Bringing Up Baby

thumb Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 film about a scatter-brained heiress who drags a mild-mannered scientist into helping her care for a leopard named Baby. Directed by Howard Hawks. Written by Hager Wilde and Dudley Nichols. Susan Vance [limping after losing a heel] I was born on the side of a hill! [reading a letter about Baby] "He's three years old, gentle as a kitten, and likes dogs." I wonder whether Mark means that he eats dogs or is fond of them? Dr. David Huxley Now it isn't that I don't like you, Susan, because, after all, in moments of quiet, I'm strangely drawn toward you, but, well, there haven't been any quiet moments. When a man is wrestling a leopard in the middle of a pond, he's in no position to run! Dr. Fritz Lehman That brings out a sort of pear-shaped tone, you see? Dialogue [David discovers the leopard in Susan's bathroom]David: Susan, you've got to get out of this apartment! Susan: I can't, I have a lease. Susan: [in tears] You mean you want me to go home? David: Yes. Susan: You mean you don't want me to help you any more? David: Yes. Susan: After all the fun we've had? David: Yes. Susan: And after all the things I've done for you? David: That's what I mean. Susan: Well, don't you worry, David, because if there's anything that I can do to help you, just let me know and I'll do it. David: [nervously] Well, er... don't do it until I let you know.[Susan and David are in jail]Susan: Anyway, David, when they find out who we are they'll let us out. David: When they find out who you are they'll pad the cell.[David is wearing a women's boa-collared negligee] Elisabeth: Well, you look perfectly idiotic in those clothes. David: These aren't my clothes! Elisabeth: Well, where are your clothes? David: I've lost my clothes! Elisabeth: But why are you wearing these clothes? David: Because I just went gay'' all of a sudden! Cast Katharine Hepburn — Susan Vance Cary Grant — Dr. David Huxley May Robson — Aunt Elizabeth Random Fritz Feld — Dr. Fritz Lehman Virginia Walker — Alice Swallow D'Arcy Corrigan — Prof. LaTouche External links 0029947 Bringing Up Baby bringing_up_baby Bringing Up Baby Category:1938 American films Category:Screwball comedy films Category:American romantic comedy films Category:Films about big cats Category:Films directed by Howard Hawks Category:United States National Film Registry films Category:Films about animals Category:Films about cats Category:Films set in Connecticut