Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It tells the story of a paleontologist in a number of predicaments involving a woman with a unique sense of logic and a leopard named Baby. The supporting cast includes May Robson, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald and Fritz Feld. The screenplay was adapted by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde from a short story by Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10, 1937. Nichols and Wilde began a relationship during their collaboration, and went on to write other screenplays together. Nichols based the relationship between Susan and David partially on the off-screen love affair between Hepburn and director John Ford which Nichols had observed on the set of Mary of Scotland several years earlier. The script was written specifically for Hepburn, and tailored to her personality. Grant was reluctant to take the role, and was chosen after several other leading men turned the part down. Filming began in September 1937 and wrapped in January 1938, over schedule and over budget. Hepburn struggled with her comedic performance and was coached by her co-star, vaudeville veteran Walter Catlett. A tame leopard was used during the shooting; its trainer was off-screen for all its scenes. Wikipedia [ - ]

Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring... [ + ]