If you love Sinatra, you'll love this!!
Added 9/22/2009
This has got to be the most fun Sinatra I've ever seen. He is almost insufferable when you first meet him in this movie, but once he starts singing you're hooked!! He develops more and more character as the movie goes on, and I'm a real sap for a happy ending!! Couple that with a really terrific Rogers and Hart musical score, and you are in DVD heaven!! Must have for all TRUE Frank Sinatra fans who love the guy and his music!!
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Sinatra at his best with Rogers' and Hart's terrific songs
Added 8/31/2009
"Pal Joey" is a wonderful combination of great music and
Sinatra at the top of his game. The songs in the 50's were
frequently taken from top broadway shows and performed by
the top stars of the day. This is the movie version of one
of the fine shows which spawned many records by wonderful
performers. It is a delight to see Rita Hayworth, although
aging, still exhibiting the dancing skills she began her
professional career at age 14.
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Dated but still a blast
Added 2/17/2009
The recent Broadway revival of Pal Joey is a stark contrast to the film version which drastically overhauled the story and song list, mostly for the better. Frank Sinatra plays Joey as a cad with a heart of gold, who you know will do the right thing in the end. Getting to that point, you have to put up with Frank's 1950-ish hipster persona, which by todays standards produces quite a few cringes in his attitude towards women. Getting past that, the movie has widely added several great Rodgers and Hart songs from their other musicals, including one of Frank's signature numbers, "The Lady is a Tramp." The music alone makes it worthwhile to watch.
The location has been moved to San Francisco, and the location footage is another pleasant change from the play's dreary Chicago setting. The characters have also been altered, becoming less caustic on the one side, as with Joey, and even sweeter on the other side, as with Kim Novak. Having seen the Broadway version, and concluding that the greatest fault of the show was the inability to like the main characters, the changes here work for the best.
I don't know if Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak did their own singing, but since most of the songs are performed by the incomparable Sinatra, you are sure to be humming several of the tunes for days afterwards.
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An absolutely terrific Sinatra classic. He is the perfect "Joey". Kim Novak & Rita Hayworth are just beautiful!
Wish the play in NYC had been this good!!!!!!
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Pal Joey was filmed in San Francisco and showed off our city nicely. Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak (she is gorgeous)and Rita Hayworth gave outstanding performances to this entertaining musical film. This was Sinatra's crowning achievement, in my opinion.
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If you love Sinatra, you'll love this!!
Added 9/22/2009
This has got to be the most fun Sinatra I've ever seen. He is almost insufferable when you first meet him in this movie, but once he starts singing you're hooked!! He develops more and more character as the movie goes on, and I'm a real sap for a happy ending!! Couple that with a really terrific Rogers and Hart musical score, and you are in DVD heaven!! Must have for all TRUE Frank Sinatra fans who love the guy and his music!!
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Sinatra at his best with Rogers' and Hart's terrific songs
Added 8/31/2009
"Pal Joey" is a wonderful combination of great music and
Sinatra at the top of his game. The songs in the 50's were
frequently taken from top broadway shows and performed by
the top stars of the day. This is the movie version of one
of the fine shows which spawned many records by wonderful
performers. It is a delight to see Rita Hayworth, although
aging, still exhibiting the dancing skills she began her
professional career at age 14.
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Dated but still a blast
Added 2/17/2009
The recent Broadway revival of Pal Joey is a stark contrast to the film version which drastically overhauled the story and song list, mostly for the better. Frank Sinatra plays Joey as a cad with a heart of gold, who you know will do the right thing in the end. Getting to that point, you have to put up with Frank's 1950-ish hipster persona, which by todays standards produces quite a few cringes in his attitude towards women. Getting past that, the movie has widely added several great Rodgers and Hart songs from their other musicals, including one of Frank's signature numbers, "The Lady is a Tramp." The music alone makes it worthwhile to watch.
The location has been moved to San Francisco, and the location footage is another pleasant change from the play's dreary Chicago setting. The characters have also been altered, becoming less caustic on the one side, as with Joey, and even sweeter on the other side, as with Kim Novak. Having seen the Broadway version, and concluding that the greatest fault of the show was the inability to like the main characters, the changes here work for the best.
I don't know if Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak did their own singing, but since most of the songs are performed by the incomparable Sinatra, you are sure to be humming several of the tunes for days afterwards.
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