Bringing Up Baby
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Bringing Up Baby is a classic 1938 screwball comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, renowned for its fast-paced farce, witty dialogue, and influential place in Hollywood comedy history.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bringing Up Baby canonical | 26 |
| Bringing Up Baby (1938 film) | 1 |
| Bringing Up Baby franchise | 1 |
| Bringing Up Baby universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T580090 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bringing Up Baby Context triple: [Katharine Hepburn, notableWork, Bringing Up Baby]
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A.
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.
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B.
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night is a classic 1934 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, celebrated for its witty dialogue, influential screwball style, and Academy Award–winning performances by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
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C.
The Lady Is a Tramp
"The Lady Is a Tramp" is a popular show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical "Babes in Arms," later becoming a jazz and pop standard widely recorded by major artists.
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D.
Top Hat
Top Hat is a 1935 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, renowned for its elegant dance sequences, Irving Berlin songs, and status as a classic of the genre.
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E.
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film, co-starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in his screen debut, about vaudeville performers whose careers and romance are affected by World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bringing Up Baby Target entity description: Bringing Up Baby is a classic 1938 screwball comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, renowned for its fast-paced farce, witty dialogue, and influential place in Hollywood comedy history.
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A.
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.
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B.
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night is a classic 1934 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, celebrated for its witty dialogue, influential screwball style, and Academy Award–winning performances by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
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C.
The Lady Is a Tramp
"The Lady Is a Tramp" is a popular show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical "Babes in Arms," later becoming a jazz and pop standard widely recorded by major artists.
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D.
Top Hat
Top Hat is a 1935 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, renowned for its elegant dance sequences, Irving Berlin songs, and status as a classic of the genre.
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E.
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film, co-starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in his screen debut, about vaudeville performers whose careers and romance are affected by World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story "Bringing Up Baby" by Hagar Wilde ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Russell Metty ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | now regarded as a classic American comedy ⓘ |
| director | Howard Hawks ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Hively ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
absent-minded professor
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madcap heiress ⓘ |
| filmStudioEra |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| genre |
comedy film
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screwball comedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
later screwball comedies
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romantic comedy films ⓘ |
| initialBoxOfficeReception | underperformed on original release ⓘ |
| laterRecognition | recognized as one of the greatest film comedies ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Cary Grant as David Huxley
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Katharine Hepburn as Susan Vance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aunt Elizabeth
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David Huxley ⓘ Major Applegate ⓘ Susan Vance ⓘ |
| musicBy | Roy Webb ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chemistry between Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant
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fast-paced farce ⓘ influential screwball comedy style ⓘ witty dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
eccentric heiress complicates protagonist’s life
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paleontologist seeking a museum donation ⓘ tame leopard named Baby ⓘ |
| producer | Cliff Reid ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1938-02-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 102 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dudley Nichols
ⓘ
Hagar Wilde ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Barry Fitzgerald
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Cary Grant ⓘ Charles Ruggles ⓘ Katharine Hepburn ⓘ May Robson ⓘ Walter Catlett ⓘ |
| title | Bringing Up Baby self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bringing Up Baby Description of subject: Bringing Up Baby is a classic 1938 screwball comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, renowned for its fast-paced farce, witty dialogue, and influential place in Hollywood comedy history.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bringing Up Baby (1938 film)
subject surface form:
Howard Hawks
this entity surface form:
Bringing Up Baby universe
this entity surface form:
Bringing Up Baby franchise