Word: pal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other plays this season from The New Yorker stories: My Sister Eileen, Pal Joey...
...Pal Joey (book by John O'Hara, music by Rodgers & Hart, produced by George Abbott). Since he came of age, John O'Hara has spent more time in nightclubs than many men have in bed. He has stayed till closing, seen all the sights, heard all the jargon. His short novel Pal Joey consists of the magnificently illiterate letters of a nightclub crooner and hoofer, an attractive, low and decidedly rubbery heel, describing his greedy world of mice and moola (women and money). Perhaps the most laudable thing about this character is that he might not betray...
...those who can park their morals in the lobby, Pal Joey...
Foxy, balding Senator Pat Harrison lost $14 at bridge to a Columbia Broadcasting System official, then bet him $15 to $10 that the Chicago Bears would trim the Washington Redskin footballers-and a further dollar-a-point on the score. Next day he took his cocky pal to the field, gloated as the Bears rioted to a 73-to-0 victory, earned him $83 at the rate of $1.38 for every minute of play...
...PAL JOEY - John O'Hara-Duell, Sloan & Pierce...