Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Note des utilisateurs:

8.1/10   

Réalisateur:

Howard Hawks

Writers:

Dudley Nichols (screenplay) &
Hagar Wilde (screenplay) ...
(suite)

Release Date:

18 février 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Romance

Plot:

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances...

Plot Keywords:

Bone | Leopard | Museum | Mistaken Identity | Fiancée

Awards:

1 win

Avis des utilisateurs:

Great comedy

Ensemble

Katharine Hepburn	...	Susan Vance
Cary Grant	...	Dr. David Huxley
Charles Ruggles	...	Maj. Horace Applegate (as Charlie Ruggles)
Walter Catlett	...	Constable Slocum
Barry Fitzgerald	...	Aloysius Gogarty
May Robson	...	Aunt Elizabeth Random
Fritz Feld	...	Dr. Fritz Lehman
Leona Roberts	...	Hannah Gogarty
George Irving	...	Alexander Peabody
Tala Birell	...	Mrs. Lehman
Virginia Walker	...	Alice Swallow
John Kelly	...	Elmer
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Ruth Adler	...	Bit (uncredited)
Adeline Ashbury	...	Mrs. Peabody (uncredited)
Asta	...	George the dog (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict	...	David's Caddy (uncredited)
Billy Bevan	...	Joe - Bartender (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone	...	Doorman (uncredited)
Ward Bond	...	Motorcycle Cop at Jail (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks	...	Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited)
Harry Campbell	...	Bit (uncredited)
Jack Carson	...	Circus Roustabout (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan	...	Prof. LaTouche (uncredited)
William Corson	...	Bit (uncredited)
Evelyne Eager	...	Circus Performer (uncredited)
Judith Ford	...	Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Billy Franey	...	Butcher (uncredited)
Jack Gardner	...	Deliveryman (uncredited)
Edward Gargan	...	Zoo Official (uncredited)
Frances Gifford	...	Bit (uncredited)
Tex C.C. Gilmore	...	Bit (uncredited)
Duke Green	...	Bit (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Bit (uncredited)
Geraldine Hall	...	Maid (uncredited)
George Humbert	...	Louis - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky	...	Midget (uncredited)
Lorraine Krueger	...	Bit (uncredited)
Richard Lane	...	Circus Manager (uncredited)
Dorothy Lloyd	...	Bit (uncredited)
Buck Mack	...	Zoo Official (uncredited)
Teddy Mangean	...	Bit (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe	...	Joe (uncredited)
Jeanne Martel	...	Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley	...	Deputy (uncredited)
Eleanor Peterson	...	Circus Performer (uncredited)
Buster Slaven	...	Peabody's Caddy (uncredited)
Larry Steers	...	Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Jean Stevens	...	Bit (uncredited)
Bobby Stone	...	Bit (uncredited)
Jack Stoney	...	Bit (uncredited)
Bob Thatcher	...	Bit (uncredited)
Frank M. Thomas	...	Voice of Circus Barker (uncredited)
Ida Vollmar	...	Bit (uncredited)
Crawford Weaver	...	Bit (uncredited)
Cynthia Westlake	...	Bit (uncredited)
Pat West	...	Mac (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Howard Hawks

Scénaristes
Dudley Nichols		(screenplay) &
Hagar Wilde		(screenplay)
Hagar Wilde		(story)

Produit par
Cliff Reid	....	associate producer
Howard Hawks	....	producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Roy Webb		(uncredited)

Image
Russell Metty		(photographed by)

Montage
George Hively

Direction artistique
Van Nest Polglase

Création des costumes
Howard Greer		(gowns)

Maquillage
Mel Berns	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Assistant réalisateur
Edward Donahue	....	assistant director

Art Department
Perry Ferguson	....	associate art director
Darrell Silvera	....	set dresser

Technicien du son
John L. Cass	....	sound recordist

Effets spéciaux
Vernon L. Walker	....	special effects

Cascadeur
Jimmie Dundee	....	stunt double: Cary Grant (uncredited)
Helen Thurston	....	stunt double: Katharine Hepburn (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Cliff Shirpser	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department
Roy Webb	....	musical director
Max Steiner	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Divers
Olga Celeste	....	leopard trainer (uncredited)
Patricia Doyle	....	stand-in: Katharine Hepburn (uncredited)
Jack Morton	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• RKO Radio Pictures

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1938) (USA) (theatrical)
• Radio Filmes (1938) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1941) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1957) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1957) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2000) (Germany) (video)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s):

L'impossible monsieur Bébé (France) [fr]

Durée:

102 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Classification:

UK:U | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #3752) | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/6 (DVD rating)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Anecdotes:

The theatrical trailer is made up mostly of unused alternate takes of the scenes in the film. For instance, in the take used in the trailer, Cary Grant doesn't jerk downward when Katharine Hepburn rips his coat like he does in the take used in the movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Glass wall in the bathroom to fence Baby in.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Prof. LaTouche: Morning, Miss Alice. My watch is...
Alice Swallow: Shh. Dr. Huxley is thinking.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Run Away, Little Boy (#2.9)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

I Can't Give You Anything but Love

Great comedy

I really enjoyed this classic screwball comedy. Grant was brilliant as the exasperated zoologist and Hepburn also shines as his troublemaking foil. The supporting cast is also uniformly excellent. The entire cast is of course blessed to be working with first rate material. Baby starts slowly and gradually builds momentum before becoming a comic frenzy. It's hard to believe today that this Howard Hawks masterpiece was a bomb in 1938, causing RKO to drop Hawks and Hepburn. I don't usually gravitate towards films of this sort but I'm glad I gave this gem a chance. I was thoroughly entertained. 9/10.