SUDDENLY: a Frank Sinatra podcast2 Jun 2025

63: Pal Joey, Part 1 - The Beauty of Lorenz Hart

For part one of our Pal Joey deep dive, we look at the life of gay lyricist Lorenz Hart. We explore Hart's writings, philosophy, and history as a closeted artist living a painfully contradictory double life. We also discuss the benefits of irredeemable characters in art, setting the stage for a closer look at how the 1940 musical Pal Joey—and the 1957 Sinatra-starring film adaptation—came to be.

Sources:

The Art of Burning Bridges: A Life of John O'Hara by Geoffrey O'Brien
Lorenz Hart: A Poet on Broadway by Frederick Nolan
A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film by Richard Barrios
A Ship Without a Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart by Gary Marmostein
Pal Joey: The novel and libretto and lyrics, John O'Hara, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers
Novellas by John O'Hara
Selected Short Stories by John O'Hara
Pal Joey, History of a Heel by Julieanne Lundberg
Rodgers and Hart, Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered: A Dual Biography by Samuel Marx and Jan Clayton

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