In honor of Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday, which is tomorrow, this week on «Film Friday» I bring you one of his most iconic films and one of my personal favorites. Original release poster Directed by George Sidney, Pal Joey (1957) tells the story of Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra), a cynical singer who is thrown out of town for romancing the mayor's underage daughter and ends up in San Francisco emceeing at a second-rate nightclub, where he meets a naïve young chorus girl named Linda English (Kim Novak). One night, Joey and the club band are invited to perform at a society fund-raiser hosted by Vera Simpson (Rita Hayworth), a wealthy widow whom the crooner immediately recognizes from her old days as a stripper. Later on, Joey walks Linda to her rooming house and notices a room for rent sign in the window. After ascertaining from the sleepy landlady, Mrs. Casey (Elizabeth Patterson), that there is a vacant room adjoining Linda's, the womanizing Joey eagerly rents it. ...
