Bringing Up Baby 1938

Bringing Up Baby

1938 · United States · Directed by Howard Hawks

FunnyRomanticStrange Great first watch · Easy Screwball comedy

A palaeontologist’s orderly life collapses after one woman, one leopard, and one missing bone arrive at once.

What to expect

Its speed is architectural. Every misunderstanding adds another moving part, yet Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn keep the chaos emotionally legible through rhythm, posture, and escalating commitment.

How to ease in

Do not pause to solve each misunderstanding. Stay with David’s shrinking patience and Susan’s cheerful certainty that the next disaster will somehow help.

Heads-up

A quick, non-exhaustive note Includes animal danger, accidental confinement, police confusion, and sustained comic deception.
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A palaeontologist’s orderly life collapses after one woman, one leopard, and one missing bone arrive at once.

I admire a comedy that can make a leopard feel like the calmest character in the room. Susan keeps inventing the future faster than David can escape it.

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I admire a comedy that can make a leopard feel like the calmest character in the room. Susan keeps inventing the future faster than David can escape it.

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