Teacher's Pet (1958)

A hard boiled newspaper editor (Clark Gable) despises educated journalists. After meeting an attractive college journalism professor (Doris Day), he goes undercover masquerading as a student. His initial intention is to expose the shortcomings of an "egghead" journalist but when he finds himself attracted to her, his game plan changes. Directed by George Seaton (AIRPORT), the film is overlong by about fifteen minutes. For most of its running time, the film has the feel of a first rate Tracy and Hepburn comedy and yes, Gable and Day have that kind of chemistry. But it stumbles in the film's last twenty minutes. Not enough to ruin the film but enough to take the air out of it which is a pity. But until then, it's a superior romantic comedy with a sharp Oscar nominated screenplay. Shot in crisp B&W, it also seems grittier than most of Day's Technicolor romcoms. With Gig Young in an Oscar nominated performance, Mamie Van Doren (who sings The Girl Who Invented Rock And Roll), Jack Albertson, Nick Adams, Vivian Nathan and Marion Ross.