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Summary: I'll be right with you, Mr. Peabody!
Review: My wife & I watch this movie about every 3 months - at least. Have to. It's a fix. Its humor never diminishes, nor our laughter. From start to finish this film contains more hilarious set pieces that any other film I can think of. Maybe more than any 10 put together & we're huge fans of It's a Gift & Night at the Opera. I read recently that Howard Hawks suggested to Cary Grant that he try performing David Huxley in the manner of Harold Lloyd. Thus the glasses. It certainly has the frantic pace, energy & sheer comic lunacy of one of the great Lloyd films. Definitely a movie you'd want with you on a desert island. We have it on VHS & Laserdisc. May we have a DVD version, please?
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Summary: dvd for bringing up baby PLEASE!!
Review: this has got to be one of the best screwball comedies ever! cary grant & kate hepburn at thier best and what a supporting cast! it's a great movie for all ages. i keep checking to see if it is release on dvd yet. what's taking you so long?
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Summary: MADCAP SCREWBALL COMEDY...
Review: This is a terrific, old fashioned, madcap, screwball comedy. Deftly directed by Howard Hawkes, the pace is frenetic from the get-go and never lets up. Starring Cary Grant, as a straight-laced paleontologist, and Katherine Hepburn, as an impulsive and beautiful heiress, this film is simply about as good as comedy gets.The plot itself is simple. David Huxley (Cary Grant), a noted paleontologist, is trying to get a philanthropical grant of money for his museum from a wealthy donor. In his quest for this charitable gift, he runs into Susan (Katherine Hepburn), who, unbeknownst to him, is the niece and prospective heiress to his potential philanthropist's fortune. Once David meets up with this madcap heiress, his life will never be the same. The film is noted for its highly improbable situations, its rat-a-tat-tat, stacatto delivery of lines, its frenetic pacing, and impeccable comedic timing. Toss in a missing dinosaur bone, a little dog with a fondness for such, a domesticated leopard (if there is such a thing), a not so tame leopard, a great cast and script, and voila, one ends up with a great film! Cary Grant is marvelous as David Huxley, the straight-laced, befuddled man of science who is drawn into improbable situations by Susan. Katherine Hepburn is sensational as Susan, the airhead heiress whose hair-brained ideas just lead to trouble. Of course, Susan falls for David, and the games begin. In addition to Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn, the film has notable performances by Charles Ruggles, as big game hunter Major Applegate, Barry Fitzgerald as the hapless hired hand, Mr. Gogarty, and Walter Catlett, as Slocum, the criminally stupid town constable. It is with good reason that this film made The Entertainment Weekly list of the 100 best comedies ever made. It is an assessment with which I heartily concur. This is a superlative, vintage film that is well worth having in one's personal collection. Bravo!
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Summary: Bring Baby to DVD
Review: Bringing Up Baby is an absolute gem of a movie and one of my two all time favorite comedies. (Noises Off is equally delicious). Cliched though it may sound, the first time I saw Bringing Up Baby I laughed until tears came. However, there is very little cliche in this movie. Hepburn and Grant, always fine actors, give especially engaging performances. The sweet airy-ness of Hepburn's character is accented by the fact that she says and does the most ridiculous things with absolute seriousness. David: "There's a leopard in here! Susan, you've got to get out of this apartment."
Susan: "Oh, but I can't, David. I've got a lease."
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Summary: If at first you don't like a movie, try it again!
Review: When I first saw this film about a year ago, it's pace and silliness were very aggrivating to me! But now I gave it another try, and it is interesting that now I find it to be a very funny movie. I like Cary Grant very much, and while here he is MUCH different from his sophisticated and polished Hitchcock roles in the 50's, it was quite fun to see him as a sort of bumbling idiot scientist wearing nerdy glasses! He looks very sweet actually, and I felt a bit sad when the glasses got broken out in the woods, and he continued on without them for a while! It took me a while to appreciate Katherine Hepburn too. During the first watch she annoyed me, but in the second watch, I found her airhead ways and speaking style to be very funny. But then I have seen her in some other roles and read some books about her, and that helped a lot. I thought she was just great in Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story, and Desk Set. Can't really say any more that already hasn't been said, but that it is a fun movie, and if you like either of these 2 actors, then you should enjoy it as much as we do. My 10 yr. old and 5 year old get a big kick out of it too. However, I think the leopard, Baby, is the star attraction to them in this film, not Cary or Katherine!
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Summary: Best of the Best Comedies. Why isn't it on DVD?!
Review: This is by far one of the BEST movies Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn have ever done. The humor is outrageous, and to think that the handsome debonair Cary Grant can turn himself into a nerdy awkward bumbling professor is just unbelievable. Katharine Hepburn's impeccable comedic timing is exactly in tune with Grant's. There are few movies that make me laugh the way this one does. How about that olive scene! It is also outrageous that the movie is not yet available on DVD, especially considering some of the present day box office bombs that are available on DVD! Perhaps we should inquire?
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Summary: Bringing Up Baby
Review: Though a total loss when it was released, because of Hepburn's title of box-office poison due to her long line of mediocre films, Bringing Up Baby is now considered one of the classics. A lite and hilarious screwball comedy this film would later be the first of its kind to be on the list of American Classics. Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant team up, along with Baby the leopard, to make an outstanding motion picture.
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Summary: HILARIOUS SCREWBALL GEM.
Review: The dialogue sizzles and Howard Hawk's direction is fast and furious in Hepburn's sole excursion into the screwball genre: it's great fun from beginning to end. Susan Vance is an eccentric heiress with a wandering dog (he looks just like Nick and Nora's Asta) who steals a dinosaur bone from paleontolgist David Huxley: it's a vital bone which is the last needed to complete his reconstruction of a prehistoric beast. Without the missing bone, Huxley will not be able to exhibit the creature in order to receive $1,OOO,OOO from donors needed to open his museum. Huxley follows Vance to her Connecticut farm in search of the relic and runs right smack into Vance's pet Brazilian leopard...Hepburn and Grant are superb in this delightful screwball comedy with a plot which could have been hatched in a mental institution. Director Hawks refused to have one sane character in the entire film and directed with virtually complete abandon, the results being blissfully, insanely hilarious. For those who are interested, there is a computer-colorized version.
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Summary: welcome to screwball comedies
Review: They say It Happened One Night is the quintessential screwball, but I have to disagree, much as I love that movie. Hepburn and Grant are Colbert and Gable (the couple in IHON) on speed. A movie that's funny without trying, it defies logic while engaging your mind. Almost every line is a gem - brilliantly witty. Hepburn is sincere, though feather-brained, and Grant is all but hopping with exasperation and attraction. The chemistry sparkles. Grant's awkward, shy David Huxley is bewildered and helpless when faced with the human whirlwind that is Hepburn's Susan Vance. She knows what she wants and she wants David. Poor David - he and his dinosaur don't stand a chance. You know he's stuck when he's missing his glasses, his clothes, and his fossil. Both befuddled, patient David and speedtalking, enthusiastic Susan are not the type of characters you expect these distinguished actors to play. Here Grant is unlike his general image as the experienced, classy man about town. Instead, his is a man whose world is hilariously turned upside-down by the women in his life (see also Arsenic and Old Lace, Holiday, The Philadelphia Story). Hepburn is chirpy and ditzy (but not stupid as we see later), but lovable and oh so maddening. The whole film is a breath of fresh air, while being stylish and intelligent. I don't think I need to tell you that any story that involves:
a leopard (or two?)
mixed-up identities (and golf balls and cars)
a million dollar giveaway
a brontosaurus' collarbone, and
a dog named George
will be simple or calm. If you can't suspend disbelief for two hours, this is not for you. But if you enjoy rapid-fire, whip-smart dialogue, madcap antics, slapsticky action, and a touch of romance, this will be perfect. I love this movie so much, I have two copies on tape since it's not yet on DVD. A great pick-me-up when you need something bright and energizing.
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Summary: Quaint film showcasing the comedic talents of its two stars
Review: 'Strong Woman' actress Katherine Hepburn may not be associated with the type of role she plays in this film. She plays the ditsy blonde so well it's surprising she wasn't cast in more of these parts, but perhaps it's testament to her acting ability that she managed to be so versatile. Cary Grant is on form as a staid scientist engaged to marry his rather boring research assistant. Katherine Hepburn turns up, all hell breaks loose, and of course Grant ends up falling for Katherine and being ditched by his fiancée. The 'Baby' of the title is a baby leopard and all the animal scenes are handled skilfully and seamlessly by director Howard Hawks. This is a textbook example of how to make charming 1930s comedies and good fun to boot!
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