Bringing Up Baby

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  • Opened February 18, 1938 
  • 1 hr 42 min

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 8+. More on child suitability

  • Harried paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) has to make a good impression on society matron Mrs. Random (May Robson), who is considering donating one million dollars to his museum. On the day before his wedding, Huxley meets Mrs. Random's high-spirited young niece, Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn), a madcap adventuress who immediately falls for the straitlaced scientist. The ever-growing chaos -- including a missing dinosaur bone and a pet leopard -- threatens to swallow him whole. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles, Barry Fitzgerald, May Robson
  • Director: Howard Hawks
  • Genres: Comedy

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