But Not for Me (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Walter Lang |
| Producer(s) | William Perlberg, George Seaton |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Broadway, Remake, Show Business |
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But Not for Me (1959) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Walter Lang and produced by George Seaton and William Perlberg.
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An over-the-hill Broadway producer gets a new lease on life when he becomes the object of a much younger woman's desire. Based on the play Accent on Life, this comedy chronicles Gable's problems as he tries to convince financiers who think age has dampened his creative spark to put up money for his new production. Soon art is imitating life when he gives his Lolita-esque secretary the starring role in a play about a girl who falls in love with an older man.
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Two Clark Gable comedies ? Teacher?s Pet (1958) with Doris Day and But Not for Me (1959) with Carroll Baker
By Greg Orypeck on Mar 24, 2016 From Classic Film FreakShare This! These bright comedies provide some harmless laughs in the twilight of the career of ?The King of?Hollywood.? Two years, 1958 and 1959.? Two films,?Teacher?s Pet?and?But Not for Me.? Two actresses, Doris Day and Carroll Baker.? A third actress, Lilli Palmer, in the wings.? All compete for... Read full article
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The film's original title was "Accent on Youth", but this was thought inappropriate for the 57-year-old star Clark Gable.
During filming Clark Gable gave an interview in which he announced that he had realized that he had become too old to play romantic leading roles, and would be looking for different parts from then on. Ironically, his next film was It Started in Naples, a romantic comedy opposite the much younger Sophia Loren.
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