Bringing Up Baby (Original title)
Date: 1938 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: Howard Hawks
Production company billing: ©1938. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. [logo] an RKO Radio picture RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents Howard Hawks' production of... [end] [logo] RKO Radio Pictures In Black & White MPAA: 3752
Synopsis: Comedy of romance between a professor of zoology and a feckless society girl who has a tame leopard.
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Subjects: Fossilization and preservation of animals, Leopards, Bones
Releases
Date: 18 February 1938Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9166 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 15 August 1938Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9167 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 102 mins Language: English
Date: 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 103 mins Language: English
Title: At home/Masterpiece: Masterpiece #47: Bringing up BabyAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Premiere v18 n7 April 2005 Page: 97
Title: HomeGuide: BRINGING UP BABYAuthor: G.K. Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Cinéaste v30 n3 Summer 2005 Pages: 70-71
Title: Bringing up BabyAuthor: CALHOUN, John Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v14 n1 January 2004 Pages: 66-67
Title: ReviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of the "Cary Grant collection": BRINGING UP BABY, OPERATION PETTICOAT, INDISCREET, MY FAVORITE WIFE.
In: Empire vSpec. nComedy June 2003 Page: [whole issue]
Title: The ten most influential comedy films ever madeAuthor: FREER, Ian [et al...] Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Assessments of: SOME LIKE IT HOT, DUMB AND DUMBER, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, The GRADUATE, The GENERAL, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, ANNIE HALL, BRINGING UP BABY, The PRODUCERS, AIRPLANE!
In: Empire n174 December 2003 Page: 173
Title: Remote control: rwdAuthor: [AM] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD review of "Cary Grant: The Collection" (BRINGING UP BABY, MY FAVORITE WIFE, INDISCREET, OPERATION PETTICOAT).
In: Radio Times 5 Jul 2003 Page: 49
Title: The Bigger Picture.Author: COLLINS, Andrew Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Short article looking at the film and its initial lack of success and later classic status.
In: Empire n125 November 1999 Page: 140
Title: Videos to buyArticle type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film and Philosophy v4 1997 Pages: 58-65
Title: Happiness through insanity...screwball comedyAuthor: GELLER, Jeffery L. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Looking particularly at BRINGING UP BABY (1938), screwball comedies are researched for themes of identity disinteg- ration allowing the primary protagonist to move from an est- ablished respectable world to a newer less conventional one.
In: Sight and Sound vSupp. n Comedy March 1994 Page: 14
Title: Screwballs and BonesAuthor: FRANKE, Lizzie Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Lizzie Francke applauds BRINGING UP BABY as a feminist film
In: Premiere v4 n10 June 1991 Page: 16
Title: Rear Window: Talking Down "Baby"Author: DENBY, David Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Critical re-review of BRINGING UP BABY, arguing it is almost offensive, Hepburn is precious, and the story is sometime unbelievable
In: Radio Times v265 n3466 19 May 1990 Page: 17
Title: [Radio Times - v265 n3466 19 May 1990: no known title]Language: English
Description: Brief look at the film and Cary Grant's role in it, by Barry Norman.
In: Journal of Popular Film & Television v13 n3 Autumn 1985 Pages: Autumn 139-150
Title: [Journal of Popular Film & Television - v13 n3 Autumn 1985: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article which looks at the characteristics of BRINGING UP BABY which Stanley Cavell identifies as making it part of hissub-genre of "Comedies of Re-Marriage.
In: Journal of Popular Film & Television v11 n4 Winter 1984 Pages: Winter 158-165
Title: [Journal of Popular Film & Television - v11 n4 Winter 1984: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on Hawks' influence on the production of the film within the RKO studio system.
In: Movietone News n54 20 Jun 1977 Pages: 14-25
Title: [Movietone News - n54 20 Jun 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1612 10 Mar 1938
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1612 10 Mar 1938: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Photoplay v52 n5 May 1938 Page: 49
Title: [Photoplay - v52 n5 May 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n51 March 1938 Page: 70
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n51 March 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v20 n493 26 Mar 1938 Page: 23
Title: [Film Weekly - v20 n493 26 Mar 1938: no known title]Language: English
Author: GEIGER, Jeffrey Pages: xvii, 1134 pages
Description: Also discusses Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895-1897).
Title: Bringing Up Baby
Author: SWAAB, Peter Pages: 127 p.
Title: "I" of the camera: essays in film criticism, history, and aesthetics
Author: ROTHMAN, William Pages: xxxii, 389 p.
Title: Madcaps, screwballs, and con women: the female trickster in American culture
Author: LANDAY, Lori Pages: ix-xi, 258p.
Title: Bringing up baby
Author: HAWKS, Howard Pages: 320p.
Title: Pursuits of happiness: the Hollywood comedy of remarriage
Author: Cavell, Stanley Pages: 283p.
Description: ADAM'S RIB pp. 189-228 the AWFUL pp. 229-263 BRINGING UP BABY pp. 110-132 HIS GIRL FRIDAY pp. 161-188 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT pp. 71-110 The LADY EVE pp. 45-70 The PHILADELPHIA STORY pp. 133-160
Title: Film analysis: a Norton reader
Author: GEIGER, Jeffrey Pages: 960 p.
Title: Romantic comedy
Author: MORTIMER, Claire Pages: x, 163 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(13)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveSound: CombinedLength: 941 FeetBFI identifier: C-28182
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9170 FeetBFI identifier: C-876466
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Digital materials(1)
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-3637737
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-621915
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: Umatic (unspecified)Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-590960
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(10)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-28187
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 150 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-28183
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9132 FeetBFI identifier: C-1081898
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveSound: CombinedLength: 941 FeetBFI identifier: C-28182
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9170 FeetBFI identifier: C-876466
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9171 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-28184
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 9170 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-28185
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteLength: 44 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-28186
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8966 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-28180
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9051 FeetStock date: 1971BFI identifier: C-28181
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1938 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: Howard Hawks
Production company billing: ©1938. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. [logo] an RKO Radio picture RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents Howard Hawks' production of... [end] [logo] RKO Radio Pictures In Black & White MPAA: 3752
Synopsis: Comedy of romance between a professor of zoology and a feckless society girl who has a tame leopard.
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Subjects: Fossilization and preservation of animals, Leopards, Bones
Releases
Date: 18 February 1938Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9166 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 15 August 1938Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9167 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 102 mins Language: English
Date: 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 103 mins Language: English
Credits
(33)
©: Inc. RKO Radio Pictures, an RKO Radio picture: RKO Radio Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures presents: RKO Radio Pictures, Associate Producer: Cliff Reid, [Unit Manager]: George Rogell, [Production Manager]: J.R. Crone, Assistant Director: Edward Donahue, Screenplay: Dudley Nichols, Screenplay: Hagar Wilde, From the story by: Hagar Wilde, Photographed by: Russell Metty, [Camera Operator]: Charles Burke, Special Effects by: Vernon L. Walker, Edited by: George Hively, Art Director: Van Nest Polglase, Associate [Art Director]: Perry Ferguson, Set Dressing by: Darrell Silvera, Gowns by: Howard Greer, [Make-up]: Mel Berns, Musical Director: Roy Webb, [Sound] Recorded by: John L. Cass, Sound System: RCA Victor System, [Double for Cary Grant]: Jimmy Dundee, [Double for Katharine Hepburn]: Helen Thurston, [Stand-in for Katharine Hepburn]: Mimi Doyle, Patsy Doyle, [Stand-in for Cary Grant]: Mal Merrihugh, [Stand-in for Barry Fitzgerald]: Ed Rochelle, [Stand-in for May Robson]: May Warren, [Stand-in for Fritz Feld]: Bill Knudsen, [Stand-in]: Jack Morton, [Nissa's Trainer]: Madame Olga Celeste
Cast
(38)
Katharine Hepburn (Susan Vance), Cary Grant (David Huxley), Charlie Ruggles (Major Horace Applegate), Walter Catlett (Constable Slocum), Barry Fitzgerald (Gogarty), May Robson (Aunt Elizabeth), Fritz Feld (Dr. Fritz Lehmann), Leona Roberts (Mrs. Hannah Gogarty), George Irving (Alexander Peabody), Tala Birell (Mrs Lehmann), Virginia Walker (Alice Swallow), John Kelly (Elmer), D'Arcy Corrigan ([Professor La Touche]), Buster Slavin ([Peabody's caddy]), Billy Benedict ([David's caddy]), George Humbert ([Louis, the headwaiter]), Terry Moore ([hat check girl]), Billy Bevan ([Joe, bartender]), Jack Gardner ([delivery man]), Nissa ([Baby, the leopard]), Stanley Blystone ([doorman]), Garry Owen ([butcher]), Skippy ([George, the dog]), Richard Lane ([circus manager]), Pat West ([Mac]), Frank Marlowe ([Joe]), Eleanor Peterson, Geraldine Hall, Evelyn Eager ([circus performer]), Ward Bond ([motorcycle cop]), Ernest Cossart ([Joe, the bartender]), Jack Carson ([roustabout]), Adylin Ashbury ([Mrs. Peabody]), Maxine Martel, Jeanne Martel ([cigarette girl]), Edward Gargan, Buck Mack ([zoo official]), Pat O'Malley ([deputy])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(19)
In: Empire n218 August 2007 Pages: 152-153Title: At home/Masterpiece: Masterpiece #47: Bringing up BabyAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Premiere v18 n7 April 2005 Page: 97
Title: HomeGuide: BRINGING UP BABYAuthor: G.K. Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Cinéaste v30 n3 Summer 2005 Pages: 70-71
Title: Bringing up BabyAuthor: CALHOUN, John Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v14 n1 January 2004 Pages: 66-67
Title: ReviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of the "Cary Grant collection": BRINGING UP BABY, OPERATION PETTICOAT, INDISCREET, MY FAVORITE WIFE.
In: Empire vSpec. nComedy June 2003 Page: [whole issue]
Title: The ten most influential comedy films ever madeAuthor: FREER, Ian [et al...] Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Assessments of: SOME LIKE IT HOT, DUMB AND DUMBER, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, The GRADUATE, The GENERAL, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, ANNIE HALL, BRINGING UP BABY, The PRODUCERS, AIRPLANE!
In: Empire n174 December 2003 Page: 173
Title: Remote control: rwdAuthor: [AM] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD review of "Cary Grant: The Collection" (BRINGING UP BABY, MY FAVORITE WIFE, INDISCREET, OPERATION PETTICOAT).
In: Radio Times 5 Jul 2003 Page: 49
Title: The Bigger Picture.Author: COLLINS, Andrew Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Short article looking at the film and its initial lack of success and later classic status.
In: Empire n125 November 1999 Page: 140
Title: Videos to buyArticle type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film and Philosophy v4 1997 Pages: 58-65
Title: Happiness through insanity...screwball comedyAuthor: GELLER, Jeffery L. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Looking particularly at BRINGING UP BABY (1938), screwball comedies are researched for themes of identity disinteg- ration allowing the primary protagonist to move from an est- ablished respectable world to a newer less conventional one.
In: Sight and Sound vSupp. n Comedy March 1994 Page: 14
Title: Screwballs and BonesAuthor: FRANKE, Lizzie Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Lizzie Francke applauds BRINGING UP BABY as a feminist film
In: Premiere v4 n10 June 1991 Page: 16
Title: Rear Window: Talking Down "Baby"Author: DENBY, David Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Critical re-review of BRINGING UP BABY, arguing it is almost offensive, Hepburn is precious, and the story is sometime unbelievable
In: Radio Times v265 n3466 19 May 1990 Page: 17
Title: [Radio Times - v265 n3466 19 May 1990: no known title]Language: English
Description: Brief look at the film and Cary Grant's role in it, by Barry Norman.
In: Journal of Popular Film & Television v13 n3 Autumn 1985 Pages: Autumn 139-150
Title: [Journal of Popular Film & Television - v13 n3 Autumn 1985: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article which looks at the characteristics of BRINGING UP BABY which Stanley Cavell identifies as making it part of hissub-genre of "Comedies of Re-Marriage.
In: Journal of Popular Film & Television v11 n4 Winter 1984 Pages: Winter 158-165
Title: [Journal of Popular Film & Television - v11 n4 Winter 1984: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on Hawks' influence on the production of the film within the RKO studio system.
In: Movietone News n54 20 Jun 1977 Pages: 14-25
Title: [Movietone News - n54 20 Jun 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1612 10 Mar 1938
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1612 10 Mar 1938: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Photoplay v52 n5 May 1938 Page: 49
Title: [Photoplay - v52 n5 May 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v5 n51 March 1938 Page: 70
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v5 n51 March 1938: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v20 n493 26 Mar 1938 Page: 23
Title: [Film Weekly - v20 n493 26 Mar 1938: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
Title: Film analysis: a Norton ReaderAuthor: GEIGER, Jeffrey Pages: xvii, 1134 pages
Description: Also discusses Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895-1897).
Title: Bringing Up Baby
Author: SWAAB, Peter Pages: 127 p.
Title: "I" of the camera: essays in film criticism, history, and aesthetics
Author: ROTHMAN, William Pages: xxxii, 389 p.
Title: Madcaps, screwballs, and con women: the female trickster in American culture
Author: LANDAY, Lori Pages: ix-xi, 258p.
Title: Bringing up baby
Author: HAWKS, Howard Pages: 320p.
Title: Pursuits of happiness: the Hollywood comedy of remarriage
Author: Cavell, Stanley Pages: 283p.
Description: ADAM'S RIB pp. 189-228 the AWFUL pp. 229-263 BRINGING UP BABY pp. 110-132 HIS GIRL FRIDAY pp. 161-188 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT pp. 71-110 The LADY EVE pp. 45-70 The PHILADELPHIA STORY pp. 133-160
Title: Film analysis: a Norton reader
Author: GEIGER, Jeffrey Pages: 960 p.
Title: Romantic comedy
Author: MORTIMER, Claire Pages: x, 163 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(13)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveSound: CombinedLength: 941 FeetBFI identifier: C-28182
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9170 FeetBFI identifier: C-876466
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Digital materials(1)
Description: WAVBFI identifier: N-3637737
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-621915
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: Umatic (unspecified)Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-590960
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(10)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-28187
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 150 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-28183
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9132 FeetBFI identifier: C-1081898
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveSound: CombinedLength: 941 FeetBFI identifier: C-28182
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9170 FeetBFI identifier: C-876466
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9171 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-28184
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 9170 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-28185
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteLength: 44 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-28186
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8966 FeetStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-28180
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9051 FeetStock date: 1971BFI identifier: C-28181
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film