Bringing Up Baby
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“The love impulse in man frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict”
Overview
Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn get fast and frenetic as an odd couple thrown together under ever-worsening circumstances in Howard Hawks' screwball classic Bringing Up Baby. The day before his wedding, uptight palaeontologist Dr Huxley (Grant) is chasing a one million dollar endowment (that's in 1938 money) to complete his ambitious Brontosaurus skeleton restoration project, but every time he comes close to the prize he's inadvertently thwarted by charming and chaotic heiress Susan Vance (Hepburn). Juggling misunderstandings, Huxley's fiancée, bone thieves and a "tame" fully grown leopard named Baby, the pair take off on a madcap misadventure that will see them cross-dress, get arrested, become entangled with a travelling circus— and perhaps even fall in love.
Why You Should See This Film
Oscar-winner Hepburn had never played a fully comedic role before, but you'd never know it from her effervescent performance in Bringing Up Baby. Delivering both the hallmark screwball rapid-fire Transatlantic patter and some inspired bits of slapstick, she takes what could be an overwhelming force and channels it into a firecracker who we easily see overwhelming Grant's strait-laced academic with sheer charm. Remarkably fresh for a comedy of this vintage, Bringing Up Baby is propelled along by Hawk's assuredly light touch and the palpable chemistry of its leads.
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