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The Pajama Game

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The Pajama Game
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1hr 41min
Release:
1957
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
Critics' 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 ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Katie (Babe) Williams
Sid Sorokin
Gladys Hotchkiss
Vernon Hines
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Harry Connick, Jr., nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for “The Pajama...
Kelli O'Hara, nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for “The Pajama Game”
Kelli O'Hara, nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for “The Pajama Game”
Rob Ashford, winner of Best Choreography for “The Wedding Singer” and Kathleen Marshall, nominee for...
Megan Lawrence, nominee for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for “The Pajama...
Jill Goodacre and Harry Connick, Jr., nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical...
Harry Connick, Jr., nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for “The Pajama...
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