{"id":15079,"date":"2011-06-24T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15079"},"modified":"2013-02-13T10:38:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T15:38:50","slug":"frank-sinatra-rita-hayworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15079","title":{"rendered":"Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and a Double Brandy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Pal-Joey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15111\" title=\"Pal Joey\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Pal-Joey-197x300.jpg\" width=\"172\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a>Guest blogger Kitty\u00a0Johnson writes:<\/p>\n<p>A double brandy for me, please, bartender!<\/p>\n<p>Now <em>this<\/em> is classic.<\/p>\n<p>A prime <a title=\"Frank Sinatra\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Frank+Sinatra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frank Sinatra<\/a> serenading the luminous <a title=\"Rita Hayworth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Rita+Hayworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rita Hayworth<\/a> in <a title=\"George Stevens\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_director.asp?search=George+Stevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Stevens<\/a>\u2019 1957 melo-musical <a title=\"Pal Joey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D15507&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pal Joey<\/a>.\u00a0 The film itself is light on plot, and even lighter on acting, but \u2026 oh, <em>come on<\/em>. Who are we kiddin\u2019? We\u2019re only here to hear Frankie croon, see <a title=\"Kim Novak\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor.asp?search=Kim+Novak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kim Novak<\/a> brood and watch Rita\u00a0strut. And we get all of those in <em>Pal Joe<\/em>y.<\/p>\n<p>The piece de resistance\u00a0is this three-minute scene in which the eternal standard &#8220;The Lady Is a Tramp&#8221; gets Frankie\u2019s royal treatment. And if there ain\u2019t a gal out there who doesn\u2019t swoon, faint, and thud at\u00a0 Ol\u2019 Blue Eyes\u2019 debonair, seductive appeal then, well, please forgive my French, but \u2026 <em>merde<\/em>. God help us all! (Really ladies, just <em>watch<\/em> him kick that piano away!)<\/p>\n<p>Treat \u2018em mean and keep \u2018em keen, Frankie!!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmMyFCXIp0Q\" height=\"385\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Kitty Johnson is a freelance writer who also works as an editorial assistant for a Los Angeles-based film magazine &#8230; which is a fancy way of saying she&#8217;s one hell of a nerd. For proof, visit her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/kittypackard.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Kitty Packard Pictorial<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest blogger Kitty\u00a0Johnson writes: A double brandy for me, please, bartender! Now this is classic. 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