(1957)
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Lucia Bozzola
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).
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The Pajama Game (1957)
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