Bringing Up Baby
NR“And so begins the hilarious adventure of Professor David Huxley and Miss Susan Vance, a flutter-brained vixen with love in her heart!”
1938·102 min·Released
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
7.5TMDb
7.8IMDb
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Theatrical Feb 18, 1938
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USA · English · USA
Overview
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
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Crew
DirectorHoward Hawks
WriterDudley Nichols, Hagar Wilde
Cast
Katharine Hepburn
Susan Vance
Cary Grant
David Huxley
Charles Ruggles
Horace Applegate
Walter Catlett
Constable Slocum
Barry Fitzgerald
Aloysius Gogarty
May Robson
Elizabeth Random
Fritz Feld
Fritz Lehman
Leona Roberts
Hannah Gogarty
George Irving
Alexander Peabody
Tala Birell
Mrs. Lehman
Virginia Walker
Alice Swallow
John Kelly
Elmer
William Benedict
David's Caddy (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
Joe (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Jack Carson
Circus Roustabout (uncredited)
Judith Ford
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Zoo Official (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle
(uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
Midget (uncredited)
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Keywords
prisondonationmuseumzoopaleontologistleopardbonecross dressingblack and whitepsychiatristscrewball comedycelebratorycheerful
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