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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781415709511
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1415709513
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 7684
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: April 01, 1958
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Description:
In TEACHER’S PET, film legend Clark Gable stars as Jim Gannon, a school-of-hard-knocks newspaperman who despises journalism schools... until he sees who's doing the teaching. Attracted to lovely professor Erica Stone (Day), he masquerades as a novice in her class. Soon he's her prize pupil, all the while trying to make her his own prize.
Amazon.com:
Clark Gable's bluff masculinity is a big part of the story and appeal of Teacher's Pet, to such a degree that his age (near 60) doesn't seem like such a problem as he romances perky Doris Day. Gable is an old-school newspaperman who scoffs at the idea of journalism being taught in night school; hard knocks and shoe leather are his preferred textbooks. Naturally, Doris teaches journalism in night school. Gable masquerades as an inexperienced student in order to prove her wrong, which brings forth some fairly labored complications, presented in pedestrian style by director George Seaton. The film is too long for its own good, but as an illustration of movie-star value, it's a convincer--Gable and Day are completely, effortlessly within their established personas. Gig Young adds pep as a brainy psychologist (whose expertise extends to hangover recipes--he and Gable have a good morning-after scene). Doris sings the incorrigibly catchy title song over the opening credits, but stick around for Mamie Van Doren's nightclub rendition of 'The Girl Who Invented Rock 'n Roll,' a real eye-roller. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Post-WWII Shift in Journalism Ethos Lends Heft to an Expertly Played May-December Rom-Com
Directed by George Seaton (Miracle on 34th Street), this coyly titled 1958 romantic comedy has more on its mind than mistaken identities and the May-December relationship at its core. Running a bit too long at 120 minutes, it's actually an intriguing look at the shifting journalism ethos of the late 1950's when hardcore, Front Page-style newspapermen were begrudgingly making way for reporters with college degrees. It should come as no surprise that Clark Gable represents the former as Jim Gannon, ... Read More
Rating:  - Romantic Comedy
If you are a Doris Day or Clark Gable fan then you are in for a real treat. I thought this was a terrific movie that I remember watching years ago, and Amazon sells this at such a reasonable price.
Rating: - They Didn't Call Him the KING for Nothing!
Gable is a gruff, battle scarred, school of hard knocks Lion of journalism, running his pride of employees with as much feeling as the time he has to get out a deadline, which is to say, hardly any. But you can tell he's well liked so there's a soft spot there, proven by the two young journalist cubs he's keeping his very critical eye on. By orders from the top, he is forced to attend Doris Day's night class of journalism, where he had sent a very sarcastic response to her request to have him give ... Read More
Rating: - Teacher's Pet
This is a delightful movie -- and CLEAN! I was disappointed when I discovered it didn't fill my TV screen (guess you can get it both ways but I didn't notice that on the order blank.)
I've watched it a few times since receiving it. Gotta love Doris Day and Clark Gable.
Rating: - Great Movie With Two Great Stars
Doris Day And Clark Gable Star In This Romantic Comedy With Gig Young Who Is Also Great In The Movie, A Very Funny, Fast Paced Ride Presented In Balck & White A Timeless Classic
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781415709511
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1415709513
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 7684
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: April 01, 1958