The article is about the 1957 film. For other uses see The Pajama Game (disambiguation).
| The Pajama Game | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Abbott Stanley Donen |
| Produced by | George Abbott Stanley Donen Frederick Brisson (Associate Producer) Robert E. Griffith (Associate Producer) Harold Prince (Associate Producer) |
| Written by | George Abbott Richard Bissell |
| Starring | Doris Day John Raitt Carol Haney Eddie Foy Jr. Barbara Nichols |
| Music by | Richard Adler Jerry Ross |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Sr |
| Editing by | William H. Ziegler |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
| Release date(s) | August 29, 1957 |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Pajama Game is a 1957 musical film based on the stage musical of the same name. The principal cast of the Broadway musical repeated their roles for the movie, with the exception of Janis Paige, who was replaced by Doris Day.
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Sid (John Raitt) has just been hired as superintendent of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He soon falls for Babe (Doris Day), a worker in the factory and member of the employee union's leadership. At the company picnic they become a couple, but Babe worries that their roles in management and labor will drive them apart. She is correct. The union is pushing for a raise of seven-and-one-half cents per hour to bring them in line with the industry standard, but the factory's manager is giving them a runaround. In retaliation, the workers pull a slow-down and deliberately foul up the pajamas, but when Babe actually sabotages some machinery, Sid fires her.
Meanwhile, Sid has been wondering what secrets the manager is hiding in his locked account book. To that end, he takes Gladys (Carol Haney), the boss' assistant, on a date to the local hot spot, "Hernando's Hideaway," despite her insanely jealous boyfriend 'Hine-sie' (Eddie Foy, Jr.). He gets Gladys drunk, and in this state, she lends him the key to the locked book. Returning to the factory, Sid discovers that the manager reported the raise as having been instituted months ago. He has been pocketing the difference, himself. Sid threatens to send the book to the board of directors if the raise isn't paid immediately.
At the union meeting that evening, the manager agrees to the raise. When Babe realizes that it was Sid who engineered the raise, and that he has only been attempting to avoid labor strife, she returns to him.
| Character | Performer |
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| Katherine "Babe" Williams | Doris Day |
| Sid Sorokin | John Raitt |
| Gladys Hotchkiss | Carol Haney |
| Vernon "Hine-sie" Hines | Eddie Foy Jr. |
| Mabel | Reta Shaw |
| Mae | Thelma Pelish |
| Prez | Jack Straw |
| "Poopsie" | Barbara Nichols |
| Myron Hasler | Ralph Dunn |
| Max | Owen Martin |
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