Bringing Up Baby
Directed by Howard Hawks • 1938 • United States
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
What do you get when you combine Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, a missing dinosaur bone, and a leopard named Baby? One of the all-time great American comedies! Grant is the stuffy paleontologist whose hopes of netting $1 million for his museum from a would-be benefactress are thwarted when a madcap heiress (Hepburn) sets her sights on him. The divine performances, rapid-fire dialogue, and freewheeling direction by Howard Hawks all but set the standard for screwball virtuosity.
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Bringing Up Baby
Directed by Howard Hawks • 1938 • United States
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles RugglesWhat do you get when you combine Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, a missing dinosaur bone, and a leopard named Baby? One of the all-time great American comedies! Grant is the stuffy paleontologi...
Extras
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BRINGING UP BABY Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2005, features filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich.
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BRINGING UP BABY Selected-Scene Commentary
In this program, created in 2021, costume historian Shelly Foote discusses the career of designer Howard Greer and examines some of the garments he created for BRINGING UP BABY.
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Scott Eyman on Cary Grant
In the following video essay, created by the Criterion Collection in 2021, Scott Eyman, author of “Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise,” discusses the actor’s early career.
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Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life
In November 1977, filmmaker Hans-Christoph Blumenberg shot the last interview with director Howard Hawks, who died the following month. An intimate visit with Hawks at his home in Palm Springs, California, the resulting film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February 1978 before airing on ...
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Howard Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich
This audio excerpt is from a conversation between filmmakers Howard Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich that was recorded in Palm Springs, California, in 1972.
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Cary Grant on BRINGING UP BABY
The following audio interview with actor Cary Grant was recorded on October 6, 1969, after a screening of BRINGING UP BABY as part of a Hollywood in the Thirties film series presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In it, Grant answers questions from the audience about the fi...
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Craig Barron on BRINGING UP BABY
The following interview with film historian Craig Barron was recorded in March 2021. In it, Barron discusses the career of visual-effects pioneer Linwood Dunn, including his work on BRINGING UP BABY.
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John Bailey on BRINGING UP BABY
The following interview with cinematographer John Bailey was recorded in March 2021. In it, Bailey discusses BRINGING UP BABY director of photography Russell Metty, along with several scenes from the film.
