"Teacher's Pet" is one of those contrived late '50s comedies where a older guy (Clark Gable) puts the moves on a younger woman (Doris Day), while pretending to be someone he isn't. In 1958, Gable was 57 and Day was 34, but the age difference isn't as bothersome as Gable's discomfort in the role: his main comic expression is a peeved wince. Although the movie is in black and white, and doesn't h...
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If Tarantino were to make a '50s (instead of '70s) inspired version of "Grindhouse," it might look something like "Untamed Youth," a B-movie from 1957 featuring the go-to chick for teen exploitation flicks, Mamie Van Doren. Here, as a bunch of disreputable kids do a wild dance in what looks like a grungy diner, Mamie shakes her stuff and sings a number that might be called "Oo-Ba-La-Baby," but ...
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