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BRINGING UP BABY (1938) or "Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant Go Leopard-Hunting in Connecticut"
The Great Katharine Hepburn Posted by Margaret Perry on Feb 20, 2013
BRINGING UP BABY (1938) or "Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant Go Leopard-Hunting in Connecticut"
Friends often ask me which Katharine Hepburn film is my all-time favorite. I usually hem and haw and feed them a line about how there is a Hepburn film for every occasion. Sometimes I say that the read more
BRINGING UP BABY (1938) or “Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant Go Leopard Hunting in Connecticut”
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 20, 2013
Friends often ask me which Katharine Hepburn film is my all-time favorite. I usually hem and haw and feed them a line about how there is a Hepburn film for every occasion. Sometimes I say that the one I saw last is my favorite. Other times I’ll list a top five and watch as their eyes glaze ov read more
Fun With Baby Jane
Classic Film Talk Posted by Eric on Feb 17, 2013
If someone told me about Bette Davis singing on a variety show, I’d have said “naw, never happen”. As is often the case, I would be happily wrong. For anyone who has seen “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane”, this clip is a fascinating juxtaposition. read more
10 Things About Bringing Up Baby (1938) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 4, 2013
Bringing Up Baby, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is the screwballiest of screwball comedies. Though it was a critical and commercial failure at the time of it’s release, Bringing Up Baby has come to be regarded as Hawks’ best film and is beloved read more
10 Things About Bringing Up Baby (1938) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Feb 4, 2013
Bringing Up Baby, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is the screwballiest of screwball comedies. Though it was a critical and commercial failure at the time of it’s release, Bringing Up Baby has come to be regarded as Hawks’ best film and is beloved read more
On December 3, 2012, Turner Classic Movies will present the documentary Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room.
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on Dec 3, 2012
On December 3, 2012, Turner Classic Movies will present the documentary Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room and four rarely seen films: Carmen Jr. (1923), Peg o' the Mounted, Captain January and Such Is Life (all 1924).
Diana Serra Cary (born October 26, 1918), best known as Baby Peggy, was o read more
Make Friends with Baby Peggy – Tonight on TCM
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 3, 2012
1924 was a busy year for Peggy-Jean Montgomery: she starred in four feature films; headlined seven comedy short subjects; served as on-stage mascot for the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden; and became one of the first merchandized celebrities, with her likeness immortalized on read more
Rosemary’s Baby (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 19, 2012
For most women, pregnancy is a joyous time. All sweet Rosemary wants is a healthy baby in a happy home. For a while, that seems like a dream coming more true every passing day. However, she starts to become suspicious of her husband, the helpful neighbors and even her doctor. Could they all read more
Hello! ma baby, hello! my honey …
True Classics Posted by on Sep 18, 2012
The ongoing Comedy Countdown at Wonders in the Dark is in full swing, and my second contribution to the event is now up on the site! By sheer coincidence, number 69 on the countdown is the 1955 animated short One Froggy Evening, directed by none other than the subject of our week-long animat read more
"Baby Face," or The Pubic Enemy
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Sep 17, 2012
Saint Louis woman with her diamond rings
Pulls that man around by her apron strings.
'Twant for powder and for store-bought hair,
The man I love would not gone nowhere, nowhere.
The 1933 film "Baby Face" opens to the strains of "St. Louis Blues," and the song keeps popping up on the so read more
Pre - Code: Baby Face(1933).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Jun 2, 2012
Baby Face (1933). A dramatic film directed by Alfred E. Green. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent. Based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck. This Pre-Code Hollywood film is about an young woman who uses sex to advance herself socially and her career. People knew that... "She had it and made i read more
Bringing Up Baby (1938) (1)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Feb 29, 2012
I rewatched Bringing Up Baby for my Women in Film and it is a hotly debated movie in terms of how it portrays gender. Aside from that though the movie is the quintessential screwball comedy with hysterical performances from its two leads. The script is pitch perfect and filled with rapid-fire dial read more
The World’s Greatest Baby Recreates Classic Movie Scenes
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Nov 14, 2011
So it’s Monday, which sucks. It’s kinda cold and damp, which double sucks. As is the custom, after I struggle to fill my coffee mug without burning myself, I kick off my Monday morning with a non-productive cruise around the Twitterverse. And what do I find? A tweet from @un-reality, p read more
Quotes in Pre-Code: Baby Face (1933)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jun 23, 2011
“Yeah, I’m a tramp, and who’s to blame? My father. A swell start you gave me. Ever since I was fourteen, what’s it been? Nothing but men! Dirty, rotten men! And you’re lower than any of them. I’ll hate you as long as I live! ” Barbara Stanwyck read more
There’s Always Divorce | Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 23, 2011
Film critic Andrew Sarris once, now famously, described the screwball comedy as a “sex comedy without the sex.” In the case of Bringing Up Baby, I say thank the gods for small favors. One can only imagine what sort of leathered and gagged S&M tableau poor David Huxley would have end read more
Baby Classic Movies Has Arrived!
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 12, 2011
I got quite the Mother's Day present at 10:10 pm, Sunday, 5/8. She was 8lbs 3ozs and 21 inches long. We've been home for a couple of days now--happy and healthy.
Last movie seen before delivery: Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
(I still haven't finished it, but it was a re-watch!) read more
Baby Jane’s Empty Frame
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Mar 14, 2011
Whenever I go to a screening of a movie, no matter how many times I’ve seen it, I leave with a new level of appreciation for that movie. I don’t know if it’s from watching it in a distraction-free environment or because I’m watching it on such a big screen, but I always notic read more
Eartha Kitt Owns Santa Baby
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 24, 2010
I know that probably a gazillion other bloggers will or have posted this Santa Baby clip, but I had to do it, because I love slinky Ms. Eartha Kitt. Her style was such a delightful combination bold expressiveness and sophistication.
(The classic performance ends at the 2:40 mix. After th read more
ROSEMARY'S BABY...Roman Polanski's Horror Classic
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Oct 28, 2010
A landmark film of the horror genre, Rosemary's Baby (1968) also marked Roman Polanski's directorial debut in the US. The film, a runaway hit on release, was the prototype that inspired the onslaught of big-budget "A" horror films that followed: The Exorcist, The Omen, etc.
In the tradition of read more
Baby It’s You (1983, John Sayles)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 30, 2008
Baby It’s You is a John Sayles film I never expected to see… it’s John Sayles for hire. Sayles has had a lucrative career as a ghostwriter of blockbusters (Apollo 13 famously had his name on one poster… but not after the WGA got done). But Baby It’s You is the first of read more