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Fay Kanin (written by) and
Michael Kanin (written by)
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1 April 1958 (USA) more
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Their mixed-up romance adds up to this: GREAT DAY! GREAT GUY! GREAT FUN!
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James Gannon, the hardboiled city editor of a newspaper, believes that the only way to learn the business is by way of the School of Hard Knocks... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 6 nominations more
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One of Clark Gable's best films--Doris's too more (32 total)

Cast

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Clark Gable ... James Gannon / James Gallangher

Doris Day ... Erica Stone
Gig Young ... Dr. Hugo Pine
Mamie Van Doren ... Peggy DeFore
Nick Adams ... Barney Kovac
Peter Baldwin ... Harold Miller

Marion Ross ... Katy Fuller

Charles Lane ... Roy
Jack Albertson ... Guide
Florenz Ames ... J.L. Ballentine
Harry Antrim ... Lloyd Crowley
Vivian Nathan ... Mrs. Kovac
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120 min
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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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. more
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Continuity: When Gannon is in Dr. Pine's kitchen getting a drink, a cabinet is opened with the open door located right behind Gannon's head. When the scene cuts to a shot showing the kitchen from the living room, the open cabinet door is nowhere in sight. more
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Peggy DeFore: Jimsy, what's a psychologist?
James Gannon: A guy who gives all kinds of advice about things he knows nothing about.
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One of Clark Gable's best films--Doris's too, 20 October 2001
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Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Classy, rapid-fire comedy that combines "His Girl Friday" with any one of the Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn battle-of-the-sexes. The set-up of the plot is rather hoary and contrived (gruff city editor of a New York newspaper--who is so anti-education that he hates the smell of chalk--falls for a journalism teacher), yet the writing and the deft handling are so assured, you can nearly forgive the sitcom devices. The actress at the beginning of the film who begs Clark Gable to fire her son is such a wonderful, believable find that she gets the picture off on just the right note; Gable and teacher Doris Day are lovely together, fighting and flirting and completely at ease in their roles. When Gable finally plants one on DD, she turns away in a huff, only to melt with wobbly knees. It's a fantastic moment in this unjustly forgotten, underrated classic. ***1/2 from ****

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