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Pal Joey (play)
Pal Joey may refer to: * ''Pal Joey'' (novel), a 1940 epistolary novel by John O'Hara * ''Pal Joey'' (musical), a 1940 musical based on the novel * ''Pal Joey'' (film), a 1957 film, loosely adapted from the musical of the same name * ''Pal Joey'' (André Previn album), 1957 * ''Pal Joey'' (Kenny Drew album), 1959 * "Pal Joey" (''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''), a television episode {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Joey (novel)
''Pal Joey'' is a 1940 epistolary novel by John O'Hara, which became the basis of the 1940 stage musical comedy and 1957 motion picture of the same name, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was originally written as a series of episodic short stories in ''The New Yorker'' in the late 1930s. Plot Taking the form of letters from "pal Joey" to "dear Pal Ted," a second-rate nightclub A nightclub (music club, discothèque, disco club, or simply club) is an entertainment venue during nighttime comprising a dance floor, lightshow, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who plays recorded music. Nightclubs gener ... singer recounts his life in 1930s Chicago, with a focus on money and women. Although he does not seem aware of it, Joey's letters reveal him to be an amoral, calculating heel whose venality is cloaked by an amiable persona. He also does not seem aware of his frequent spelling and grammatical errors (really choices by O'Hara to con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Joey (musical)
''Pal Joey'' is a 1940 musical with a book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The musical is based on a character and situations O'Hara created in a series of short stories published in ''The New Yorker'', which he later published in novel form. The title character, Joey Evans, is a manipulative small-time nightclub performer whose ambitions lead him into an affair with the wealthy, middle-aged and married Vera Simpson. It includes two songs that have become standards: "I Could Write a Book" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". The original 1940 Broadway production was directed by George Abbott and starred Vivienne Segal and Gene Kelly. Though it received mixed reviews, the show ran for 10 months, the third-longest run of any Rodgers and Hart musical. There have been several revivals since, including a 2008–09 Broadway run, and a 1957 film adaptation starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. Background Author John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Joey (film)
''Pal Joey'' is a 1957 American musical comedy film directed by George Sidney, loosely adapted from the Rodgers and Hart musical play of the same name, and starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak. Jo Ann Greer sang for Hayworth, as she had done previously in '' Affair in Trinidad'' (1952) and ''Miss Sadie Thompson'' (1953). Novak's singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Stevens. The choreography was managed by Hermes Pan. Nelson Riddle handled the musical arrangements 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". 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. Along with its strong box-office success, ''Pal Joey'' earned four Academy Award nominations and one Golden Globe Award nomination. ''Pal Joey'' is one of Sinatra's few post-''From Here to Eternity'' films in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Joey (André Previn Album)
''Pal Joey'' (full title ''Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from Pal Joey'') is a jazz album by pianist André Previn & His Pals, bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Shelly Manne, recorded in 1957 and released on the Contemporary label.Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015 The album features Previn's jazz interpretations of songs from and 's broadway musical, '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Joey (Kenny Drew Album)
''Pal Joey'' is an album by American pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1957 and released on Riverside Records in 1958. The trio plays here pieces from the musical of the same name and other works composed by Rodgers and Hart. The album was first reissued on CD only in 1996 in the US, and in 2006 in Japan. Both editions are currently out of print. Track listing ''All pieces by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.'' #" Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - 4:12 #"Do It the Hard Way" - 5:52 #" I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - 4:01 #"Happy Hunting Horn" - 4:18 #"I Could Write a Book" - 4:43 #"What Is a Man?" - 5:08 #"My Funny Valentine" - 4:09 #" The Lady Is a Tramp" - 5:41 Personnel *Kenny Drew Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew (August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993) was an American-Danish jazz pianist. Biography Drew was born in New York City, United States, and received piano lessons from the age of five.Feather, Leonard, & Ira Gitler (2 ... - piano * Wilbur Ware - bass * Philly Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
