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Bringing Up Baby (1938) (3)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Mar 31, 2014

Director Howard Hawks had the uncanny ability to take a premise that appeared implausible on paper and weave it into a coherent narrative. Such was the case with his 1938 masterpiece, Bringing Up Baby — a wacky comedy with an outlandish plot, even by screwball standards. Stuffy, socially-awkw read more

“Bringing Up Baby” 4th film in Screwball Comedy classic screened February 11, 2014

Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Feb 4, 2014

“Bringing Up Baby” 4th film in Screwball Comedy classic screened February 11, 2014 When: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:30 p.m. Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street Today Bringing Up Baby starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant is considered a cla read more

Bringing Up Baby (1938) (2)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Nov 16, 2013

Bringing Up Baby Directed by Howard Hawks Written by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde 1938/USA RKO Radio Pictures Repeat viewing #124 of 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die I enjoyed this quintessential screw-ball comedy even more than before. David (Cary Grant), a very square paleontologist, is en read more

On the set of “Bringing Up Baby” (1938)

Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on Mar 11, 2013

  “Bringing Up Baby” is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The movie tells the story of a paleontologist (Cary Grant) winding up in various predicaments involving a woman (Kat read more

BRINGING UP BABY (1938) or "Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant Go Leopard-Hunting in Connecticut"

The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on Feb 20, 2013

BRINGING UP BABY (1938) or "Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant Go Leopard-Hunting in Connecticut" Friends often ask me which Katharine Hepburn film is my all-time favorite. I usually hem and haw and feed them a line about how there is a Hepburn film for every occasion. Sometimes I say that the read more

BRINGING UP BABY (1938) or “Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant Go Leopard Hunting in Connecticut”

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 20, 2013

Friends often ask me which Katharine Hepburn film is my all-time favorite. I usually hem and haw and feed them a line about how there is a Hepburn film for every occasion. Sometimes I say that the one I saw last is my favorite. Other times I’ll list a top five and watch as their eyes glaze ov read more

10 Things About Bringing Up Baby (1938) (2)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 4, 2013

Bringing Up Baby, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is the screwballiest of screwball comedies. Though it was a critical and commercial failure at the time of it’s release, Bringing Up Baby has come to be regarded as Hawks’ best film and is beloved read more

10 Things About Bringing Up Baby (1938) (1)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 4, 2013

Bringing Up Baby, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is the screwballiest of screwball comedies. Though it was a critical and commercial failure at the time of it’s release, Bringing Up Baby has come to be regarded as Hawks’ best film and is beloved read more

Bringing Up Baby (1)

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on Aug 17, 2012

As part of TCM's Summer Under The Stars event taking place all throughout August, today marks an entire day, with a collection of 12 of films, devoted to Katherine Hepburn.  To promote this mega cinematic event on Turner Classic Movies this month, Jill of Sitting On a Back Yard Fence and Michae read more

Bringing Up Baby (1938) (1)

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Feb 29, 2012

I rewatched Bringing Up Baby for my Women in Film and it is a hotly debated movie in terms of how it portrays gender.  Aside from that though the movie is the quintessential screwball comedy with hysterical performances from its two leads.  The script is pitch perfect and filled with rapid-fire dial read more

Bringing Up Baby (2)

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Dec 21, 2011

As one of the most delightful screwball comedies of the 1930’s, Bringing Up Baby, has been enjoyed by generations and all ages.  Directed by Howard Hawks, it is the story of befuddled boy meets impulsive girl and she gets in the way of his museum’s grant for one million dollars.  Not the best read more

A Small Moment in Bringing Up Baby

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 25, 2011

One of my favorite moments in Bringing Up Baby is Cary Grant’s delivery of a very small line, “My soup is gone.” In the midst of a manic roundabout of up and down, his rational observation is an irrational situation is hilarious. Sheila at The Sheila Variations thinks so too. brin read more

Notes on Bringing Up Baby

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 24, 2011

I came across this interesting piece on Bringing Up Baby, “Bringing Up Bride – Gender, Class, and Marriage in Screwball Comedy.” Lots of good points here, including thinking of the screwball comedy genre as a kind of end run around the Hays code. I came across this point in severa read more

Original New York Times Review of Bringing Up Baby

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 24, 2011

Bringing Up Baby flopped in its own day. Here’s the original pan from that venerable Gray Lady, The New York Times. It’s more than a little harsh. bringing up babynew york times review read more

There’s Always Divorce | Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 23, 2011

Film critic Andrew Sarris once, now famously, described the screwball comedy as a “sex comedy without the sex.” In the case of Bringing Up Baby, I say thank the gods for small favors. One can only imagine what sort of leathered and gagged S&M tableau poor David Huxley would have end read more

Watch Bringing Up Baby Online

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 23, 2011

Bringing Up Baby is widely available on DVD and airs frequently on TCM. But if you’re broke and impatient, you can watch Bringing Up Baby in its entirety online. bringing up babyonline moviescrewball comedy read more