C’mon, toots, open up, open up! I’ll make it worth your while.
Some of the many funny moments in “Bringing Up Baby.”
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant between scenes of Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby, 1938
Things that gave me joy in 2012
Rewatching my favorite classic movies over and over again
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Grant didn’t want to do the film, claiming that he didn’t understand the character. Hawks said, “You’ve seen Harold Lloyd, haven’t you?” and counseled him to play the role in the manner of the noted silentscreen clown as a total innocent caught up in insane events. He even gave the character Harold Lloyd’s trademark small, round glasses.
Bringing Up Baby