Pal Joey [videorecording] / an Essex-George Sidney Production

Published:: Culver City, CA : Columbia Pictures, [1999]
Copyright Date:: ©1999
Physical Description:: 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators:: Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987, Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, Novak, Kim, Sidney, George, 1916-2002, Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943, Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, Lipstein, Harold, 1898-1974, and Essex Productions, Inc

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Language Note:

English, Portuguese ; subtitled in English (closed-captioned), Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai.

Summary:

Relates the story of a nightclub entertainer who is also a heel. He romances a wealthy socialite to get her to finance his own nightclub, then falls for a chorine he hires for the club.

Subject(s):

Nightclubs—Drama
Entertainers—Drama

Genre(s):

ISBN:

0767821807
9780767821803

Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Based on the play, Pal Joey, book by John O'Hara.
Special features: interactive menus, talent files, vintage advertising, original "Hep Cat" trailer, bonus trailers, scene selections.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director, George Sidney ; producer, Fred Kohlmar ; stage producer, George Abbott ; music, Richard Rodgers ; lyrics, Lorenz Hart ; screenplay, Dorothy Kingsley ; director of photography, Harold Lipstein.

Participant/Performer Note:

Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols, Bobby Sherwood, Hank Henry, Elizabeth Patterson.

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1, NTSC, Dolby Digital sound, full and widescreen presentations.

Terms of Use and Reproduction:

No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.

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