Pal Joey Overview:

Pal Joey (1957) was a Drama - Musical Film directed by George Sidney and produced by Fred Kohlmar.

Academy Awards 1957 --- Ceremony Number 30 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: William Kiernan, Louis DiageNominated
Best Costume DesignJean LouisNominated
Best Film EditingViola Lawrence, Jerome ThomsNominated
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Vera Simpson: Who's she?
Joey Evans: She's just a mouse.


Linda English: My mother always says a lady's a lady wherever she goes
Joey Evans: And a bum's a bum wherever he goes.


Linda English: I'm never drinking again.
Joey Evans: First hangover?
Linda English: Why does it feel so bad?
Joey Evans: It only feels so bad in the morning cause it feels so good the night before.


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Rita Hayworth plays the rich older woman keeping Frank Sinatra as her boy toy. In real life, Hayworth was only in her late thirties when she made this film and was three years younger than Sinatra.
'Kim Novak''s singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Stevens (nee Gertrude Ewan).
Columbia Studios head Harry Cohn suggested Marlene Dietrich for the role of Vera Simpson. Dietrich turned down the part but suggested her friend Frank Sinatra for the role of Joey after Gene Kelly was denied the part. Cohn suggested Jack Lemmon before Sinatra was eventually cast.
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