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Joe Hardy is a fanatic, middle-aged Washington Senators baseball fan who makes a pact with the devil. In exchange for his soul (although there is a small escape clause). he’ll become a 22-year-old savior of the Senators, the greatest long ball hitter in history, and he’ll lead the team to a pennant. Later, young Hardy shows signs of yearning for the wife he left behind, so the Devil sends in Lola, his vamp supreme. But thanks to Joe’s integrity, the escape clause, and after a number of song and dance numbers, things are put right for both Joe and the Senators.
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The movie is an almost exact replica of the 1956 Broadway hit. Tab Hunter moved in as the young Joe, but everyone else reprised their stage roles — and that’s the reason to see or buy the DVD. Ray Walston plays Applegate, the devil, with barely contained glee. He’s sly, unethical, untrustworthy and very funny. Best of all Gwen Verdon plays Lola, and she hits a home run with every number. She was a great dancer and a magnetic stage presence. I saw her do her stuff on stage once and it’s a great memory. She had her big break in Can Can in 1954, then starred in three more shows during the Fifties. She won a Tony for each. She married Bob Fosse, retired, had a daughter, divorced Fosse. In 1966 she starred in Sweet Charity. And at 50, in 1975, she starred in Chicago. Believe me, she hadn’t lost a thing. She was not the starlet type. She had a grainy, slightly smoky voice, and a personality that could range from gamin to raunchy. She could bring innocence to the most suggestive lyrics. As you can tell, I’m a fan.
The score for Damn Yankees is, in my view, better than average but not a classic. It includes “Whatever Lola Wants,” “Two Lost Souls” and “Heart.” Fosse did the choreography and dances with Verdon in one number, “Who’s Got the Pain.” It’s a clever, fast routine and is a great showcase for them both.
When Warners brought Adler and Ross’s “Pajama Game” and “Damn Yankees” to the screen, they make a wise choice: they brought most of the shows’ original Broadway casts with them, substituting just two photogenic major studio contract players (Doris Day for Janis Paige in “Game” and Tab Hunter for Stephen Douglass in “Yankees”) in leading roles. In Day’s case it was probably an improvement; Hunter’s not great but he’s no embarrassment. Stanley Donen (on loan from MGM?) teamed up with the great stage director George Abbott for the films, and (thankfully!) Bob Fosse restaged his original dance numbers. Naturally there had to be some cuts - risque material (”The Game” in “Yankees”, “Think of the Time I Save” in “Pajama”) was excised - and the shows were tightened. But the spirits of the original shows were better captured than in most Hollywood transfers. The new DVD of “Yankees” arrived today and it’s regrettable that there are no bonuses and there’s no stereo track (unlike MGM and Fox, Warners apparently didn’t believe much in multichannel recording at the time). But the show, though a little dated, is still great fun. Anyone who knows Ray Walston merely from “My Favorite Martian” is due for a special treat. Vernon, whose Hollywood career during her musical prime was far too brief, is ALWAYS a treat, and Lola was one of her signature roles. The Warnercolor transfer looks pretty good for a film nearly 50 years old. I remember Warnercolor veering a little to the dark side of the color palette but that seems to have been compensated for here.
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