Teacher's Pet
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Actor: Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren, Nick AdamsBrand: DAY,DORIS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Teacher's Pet
Movie Review: Thoroughly Entertaining! .... Doris And Clark = A Winning Combination!
Summary: 5 Stars
1958's "Teacher's Pet", starring Doris Day and Clark Gable, is well worth an evening's viewing. It's billed as being a comedy, but there are many good serious/dramatic moments in this picture as well.
Don't get me wrong ... the comedy is certainly there too. Doris' nearly falling flat on her face after her initial kiss from Clark will have you reaching for the rewind button a couple of times! Doris' "weak knees" scene after Clark leaves the room is a fall-down-funny moment to be sure.
"Teacher's Pet", which debuted in movie theaters on April 1, 1958, co-stars Gig Young, Nick Adams, Mamie Van Doren, and Jack Albertson. Young was nominated for an Academy Award, in fact, for his part as Doris' suitor, "Dr. Hugo Pine".
It's definitely a good supporting cast, but the film without question belongs to Doris and Clark. Doris Day is completely believable as journalism Professor "Erica Stone"; with Mr. Gable matching her scene for scene as hardened and crusty newspaper editor "Jim Gannon", who simply MUST be softened up by Doris (and eventually is, too).
Doris gives a very realistic portrayal of "Miss Stone", as she perfectly balances her profession (that of journalism teacher) with her eventual personal feelings for the overbearing new "student" (Mr. Gable) who recently signed up for her class.
In addition to the realism that comes across in Miss Day's performance here, there are also several authentic-looking scenes that take place at Clark Gable's place of employment -- "The New York Evening Chronicle" -- where Gable/(Gannon) is responsible for publishing one of the city's newspapers every day. The "City Room" scenes are very impressive, in my opinion, providing a gritty look of realism that further enhances this film's believability.
An example of the "grittiness" of Mr. Gannon's newspaper City Room lies, literally, on his oft-used telephone (the dust and dirt that rest on it to be precise). Gannon's phone hasn't been cleaned in years by the looks of it. He's too darn busy putting out the daily "Chronicle" to worry about such trifling cleaning jobs. This type of "dusty" detail shows through all the more via this polished-up DVD version of the movie. Very nice attention to detail, indeed, by "Teacher's Pet" Director George Seaton.
A small subplot in the film provides a part for Vivian Nathan (as "Mrs. Kovac"). It's just a minor role for Nathan, but one that stands out, especially her final scene with Clark, which helps to soften Gable's character a bit more.
It's easy to see from this movie why Doris Kappelhoff (aka: Doris Day) was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. The 33-year-old Doris is positively radiant in this film. And she looks all the better thanks to this splendid-looking DVD edition of "Teacher's Pet", which presents this black-and-white movie clear as a bell, and as it should be seen -- in its original Widescreen (1.85:1 anamorphic) format.
The audio gets a good grade too, coming through loud and clear on the disc's Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono soundtrack (English only). English Subtitles are available as well.
There are no special bonus features on this disc. No trailers. No commentaries. Just the movie itself. But that's okay by me, because the film looks so darn good here (as does Doris, too, of course). ;)
The back side of the DVD case offers up a rather clever way of communicating the content of this disc -- presenting the information in the form of a newspaper.
There isn't a Chapter Guide paper insert included with this Paramount disc, but there are a generous amount of Chapter Stops included on the DVD -- 26 of them -- nicely spaced throughout the movie, a film which clocks in with a running time of just a few seconds shy of two hours exactly. There are nine separate "Scene Selection" Sub-Menus with which the viewer can navigate the individual movie chapters. The Scenes/Chapters are laid out three to a screen, across a background meant to represent a school blackboard. (And keep an eye on the "moving eraser", which changes positions as you hop from screen to screen within the "Scene" Menu. A nifty little added Menu touch.)
FYI -- The tail-end of "Chapter 13" on this disc is worthy of further mention -- that's the hilarious scene when Clark plants an unexpected "first kiss" upon the lips of Miss Day. I could watch it over and over again. Absolutely classic, including Clark's dryly-uttered line just after the smooch -- "So long, Professor". ... (I can't help it, it just breaks me up every time I play this.) ~LOL!~
The Final "Teacher's" Pitch......
This is a no-frills disc from Paramount Pictures. But that shouldn't stop any Doris admirer from picking up this DVD. Because the movie contained therein is a dandy piece of fun entertainment.
So, go ahead and enroll in Doris' class .... it's worth the cost of tuition!
Summary of Teacher's Pet
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.Similar DVD Movies
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