The Pajama Game (1957)
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The Broadway musical Pajama Game was based on Seven and a Half Cents. a comic novel about labor relations written by Richard Bissell. Doris Day stars as an employee at a pajama factory who becomes the spokesperson for her fellow workers when management refuses to give them a 7 1/2 cent raise.… More The Broadway musical Pajama Game was based on Seven and a Half Cents. a comic novel about labor relations written by Richard Bissell. Doris Day stars as an employee at a pajama factory who becomes the spokesperson for her fellow workers when management refuses to give them a 7 1/2 cent raise. Complicating matters is the fact that Management is represented by handsome John Raitt, who happens to be in love with Day. A subplot involves Day's freewheeling co-worker Carol Haney and her insanely jealous boyfriend, factory-manager Eddie Foy Jr. Many of the cast members from the original Broadway production (Raitt, Haney, Foy, Reta Shaw, Peter Gennaro etc.) are retained for the film version, as are most of the Richard Adler/Jerry Ross songs: highlights include "Hey There", "Steam Heat", "Hernando's Hideaway", "There Once Was a Man". and the title song. The choreography is in the capable hands (and feet) of Bob Fosse. Pajama Game performed so well at the box-office that Warners immediately went to work on the filmization of the second (and last) Adler/Ross Broadway collaboration, Damn Yankees. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.
- Directed By
- George Abbott, Stanley Donen
- Written By
- George Abbott, Richard Bissell
- Genres
- Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1998 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 21, 1999
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
It may not be especially distinguished filmmaking, but historically, it's a treasure trove.
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Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
The only thing that doesn't move in The Pajama Game is Doris Day's scary butch hairdo.
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Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
As the two leads' flowering romance begins to grow further apart, the strain is conveyed through the mechanized perfectionism of the choreography.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Day particularly overdoes her schtick and sends the movie too often into self-parody
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
Despite the movie's suggestive title, it's a family picture all the way. The pajama reference is just a tease, alluding to the story's unlikely setting in a pajama factory.
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Cast
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Doris Dayas Katie (Babe) Williams -
John Raittas Sid Sorokin -
Carol Haneyas Gladys Hotchkiss
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Eddie Foy Jr.as Vernon Hines -
Reta Shawas Mabel -
Barbara Nicholsas Poopsie
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