Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Russell MettyComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald, May Robson, Fritz Feld, Leona Roberts, Tala Birell, Ward Bond, Jack Carson (more)Plots(1)
Screwball sparks fly when Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn let loose in one of the fastest and funniest films ever made. A high-wire act of invention that took American screen comedy to new heights of absurdity. Hoping to procure a million-dollar endowment from a wealthy society matron for his museum, a hapless palaeontologist (Grant) finds himself entangled with a dizzy heiress (Hepburn) as the manic misadventures pile up - a missing dinosaur bone, a leopard on the loose, and plenty of gender bending mayhem among them. Bringing Up Baby's sophisticated dialogue, spontaneous performances, and giddy innuendo come together in a whirlwind of comic chaos captured with lightning-in-a-bottle brio by director Howard Hawks. (Criterion)
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Another proof that what is admired (and discovered) today has its roots in the past. The Leopard Woman is a perfect romantic comedy in which one crazy yet unexpectedly thoughtful and clever dialogue is followed by another. And most of today's comedies, in which the main hero spends most of the film arguing with a beautiful lady only to fall into her arms at the most perfectly timed moment, can only envy Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn silently.
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An incredible comedy that had me laughing from the beginning to the end. The amazing chemistry between the actors is fully functional, but all of this is delivered with an incredible cadence, where jokes follow one after another, some less noticeable but even more entertaining if you catch them. This is simply something that must be seen and cannot be missed.
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