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.
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| 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
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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 NERFINISHED → |
| 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
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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 → |
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this entity surface form: "Bringing Up Baby (1938 film)"