Sinatra is at his swaggering best as Joey Evans, a nonchalant singer and womanizer about to meet his match in wealthy Vera (Rita Hayworth), whose financing of his club “Chez Joey” comes with strings attached. A chorus girl (Kim Novak) rounds out the love triangle. Freely adapted from the Broadway show in turn derived from John O’Hara’s epistolary novel, Pal Joey boasts a Rodgers & Hart score packed with standards, including “Bewitched,” “My Funny Valentine,” and the immortal “The Lady Is a Tramp.” Despite some of Joey’s rather unsavory opinions, Sinatra’s Golden Globe–winning turn is so infused with his signature insouciant charm, it’s impossible to dislike.