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...ravaged face chase self-pity, fear, vanity and - finally - triumph, when she kicks the heel who tried to tread on her. Overshadowed, Christopher Walken plays Chance from the crotch - not inappropriately, consider ing the man's end. The overall impression is of a classy parody of Pal Joey...
...peer at each other through the immigration fence at Ellis Island, it is evident that Gitl (Carol Kane) and Yossele (Paul Freedman) will have trouble adjusting to Jake's foreign lifestyle. Jake, whose name was formerly Yaakov, now insists that they change their son's name from Yossele to Joey. He objects to his wife's wig as a vestige of the old country and insists that she wear her hair naturally...
SHOT IN SOFT black and white, this film has an air of innocence and charm about it. It conveys no really profound emotions, but a certain light pathos makes it appealing. The film's best scene is a picnic in the woods. Jake, Gitl, Joey and Bernstein, gather up the proper equipment and head into the woods. Just as they break through a clearing, a light rag picks up for background music, establishing a light mood. As sunlight streams through the trees, Jake starts up a game of all-American baseball with his son; there's something whimsical about this...
Others danced to the music of Joey Val's five-man band, watched "Happy Days" and "Space: 1999" between spans of election coverage, or joined in "We Want Joe" cheers led by a small group of Charlestown women wearing styrofoam Timilty hats and Timilty banners across their chests...
...failed preppie from Pottsville, Pa., John O'Hara did not turn out so badly. He published 13 novels and 374 short stories during his 65 years. His Pal Joey sketches inspired the book for one of Broadway's landmark musicals. He was celebrated in New York and Hollywood and enjoyed an income of millions. He was even lucky in love: after the death of his beloved second wife...