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Bringing Up Baby
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Overview

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Director:
Howard Hawks
Writers:
Dudley Nichols (screenplay) &
Hagar Wilde (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
18 February 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(12 articles)
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User Comments:
Wild, crazy, hysterical, FUN! more (184 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Katharine Hepburn ... Susan Vance

Cary Grant ... Dr. David Huxley
Charles Ruggles ... Maj. Horace Applegate (as Charlie Ruggles)
Walter Catlett ... Constable Slocum
Barry Fitzgerald ... Aloysius Gogarty
May Robson ... Aunt Elizabeth Random
Fritz Feld ... Dr. Fritz Lehman
Leona Roberts ... Hannah Gogarty

George Irving ... Alexander Peabody
Tala Birell ... Mrs. Lehman
Virginia Walker ... Alice Swallow
John Kelly ... Elmer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ruth Adler ... Bit (uncredited)
Adeline Ashbury ... Mrs. Peabody (uncredited)
Asta ... George the dog (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict ... David's Caddy (uncredited)
Billy Bevan ... Joe - Bartender (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... Doorman (uncredited)
Ward Bond ... Motorcycle Cop at Jail (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ... Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited)
Harry Campbell ... Bit (uncredited)

Jack Carson ... Circus Roustabout (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan ... Prof. LaTouche (uncredited)
William Corson ... Bit (uncredited)
Evelyne Eager ... Circus Performer (uncredited)
Judith Ford ... Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Billy Franey ... Butcher (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ... Deliveryman (uncredited)
Edward Gargan ... Zoo Official (uncredited)
Frances Gifford ... Bit (uncredited)
Tex C.C. Gilmore ... Bit (uncredited)
Duke Green ... Bit (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle ... Bit (uncredited)
Geraldine Hall ... Maid (uncredited)
George Humbert ... Louis - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky ... Midget (uncredited)
Lorraine Krueger ... Bit (uncredited)
Richard Lane ... Circus Manager (uncredited)
Dorothy Lloyd ... Bit (uncredited)
Buck Mack ... Zoo Official (uncredited)
Teddy Mangean ... Bit (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe ... Joe (uncredited)
Jeanne Martel ... Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley ... Deputy (uncredited)
Eleanor Peterson ... Circus Performer (uncredited)
Buster Slaven ... Peabody's Caddy (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Jean Stevens ... Bit (uncredited)
Bobby Stone ... Bit (uncredited)
Jack Stoney ... Bit (uncredited)
Bob Thatcher ... Bit (uncredited)
Frank M. Thomas ... Voice of Circus Barker (uncredited)
Ida Vollmar ... Bit (uncredited)
Crawford Weaver ... Bit (uncredited)
Cynthia Westlake ... Bit (uncredited)
Pat West ... Mac (uncredited)
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Directed by
Howard Hawks 
 
Writing credits
Dudley Nichols (screenplay) &
Hagar Wilde (screenplay)

Hagar Wilde (story)

Produced by
Cliff Reid .... associate producer
Howard Hawks .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Roy Webb (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Russell Metty 
 
Film Editing by
George Hively 
 
Art Direction by
Van Nest Polglase 
 
Costume Design by
Howard Greer (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Mel Berns .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Donahue .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Perry Ferguson .... associate art director
Darrell Silvera .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
John L. Cass .... sound recordist
 
Special Effects by
Vernon L. Walker .... special effects
 
Stunts
Jimmie Dundee .... stunt double: Cary Grant (uncredited)
Helen Thurston .... stunt double: Katharine Hepburn (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Cliff Shirpser .... assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Roy Webb .... musical director
Max Steiner .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Olga Celeste .... leopard trainer (uncredited)
Patricia Doyle .... stand-in: Katharine Hepburn (uncredited)
Jack Morton .... stand-in (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
UK:U | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #3752) | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 (DVD rating)
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The impressive optical effects are discussed in detail in "Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story" (1987). There is a very informative interview with Linwood G. Dunn who worked (uncredited) on the visual effects for this film. He explains the traveling split screens and points out some visual effects goofs that "got by". Included is surviving footage of the stand-ins for Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn's in a camera test of the two driving with the leopard in the back. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Susan closes the box that holds the brontosaurus clavicle, but when George retrieves the clavicle the box is open ready for him. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Prof. LaTouche: Morning, Miss Alice. My watch is...
Alice Swallow: Shh. Dr. Huxley is thinking.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Arrested Development: Bringing Up Buster (#1.3)" (2003) more
Soundtrack:
I Can't Give You Anything but Love more

FAQ

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User Comments

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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Wild, crazy, hysterical, FUN!, 18 September 1999
8/10
Author: Tommy-92 from Baltimore, Maryland

Those people who don't like this movie seem to miss the point; IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RIDICULOUS AND MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL! THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY! Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I want to say that I really did have a laugh a minute. Both Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn are very adapt at this kind of comedy, in top form here, and work very well together. They have a great, very funny supporting cast, as well; though most are long dead and forgotten, many were well-known character actors in the 30's. They knew their craft, and are great at it here. Howard Hawks must have been some director to be able to fashion such a great movie out of a madcap pace and a script in which everyone talks at the same time and is always ad-libbing. (I've heard those were his trademarks, though.) One scene after another at breakneck pace, but never a dull moment. As soon as one laugh stops, another one begins. In case you haven't gotten the point, I highly suggest you see this movie. It may be 60 years old, but it's still hilarious.

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