New superlatives are needed to express just how good is this wonderful Americana musical from the 1950s boom years. The Broadway creator tapped Hollywood’s most qualified (and creative) director of musicals for the stage to screen conversion, retaining much of the original New York talent. Doris Day is a sensation as Babe Williams, whose romantic and labor problems play out at a sleepwear factory. The color design is a delight, every song is a keeper, and the talent on view makes one want to clap, sixty-five years later.
The Pajama Game
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1957 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date January 26, 2021 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr., Reta Shaw, Barbara Nichols, Thelma Pelish, Jack Straw.
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Film Editor: William H. Ziegler
Art Direction: Malcolm C. Bert
Choreography: Bob Fosse
Musical Supervision: Ray Heindorf
Songs by: Richard Adler,...
The Pajama Game
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1957 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 101 min. / Street Date January 26, 2021 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr., Reta Shaw, Barbara Nichols, Thelma Pelish, Jack Straw.
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Film Editor: William H. Ziegler
Art Direction: Malcolm C. Bert
Choreography: Bob Fosse
Musical Supervision: Ray Heindorf
Songs by: Richard Adler,...
- 1/16/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
New York -- Composer-lyricist Richard Adler, whose evergreen pop standards include "Heart," "Hey There," "Hernando's Hideaway," "Whatever Lola Wants" and "Steam Heat," died June 21 at his home in Southampton, N.Y. He was 90. Fresh out of the U.S. Naval Reserve after World War II, Adler partnered with co-composer and lyricist Jerry Ross, receiving the mentorship of Broadway great Frank Loesser. Their first notable collaboration was on the song "Rags to Riches," which became a No. 1 hit for Tony Bennett in 1953. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2012 After getting their
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- 6/22/2012
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Today in 1954, Damn Yankees opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 1019 performances. Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball.
- 5/5/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tim Burton is one of those directors who like to keep working with regular collaborators and he’s raiding his Rolodex (or should that be flipping his phone contacts list these days?) for some familiar names for the voice cast of his stop-motion Frankenweenie film. The first batch up? Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Martin Short and Catherine O’Hara.The one thing that unites them all (besides good pedigrees) is that they’ve all appeared in Burton’s work in the past. Ryder, of course, was Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice and then fell for Johnny Depp’s Edward Scissorhands. She’ll be voicing Elsa.Martin Landau, meanwhile, snagged an Oscar playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood, and has signed on as the voice of Mr Rzykruski. Martin Short cropped up in Mars Attacks, as press secretary Jerry Ross. He’s taking on five characters in Frankenweenie: Bob, Nassor, Toshiaki,...
- 9/21/2010
- EmpireOnline
'Sometimes People tell me I should go into politics, but I'm not interested. We've got enough boobs in the White House. Peo ple would ask about foreign af fairs, and I'd say, 'What's wrong with American men?' Then they'd ask about global warming, and I'd say 'When my globes get warm, I just take off my sweater!' "
This is Dolly Parton, unchangeable at age 62 and still going strong all over the world.
Martin, the concierge of the famed Connaught Hotel in London, tele phoned Casey Ribicoff this week (she is the widow of Abe Ribicoff,...
This is Dolly Parton, unchangeable at age 62 and still going strong all over the world.
Martin, the concierge of the famed Connaught Hotel in London, tele phoned Casey Ribicoff this week (she is the widow of Abe Ribicoff,...
- 7/13/2008
- by By LIZ SMITH
- NYPost.com
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