Bringing Up Baby

What happens when an absent-minded scientist whose life's work is reconstructing dinosaur skeletons meets an eccentric heiress who keeps a leopard as a pet? Exactly: chaos is inevitable! While zoologist David Huxley is preparing for his wedding, he crosses paths with the vivacious Susan. With feminine cunning and her leopard, she kidnaps the professor, who wants to be on time for his wedding but doesn't want to be rude. “Bringing Up Baby” is a delightful comedy classic from Hollywood about which there is little new to say. Instead, one can simply enjoy this turbulent masterpiece in speechless amazement. Every day anew. Director Howard Hawks (1896-1976) explained that his films were at least 20 percent faster than those of his colleagues. A prime example of this fast pace is “Bringing Up Baby.” Slapstick and magnificent wordplay combine to create a thrilling whole. Overlapping dialogues and frantically acting characters running around wildly leave no moment of stagnation. Simply a masterpiece of cinematic construction and storytelling! Quote from Howard Hawks (I): “Unusual things usually happen in comedies. When I made my first comedies (...), the audience was amazed at how big stars behaved like idiots. The stars had fun, but the audience only enjoyed it at second glance. At first, they were unsure.” Quote from Howard Hawks (II): “The only thing you need is a funny story. They're very hard to find; I've only found about four myself. And I've made a successful movie out of each one.” Quote from Howard Hawks (III): "I once made a movie with Cary Grant and Katie Hepburn about a man who studied the bones of prehistoric animals. He needed a certain bone, her dog stole it, and Grant had to chase it. At the end of the story, Katie climbs a ladder, loses her balance, and the whole skeleton collapses. In this film (Bringing Up Baby), you didn't need any additional characters because the two actors were so exceptionally good."