, title character) disses their current boss (Hank Henry) then works his charms with the Rodgers & Hart standard from the Broadway original, in Pal Joey, 1957.

Accidental boarding-house roommate and San Francisco night club colleague Linda (Kim Novak) tricks slippery Joey (Frank Sinatra, title character) into proving his professed love for pets, in Pal Joey, 1957, based on the Broadway musical, from stories by John O’Hara.

Director George Sidney’s opening, shot at the Berkeley, California train station, introduces Frank Sinatra (title character) followed by the first of many San Francisco location scenes, in Pal Joey, 1957, also starring Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak, from the Rodgers & Hart musical.

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Get a lesson in "Joey's Jargon" from Frank Sinatra himself, on the set of Pal Joey (1957).