Kim Novak Collection (Imprint) - 3-Disc Box Set ( Pal Joey / Jeanne Eagels / Middle of the Night )

Kim Novak Collection (Imprint) - 3-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Pal Joey / Jeanne Eagels / Middle of the Night
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Dolby TrueHD )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
335 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Box Set
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1957-1959 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
George Sidney
Delbert Mann

Written By:
Dorothy Kingsley
John O'Hara
Daniel Fuchs
Sonya Levien
John Fante

Paddy Chayefsky

Actors:
Rita Hayworth ..... Mrs. Vera Prentice-Simpson
Frank Sinatra ..... Joey Evans
Kim Novak ..... Linda English
Barbara Nichols ..... Gladys
Bobby Sherwood ..... Ned Galvin
Hank Henry ..... Mike Miggins
Elizabeth Patterson ..... Mrs. Casey
Franklyn Farnum ..... Guest at Charity Ball (scenesDeleted)
Bess Flowers ..... Guest at Charity Ball (scenesDeleted)
Pierre Watkin ..... Mr. Forsythe (scenesDeleted)
John Alban ..... Guest at Charity Ball
Leon Alton ..... Printer Salesman
Isabel Analla ..... Undetermined Secondary Role
Robert Anderson ..... Policeman
Monya Andre ..... Guest at Charity Ball
Maurice Argent ..... Second Tailor
Tol Avery ..... Detective
Al Bain ..... Club Patron
Rita Barrett ..... Stripper
Eddie Bartell ..... Barker
Herman Belmonte ..... Guest at Charity Ball
Steve Benton ..... Electrician
Barry Bernard ..... Vera's Butler
Lulu Mae Bohrman ..... Guest at Charity Ball
Gail Bonney ..... Heavyset Woman
Sue Boomer ..... Secretary
Nick Borgani ..... Waiter
Paul Cesari ..... Pet Store Co-Owner
George Chan ..... Chinese Pianist
Barrie Chase ..... Dancer in Daydream Sequence
Kim Novak ..... Jeanne Eagels
Jeff Chandler ..... Sal Satori
Agnes Moorehead ..... Nellie Neilson
Charles Drake ..... John Donahue
Larry Gates ..... Al Brooks
Virginia Grey ..... Elsie Desmond
Gene Lockhart ..... Equity Board President
Joe De Santis ..... Frank Satori
Murray Hamilton ..... Chick O'Hara
Lee Allen ..... Stage Director
Myrtle Anderson ..... Jeanne's Maid
Jack Ano ..... Soldier
Beulah Archuletta ..... Mrs. Horn in 'Rain'
Eleanor Audley ..... Sob Sister at Party
Walter Bacon ..... Man in Line
John Barton ..... Theatre Patron
Larry J. Blake ..... Reporter
Frank Borzage ..... Director Frank Borzage
Lew Borzage ..... Assistant Director
Chet Brandenburg ..... Cab Driver
William 'Tex' Carr ..... Specialty Fire Eater
John Celentano ..... Frank Satori's Child #1
Dick Cherney ..... Theatre Patron
Sue Collier ..... Model
Sheridan Comerate ..... Confederate Officer
Heinie Conklin ..... Joe, Carnival Employee
Walter Conrad ..... Reporter
Bill Couch ..... Barker
Chuck Couch ..... Barker
Lillian Culver ..... Equity Board Woman
Kim Novak ..... Betty Preisser
Fredric March ..... Jerry Kingsley
Glenda Farrell ..... Mrs. Mueller
Jan Norris ..... Alice Mueller
Lee Grant ..... Marilyn
Effie Afton ..... Mrs. Herbert
Lee Philips ..... George Preisser
Edith Meiser ..... Evelyn Kingsley
Joan Copeland ..... Lillian Englander
Martin Balsam ..... Jack Englander
David Ford ..... Paul Kingsley
Audrey Peters ..... Elizabeth Kingsley
Betty Walker ..... Rosalind Neiman
Albert Dekker ..... Walter Lockman
Rudy Bond ..... Gould
Lou Gilbert ..... Sherman
Dora Weissman ..... Lucy Lockman
Lee Richardson ..... Joey Lockman
Anna Berger ..... Caroline
Alfred Leberfeld ..... Ellman
Nelson Olmsted ..... Erskine
Walter Mathews ..... Mickey Hilliard

Synopsis:

Pal Joey: Joey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A Number One heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl ('she used to be 'Vera...with the vanishing veils'') and now rich widow, Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other. That is, until Linda English comes along. Linda's a 'mouse on the chorus line' and built like there's no tomorrow. But she's the typical good little girl from a good little home - just the right ingredient to louse up Joey's set-up. Jeanne Eagels: A largely fictionalized account of the career of actress Jeanne Eagels, whose fame was both on stage and on the screen in the 1910s and 1920s, is presented. After losing in a rigged carnival beauty pageant, winning which she believed would be her first step to becoming a serious actress, Jeanne joins the traveling carnival itself under the guidance of the pageant organizer, Sal Satori, who features her in a variety of carnival stage shows. But it's when the carnival approaches New York City that Jeanne demonstrates how she truly mapped out her road to acting fame even before meeting Sal. Under the tutelage of renowned acting coach Nellie Neilson, Jeanne, who does possess true acting talent, is given her big acting break and does achieve fame on the Broadway stage, and ultimately also in Hollywood films. Jeanne is not averse to doing whatever is required to advance her career, even at the expense of others. Achieving fame so quickly takes its toll on Jeanne, who turns to alcohol and drugs which would lead to her tragic end. Although other men would come and go over her life, Sal, who ends up joining forces with his brother in operating lucrative Coney Island attractions, is one constant, he who fell in love with and wanted to marry her. Middle of the Night: Fifty-six-year-old Jerry Kingsley (Frederic March), the co-owner/co-operator of Lock Lee Fashions, a New York-based garment manufacturer and wholesaler, has been widowed for two years. His older spinster sister, Evelyn Kingsley (Edith Meiser), moved in with him in his apartment following Jerry's wife's passing to take care of him, she who has always assumed the role as family caregiver. One of Jerry's married daughters, 25-year-old Lillian Englander (Joan Copeland), believes Evelyn has a neurotic fixation on Jerry, Lillian unaware that her own fixation on her father is just as strong. Evelyn tries to arrange dates for Jerry, primarily with lonely widows, something he resists in wanting to find a woman on his own despite his own loneliness. Unlike his married business partner, 59-year-old Walter Lockman (Albert Dekker), who is always chasing after 'tootsies' and 'floozies,' Jerry wants someone to love. After learning her story, Jerry thinks he's found the woman in Lock Lee's 24-year-old receptionist, Betty Preisser (Kim Novak). Betty, who never had much parental guidance, recently got divorced from her musician husband, George Preisser (Lee Philips). There had always been a strong physical attraction between Betty and George, but nothing that she would now consider love. Betty is an extremely sad and confused woman, admits that she misses George, but doesn't want to get back together with him, she needing the antithesis of George as the person in her life at this point in time. Jerry and Betty enter into what ends up being a turbulent May-September relationship, their issues based on their own insecurities: Jerry, who realizes that his love for Betty is illogical due to the differences in their ages, admits he will always have pangs of jealousy in believing that she will be more physically attracted to men her own age; and Betty doesn't know if what she feels for Jerry is love or just a sense of being protected, something she never felt with George. Regardless, they decide to get married. That announcement opens up their relationship to the scrutiny of his family and friends, her family and friends, and their co-workers. The situation gets even more complicated when George reenters Betty's life. The questions then become if Jerry and Betty's relationship can withstand all these pressures, or if there is a factor or factors that will show them that their relationship makes sense at this point in their respective lives.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 17 April, 2025.