tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post2590584395172824071..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Front Page NewsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-78942604170915917582017-06-12T22:08:19.364-05:002017-06-12T22:08:19.364-05:00I think you'll appreciate it if you do catch u...I think you'll appreciate it if you do catch up with it again. It's fun, but it's really smart, and that's what makes it worth seeing. That there's romance here is expected. That the relationship ends up being based on mutual respect is actually quite surprising in the best way possible. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-29456515981327718312017-06-12T21:01:11.265-05:002017-06-12T21:01:11.265-05:00I love Gable. He was not an actor of great depth b...I love Gable. He was not an actor of great depth but he exuded star charisma and a distinctly brash masculinity like no one else. And within his comfort zone, for such a man’s man comedy came very easily to him, he could be both affecting and fascinating. I likewise will watch most any Cary Grant and ANY John Garfield movie at a moment’s notice but except for the odious Parnell that holds true for most of Gable’s films as well. <br /><br />It’s been a while since I’ve watched this particular film but I do remember it being smarter and more complex than I had expected. It helped that both Doris and Gable were playing people of obvious intelligence who grudgingly respected each other’s smarts even if they were foreign to their way of thinking. However when I think on it the performer I recall the most clearly is Gig Young, at the top of his game in the context of the suave snook who usually gets left holding the bag. <br /><br />You’ve convinced me that I really must give this another look and reacquaint myself with it.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-30487197169503560892017-06-12T05:37:19.664-05:002017-06-12T05:37:19.664-05:00I watched Night Nurse a couple of months ago--it&#...I watched <i>Night Nurse</i> a couple of months ago--it's pretty wacky (and Gable plays a mustache-less villain) and a lot of fun for a pre-code proto-noir. Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell walking around in their lingerie is just an added bonus.<br /><br /><i>Teacher's Pet</i> is worth your two hours. It's maybe a touch long, but the story is genuinely good, and Doris Day is worth seeing in it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-13390971185465874512017-06-12T01:12:29.398-05:002017-06-12T01:12:29.398-05:00I love Doris Day so much! I frequently find myself...I love Doris Day so much! I frequently find myself wishing her movies were as good as she was.<br /><br />My favorite Doris Day movie is Calamity Jane!<br /><br />I saw Midnight Lace fairly recently and I didn't much like the ending but I loved it up to the last 15 minutes or so.<br /><br />And then there's That Touch of Mink, which is so dumb it should be irredeemable but I find it highly entertaining for all the wrong reasons.<br /><br />I've never seen Teacher's Pet but I might give it a try eventually. I'm not such a big fan of Gable but I love his 1930s movies pretty much across the board (my favorite Gable movie is Night Nurse) and I love The Misfits.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-71059288432949053392017-06-11T22:49:14.198-05:002017-06-11T22:49:14.198-05:00That's an apt comparison. The difference here ...That's an apt comparison. The difference here is that she actually understands that he has a point, and is willing to change how she ends up teaching her students. At the same time, Jim realizes that her point that point that newspapers should try to answer the why question when radio and television can break stories faster is one that he never considered and eventually comes to believe.<br /><br />It's a nice realization on both of their parts.<br /><br /><i>Back to School</i> is funnier in this respect, but this turns out to be a lot more interesting.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-12852204030332638952017-06-11T22:41:28.800-05:002017-06-11T22:41:28.800-05:00"Erica is all integrity, convinced of the imp...<b>"Erica is all integrity, convinced of the importance of her father in the journalism world and of the ideals that he claimed to uphold. Jim is a great deal more practical, understanding that, like it or not, the newspaper survives entirely by advertising, which means that while Erica’s ideals are still important, how she thinks a newspaper should publish a story is often the sort of thing that would drive the paper into bankruptcy."</b><br /><br />This sounds a lot like the businessman/prof conflict in Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School."Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com