Teacher’s Pet (film)
April 1, 1958 1 Comment
US Release Date: 01 April 1958
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- Clark Gable — James ‘Jim’ Gannon
- Doris Day — Erica Stone
- Gig Young — Dr. Hugo Pine
- Mamie Van Doren — Peggy DeFore
- Nick Adams — Barney Kovac
A tough, city editor (Gannon) first ridicules then falls in love with a college professor (Stone) whom he is reluctantly ordered to help. This may have been one of Doris’s last movies to be filmed in B/W but that didn’t dampen the appeal of the picture. Teacher’s Pet which united two screen legends went on to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay with Gig Young being nominated for his Supporting Role.
Director(s): George Seaton
Producer(s): William Perlberg & George Seaton
Studio: Paramount (USA)
Comedy/Romance
Black & White-Vista Vision
[...] Teacher’s Pet Label: Paramount Studios Order from amazon.co.uk & amazon.com It may have only been filmed in black and white but that didn’t in anyway stop the success of this 1958 picture which saw too screen legends unite. The movie also received an Oscar nomination for ‘Best Screenplay’. Just in case you don’t know the storyline Gannon (Clark Gable), a tough, city editor first ridicules then falls in love with Erica Stone (Doris Day), a college professor whom he is reluctantly ordered to help. Oh yes, the movie also features Doris Day’s very catchy title theme song! [...]