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
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.
pure, unadulterated fluff. normally I'm not so cynical about classic musicals, and perhaps the stage version is better...but this film really rubbed me the wrong way. the plot was thin and barely cohesive, the characters were flat and irritating, and even the Fosse-choreographed song-and-dances weren't all that
outstanding. shallow, feel-good camp to the max--leaves me feeling diabetic and annoyed.
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