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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 .. Read more

Starring	Doris Day, Carol Haney, John Raitt
Director	Stanley Donen
Genres	Comedy, Romance

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- Brilliantly conceived musical on an unlikely subject, effectively concealing its Broadway origins and becoming an expert, fast-moving, hard-hitting piece of modern musical cinema.
- 33018
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Great film, poor DVD
  
  This is a great film, packed with musical numbers bearing the hallmarks of early Fosse ... read more »
  
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  - Bristol
  - 17 Jan 2007 at 14:09
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  A Foggy Day
  
  a very enjoyable film with some great performances but the print quality is terrible, hence my heading 'A Foggy Day', a lot of the film looks like it&#... read more »
  
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  - Bolton
  - 08 Mar 2010 at 23:10
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  A Foggy Day
  
  a very enjoyable film with some great performances but the print quality is terrible, hence my heading 'A Foggy Day', a lot of the film looks like it&#... read more »
  
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  - Bolton
  - 08 Mar 2010 at 23:09
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  Poor
  
  I love DD, however recently saw this for the first time- I've been working my way through the collection- I was so disappointed. It looked like a rubbish ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 06 Feb 2010 at 10:06
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  the pajama game
  
  very good typical doris day comedy
  
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- - ricky
  - 360 reviews
  - Hastings
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 09:33
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  Customer Review
  
  I got this version because I had read poor reviews of previous DVD versions of this movie. This is the worst picture quality I have ever seen on a legal DVD. ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Doris Day does it again.
  
  Let's face facts, how many people would put one of her films at the top of your tree????,,,,...but to those same people, who really hates her?????....great ... read more »
  
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- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 21 Feb 2008 at 22:25
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  The Pyjama Game
  
  The film is full of many well-known songs from yesteryear: Hey There, Once-A-Year-Day, Hernando's Hideaway, etc. If you love musical comedies, and the ... read more »
  
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- - Miriam
  - Ealing, London
  - 18 Feb 2008 at 01:22
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  Pyjama Day
  
  Day was the interloper here, joining the orginal Broadway cast for the making of the film version of this popular musical. Even by her standards she excels in ... read more »
  
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  - wales
  - 16 Oct 2007 at 13:04
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  Disappointing
  
  I have always been a big fan of Doris Day but was disappointed with this offering. Total rubbish
  
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  - West Mids
  - 12 Jul 2007 at 11:50
- - 6
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  Great film, poor DVD
  
  This is a great film, packed with musical numbers bearing the hallmarks of early Fosse ... read more »
  
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- - beantrees
  - 17 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 17 Jan 2007 at 14:09
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- - 6
  - 2
  Great film, poor DVD
  
  This is a great film, packed with musical numbers bearing the hallmarks of early Fosse ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 403113
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - beantrees
  - 17 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 17 Jan 2007 at 14:09
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  Pyjama Day
  
  Day was the interloper here, joining the orginal Broadway cast for the making of the film version of this popular musical. Even by her standards she excels in ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 485234
- - a customer
  - wales
  - 16 Oct 2007 at 13:04
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  Doris Day does it again.
  
  Let's face facts, how many people would put one of her films at the top of your tree????,,,,...but to those same people, who really hates her?????....great ... read more »
  
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- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 21 Feb 2008 at 22:25
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  do not rent
  
  the film picture quality was very poor and looked like it had been mastered from an old video copy.unwatchable!!!!!!!
  
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  - manchester
  - 26 Jun 2004 at 12:14
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  Dreadful Copy
  
  Whilst the musical itself is excellent, the quality of the copy to DVD is appalling. I would not have accepted this quality in a tape. It appears to have been ... read more »
  
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  - Rye, East Sussex
  - 17 Jul 2005 at 10:33
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  good sound qulity
  
  Good songs, brilliant Doris Day, poor colour quality
  
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  - worcester,UK
  - 24 Apr 2006 at 16:15
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  Oh, well.....
  
  With no previous knowledge of 'The Pajama Game' as a musical, I'd not realised how many tuneful, familiar songs it had originated. And, while the ... read more »
  
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- - noirpanther
  - 218 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Jun 2006 at 09:23
- - 1
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  The Pyjama Game
  
  The film is full of many well-known songs from yesteryear: Hey There, Once-A-Year-Day, Hernando's Hideaway, etc. If you love musical comedies, and the ... read more »
  
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- - Miriam
  - Ealing, London
  - 18 Feb 2008 at 01:22
- - 1
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  the pajama game
  
  very good typical doris day comedy
  
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- 606037
- - ricky
  - 360 reviews
  - Hastings
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 09:33
- - 1
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  Unwatchable
  
  The quality of this disc is appalling. It appears to have been mastered from a NTSC video.
  
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  - The Midlands
  - 10 Jul 2004 at 20:14

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  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. ...