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 Who was considered for Pal Joey?

Marlene Dietrich
Dietrich, then at the peak of her career as a Las Vegas entertainer, turned down an invitation from Columbia chief Harry Cohn to play the rich, seductive Vera Simpson.
Actor who got the part: Rita Hayworth

Gene Kelly
Kelly was promised the title role in the movie version of the hit musical in which he'd made a hit in 1940. It took so long to get the movie project going that Kelly was by then a star at MGM and lost the role.
Actor who got the part: Frank Sinatra

Barbara Stanwyck
Stanwyck was thought of for the role of of Vera Simpson.
Actor who got the part: Rita Hayworth



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