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Teacher's Pet (1958) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by George Seaton and produced by George Seaton and William Perlberg.

Academy Awards 1958 --- Ceremony Number 31 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Supporting ActorGig YoungNominated
Best WritingFay Kanin, Michael KaninNominated
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Clark Gable is Doris Day's... Teacher's Pet (1958)

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No, you don't need your eyes checked, you read my title right -- Clark Gable and Doris Day made a movie together, and you know what? It's really good. When I first heard of this film, I was thrilled. I mean, Doris and Gable worked together? But then a bit of dread set in. Will this be super terrible... Read full article


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About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I think the picture and its caption are self-explanatory don't you think? What could have turned out to be a boring movie with a young Doris Day still trying to find her stride as a romant... Read full article


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Quotes from

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


James Gannon: How could you give up a real newspaper job for teaching?
Erica Stone: Well, that's a very good question, Mr. Gallagher. Maybe for the same reason that occasionally a musician wants to be a conductor, he wants to hear a hundred people play music the way he hears it.


Dr. Hugo Pine: I can drink any amount of alcohol I like and it doesn't bother me a bit.
James Gannon: Well it doesn't bither me a bot either!


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The script by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin was first written as a drama. When they were turned down by every studio they submitted it to, they rewrote it as a comedy. Paramount Studios immediately purchased the property.
Although most critics felt that Clark Gable was badly miscast due to his age, his performance was judged good enough for Burt Lancaster to cast him as a dying submarine captain in Run Silent Run Deep.
Many critics questioned why Erica would have been treating Gannon as a young journalistic prodigy when he is clearly close to retirement age.
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