Confidentially Connie is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell.

[2] It stars Van Johnson as a dedicated but poorly paid college professor, Janet Leigh as his pregnant wife, and Louis Calhern as Johnson's father, whose schemes to get his son to return to the family ranch in Texas widen the previously existing gulf between father and son when they deprive him of a desirable promotion and a much needed raise.

[3] Maine housewife Connie Bedloe is pregnant, but the family's limited income from her husband Joe's college teaching job means that they can't buy the meat her obstetrician recommends.

He makes a mess of it, and they begin an ongoing debate: Go to the ranch, or stay in the home they love and raise a child without the security money can bring.

Opie is delighted to learn that Connie is pregnant and horrified to see her eating fish.

Seeing the way the faculty react—one professor says he has not seen a rib roast since 1948–Opie starts to rethink his attitude toward teachers.

At a special meeting, the Dean announces a generous anonymous endowment that will fund $1,000 a year in raises for all the teachers.

Opie tells Joe that he set up the endowment after seeing what happened during the meat price war.

[1] In May 1953, The New York Times reported several times on a list created by the Schools Motion Picture Committee, “a voluntary organization composed of teachers and parents of pupils in local public and private elementary and high schools” of films suitable for children 8 to 14 years old.