After reading all the reviews of "Teacher's Pet," I feel that there are some things that need to be mentioned that haven't been so far.
Yes, Gable was much older than Doris Day, however, the professionalism and chemistry between them overcame the more than obvious age difference. However, which woman of us wouldn't use almost any chance to play a scene with the "leading man of all time" who up until the day he died looked the way a man should. What was more shocking was to realize that Calamity Jane was released over five years before where Day played her most vigorous role opposite leading tenor Howard Keel.
The story of the "hard knocks" journalism learning by the self-made man and the traditional educational journalism background of the then-modern day woman was a very strong plot and illustrated the change that was not only happening in the world of journalism, but in the professional world at large.
This plot demonstrated the coming of the humankind we now have today where degrees are more important than learning by common sense and hard work; where employers are more interested in schooling by professors than schooling by life; where the self-made man is pretty much non-existent in today's world because there is no room at the top for someone who never jumped through the hoops. It is a very sad revelation because of so much pressure for degrees that good, strong workers with intelligence but lack of opportunities due to life intervention are not able to forge the same pathway in American life that brought our forefathers over to this country in the beginning.
However, with this in mind, the picture still gives an impression that is not so very prominent in today's society and that is respect. Respect for the self-made man who fought his way to the top. You can see that "the rest of the story" if the plot were to continue, would show that Gannon (Gable) would gain more self respect by the obvious maneuver of Stone (Day) and Pine (Young) encouraging the dean of the college to give him "faculty status." You can see that after a very highly emotional scene, which has been totally ignored by other reviewers, of Gannon's displaying a crack in his tough exterior by clearly demonstrating his emotional and intellectual hunger by having to "excuse himself to the men's room" because all he knew was newspapers, that he finally met traditionally educated individuals who could help him breach this gap in his life and still have great admiration for the man. I felt there was a strong connection that predicted that Gannon's relationship was not only going to grow where Erica Stone was concerned but a long-lasting friendship with Dr. Hugo Pine who could master him intellectually but not in intelligence.
Besides comedy and chemistry, this movie clearly expressed pathos on the men who are not able to express themselves and their appreciation even to other men. In the scene where Gannon was impressed with the young educated Harold Miller's (Peter Baldwin) beyond the call of duty to the long interpretive article, he was only able to show it in one way moving Miller to the day shift. The final scene with Miller arguing with him of the character in the article, Sallas, and his four partners also express an acceptance in his own rough, gruff manner.
Strangely enough, both Gannon and Stone's comments on journalism are timeless as the profession then is not too dissimilar to the now in paper, television, or online.
Much attention should also be given to Gig Young's character in the comedic role for the very funniest scene in the entire movie was "the egg shell in the concoction" he made for his hangover. His timing and slight hesitation plus Gable's reaction was one of those scenes that can never be duplicated as well in any other picture.
And one last mention to another old friend of the movies who seems to have his name in every good movie that was ever produced before, during and after the Golden Age of Hollywood Charles Lane. From "It's no skin off my nose," in It's A Wonderful Life to The Night Before Christmas produced in 2006, the 100+ year old actor has never failed to give us something to remember in each of his short but important roles. His attendance in this movie, as his others, was extremely pleasant.
From beginning to end, "Teacher's Pet" was one of the pictures in a lifetime never can be repeated or duplicated and can never be topped in its field of the unusual comedic movies with three main characters who are unmatched.
Yes, Gable was much older than Doris Day, however, the professionalism and chemistry between them overcame the more than obvious age difference. However, which woman of us wouldn't use almost any chance to play a scene with the "leading man of all time" who up until the day he died looked the way a man should. What was more shocking was to realize that Calamity Jane was released over five years before where Day played her most vigorous role opposite leading tenor Howard Keel.
The story of the "hard knocks" journalism learning by the self-made man and the traditional educational journalism background of the then-modern day woman was a very strong plot and illustrated the change that was not only happening in the world of journalism, but in the professional world at large.
This plot demonstrated the coming of the humankind we now have today where degrees are more important than learning by common sense and hard work; where employers are more interested in schooling by professors than schooling by life; where the self-made man is pretty much non-existent in today's world because there is no room at the top for someone who never jumped through the hoops. It is a very sad revelation because of so much pressure for degrees that good, strong workers with intelligence but lack of opportunities due to life intervention are not able to forge the same pathway in American life that brought our forefathers over to this country in the beginning.
However, with this in mind, the picture still gives an impression that is not so very prominent in today's society and that is respect. Respect for the self-made man who fought his way to the top. You can see that "the rest of the story" if the plot were to continue, would show that Gannon (Gable) would gain more self respect by the obvious maneuver of Stone (Day) and Pine (Young) encouraging the dean of the college to give him "faculty status." You can see that after a very highly emotional scene, which has been totally ignored by other reviewers, of Gannon's displaying a crack in his tough exterior by clearly demonstrating his emotional and intellectual hunger by having to "excuse himself to the men's room" because all he knew was newspapers, that he finally met traditionally educated individuals who could help him breach this gap in his life and still have great admiration for the man. I felt there was a strong connection that predicted that Gannon's relationship was not only going to grow where Erica Stone was concerned but a long-lasting friendship with Dr. Hugo Pine who could master him intellectually but not in intelligence.
Besides comedy and chemistry, this movie clearly expressed pathos on the men who are not able to express themselves and their appreciation even to other men. In the scene where Gannon was impressed with the young educated Harold Miller's (Peter Baldwin) beyond the call of duty to the long interpretive article, he was only able to show it in one way moving Miller to the day shift. The final scene with Miller arguing with him of the character in the article, Sallas, and his four partners also express an acceptance in his own rough, gruff manner.
Strangely enough, both Gannon and Stone's comments on journalism are timeless as the profession then is not too dissimilar to the now in paper, television, or online.
Much attention should also be given to Gig Young's character in the comedic role for the very funniest scene in the entire movie was "the egg shell in the concoction" he made for his hangover. His timing and slight hesitation plus Gable's reaction was one of those scenes that can never be duplicated as well in any other picture.
And one last mention to another old friend of the movies who seems to have his name in every good movie that was ever produced before, during and after the Golden Age of Hollywood Charles Lane. From "It's no skin off my nose," in It's A Wonderful Life to The Night Before Christmas produced in 2006, the 100+ year old actor has never failed to give us something to remember in each of his short but important roles. His attendance in this movie, as his others, was extremely pleasant.
From beginning to end, "Teacher's Pet" was one of the pictures in a lifetime never can be repeated or duplicated and can never be topped in its field of the unusual comedic movies with three main characters who are unmatched.