Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby

1938

Love runs wild for a hapless scientist and an unstoppable heiress in Howard Hawks's classic screwball comedy that ranks high on the American Film Institute's list of the funniest Hollywood films ever made. With her eye on paleontologist David (Cary Grant), heiress Susan (Katharine Hepburn) lures him to her home. But the hilarity begins when Susan's dog steals David's prize dinosaur bone and her pet leopard, Baby, is mistaken for a zoo escapee.

And so begins the hilarious adventure of Professor David Huxley and Miss Susan Vance, a flutter-brained vixen with love in her heart! [Theatrical trailer.]

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92
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Film Detail

Genre
Comedy - Romance
Length
1 hr. 42 mins.
US Theatrical Release
February 18, 1938
US Box Office
No Data Available
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Release Method
Digital Only
Aquired Format
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
FS 1.37:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
Warner Brothers
Released
March 1, 2005
Acquired Date
November 28, 2009
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
September 11, 2020

Actors

Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles
Walter Catlett
Walter Catlett
Barry Fitzgerald
Barry Fitzgerald
May Robson
May Robson
Fritz Feld
Fritz Feld
Leona Roberts
Leona Roberts
George Irving
George Irving
Tala Birell
Tala Birell
Virginia Walker
Virginia Walker
John Kelly (II)
John Kelly (II)

Directors

Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks

Producers

Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks

Writers

Dudley Nichols
Dudley Nichols
Hagar Wilde
Hagar Wilde

Awards & Accolades

  • 1997 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies - Rank: #97
  • 2007 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies - Rank: #88
  • 2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #250

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User Reviews

Ratings

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RT Fresh
97%
Tomatometer
70 votes
RT Fresh Certified
89%
Popcornmeter
2,278 votes
METASCORE
91
17 votes
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
67,535 votes

Additional Info

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  2. Kids-in-Mind
  3. Common Sense Media