Genre: Comedy / Romance Director(s): Howard Hawks Release Date: 16 February 1938 Movie rating: 8.0

This 1938 screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks pairs two of the biggest stars of their age – Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, and the results were surprisingly modest, when it comes to box office success. Not necessarily a flop, the film was a commercial disappointment, but its critical reception has been much warmer, and it has grown even more so over the years. Cary Grant plays David Huxley, a peaceful paleontologist who has made it his life's work to assemble a full skeleton of a brontosaurus, and he is one bone away from completing it. He also needs to impress a wealthy old lady who could provide a hefty donation for his museum, and he is set to be married to a moody woman he doesn't truly love. Everything will fall off the tracks once he meets Susan Vance (Hepburn), a free spirited young lady who happens to be the niece of the wealthy old lady Huxley is hoping for a donation from. Through a series of events the two will begin taking care of a baby leopard, find the missing brontosaurus bone and then have it stolen by a dog, wind up in jail, find themselves in terrible danger from another leopard, and ultimately find true love and a way out of the whole mess that will leave everyone involved happy. “Bringing Up Baby” is now considered a classic of the American cinema, and is often listed on the top 100 greatest American movies ever lists.

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