The Pajama Game [Blu-ray]

Overview

In this film version of the Broadway musical, 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.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/2021
UPC:	0883929719655
Original Release:	1957
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Doris Day	Katie (Babe) Williams
John Raitt	Sid Sorokin
Carol Haney	Gladys Hotchkiss
Eddie Foy Jr.	Vernon Hines
Reta Shaw	Mabel
Barbara Nichols	Poopsie
Thelma Pelish	Mae
Jack Straw	Prez
Ralph Dunn	Hasler
Owen Martin	Max
Jackie Kelk	1st Helper
Ralph Chambers	Charlie
Mary Stanton	Brenda
Buzz Miller	Featured Dancer
Kenneth LeRoy	Featured Dancer
Jack Waldron	Salesman
Ralph Volkie	2nd Helper
Franklin Fox	Pop Williams
William A. Forester	Joe
Peter Gennaro	Dancer
Elmore Henderson	Waiter
Fred Villani	Tony the Headwaiter
Kathy Marlowe	Holly
Otis Griffith	Otis
Barry Bernard	Anderson
Ellie Kent	Carol
Mara McAfee	Sabrina
Bek Nelson	Lola
Betty Utey	Patsy
Lynn Bernay	Actor
Jerry Ross	Composer
Richard Adler	Composer

Technical Credits

George Abbott

Richard Bissell

George Abbott	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Stanley Donen	Producer,Director
Richard Bissell	Screenwriter
Frederick Brisson	Producer
Harold Prince	Producer
Robert E. Griffith	Producer

Editorial Reviews

One of the superior screen adaptations of a Broadway musical, George Abbott's and Stanley Donen's The Pajama Game (1957) turns a pajama factory union dispute into Technicolor cinematic exuberance. Starring Doris Day and most of the original Broadway cast members, including John Raitt and Carol Haney (whose stage understudy was Shirley MacLaine), the movie version does great justice to the Richard Adler and Jerry Ross score, including "Hey There," "Hernando's Hideaway," "There Once Was a Man," and the title tune. Bob Fosse reprised his Broadway role as the choreographer, importing the jazzy Haney showstopper "Steam Heat" intact from stage to screen, and superbly adapting the joyous picnic frolic "Once a Year Day" to the more flexible dance space afforded by camera movement and an outdoor location. Warner Bros. regrouped Donen, Abbott, and Fosse the next year for another Broadway transplant, Damn Yankees (1958).