Teacher's Pet (1958)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

George Seaton

Writers:

Fay Kanin (written by) and
Michael Kanin (written by)

Release Date:

1 April 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Their mixed-up romance adds up to this: GREAT DAY! GREAT GUY! GREAT FUN!

Plot:

James Gannon, the hardboiled city editor of a newspaper, believes that the only way to learn the business is by way of the School of Hard Knocks...

Plot Keywords:

Journalism | Editor | Beautiful Woman | May December Romance | Teacher

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Clark Gable	...	James Gannon / James Gallangher
Doris Day	...	Erica Stone
Gig Young	...	Dr. Hugo Pine
Mamie Van Doren	...	Peggy DeFore
Nick Adams	...	Barney Kovac
Peter Baldwin	...	Harold Miller
Marion Ross	...	Katy Fuller
Charles Lane	...	Roy
Jack Albertson	...	Guide
Florenz Ames	...	J.L. Ballentine
Harry Antrim	...	Lloyd Crowley
Vivian Nathan	...	Mrs. Kovac

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | Finland:S

Company:

Perlsea Company

Trivia:

Last film of Florenz Ames.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the scene where Pine corrects Gannon about the year of Bill Wambsganss' unassisted triple play in the World Series (1920), he says that was the first year the Series was a best-of-9 format. Actually, the infamous 1919 Series (Cincinnati over White Sox) was best-of-9, as was the first Series of modern times in 1903.

Quotes:

Peggy DeFore: Jimsy, what's a psychologist?
James Gannon: A guy who gives all kinds of advice about things he knows nothing about.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-02-22)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

The Girl Who Invented Rock and Roll

Doris Day and Clark Gable. Together.

This sole teaming between jolly blonde Doris Day and charismatic Clark Gable works so well you wish that there had been more opportunities for them to appear on film together. Still, we have to content ourselves with this tale – where newspaper hack Gable goes to night class to learn journalism from Day, the daughter of a leading entrepreneur in the field of ‘real news'.

About five minutes in you know where this story is leading, but it sure is fun seeing it get there. Of great value in the cast is smarmy Gig Young as the perfect writer and the perfect intellectual (and the perfect foil to get on Gable's nerves). You'll also spot Mamie Van Doren, that low-rent version of Marilyn Monroe, as Gable's showgirl cutie in a few scenes.

‘Teacher's Pet' is one of the unsung successes of Doris Day's run of romantic comedies. Go on, treat yourself to an exceptional example of the genre.