Bringing Up Baby Page #4

Synopsis: Mild mannered zoology professor Dr. David Huxley is excited by the news that an intercostal clavicle bone has been found to complete his brontosaurus skeleton, a project four years in the construction. He is equally excited about his imminent marriage to his assistant, the officious Alice Swallow, who is interested in him more for his work than for him as a person. David needs the $1 million endowment of wealthy dowager Mrs. Carleton Random to complete the project. Her lawyer, Alexander Peabody, will make the decision on her behalf, so David needs to get in his favor. However, whenever David tries to make a good impression on Peabody, the same young woman always seems to do something to make him look bad. She is the flighty heiress Susan Vance. The more David wants Susan to go away, the more Susan seems not to want or be able to. But David eventually learns that Alexander Peabody is her good friend, who she calls Boopy, and Susan's Aunt Elizabeth, with whom David has also made a bad im
Director(s): Howard Hawks
Production: Turner Home Entertainment
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
NOT RATED
Year:
1938
102 min
3,020 Views


- Excuse me.

Why, there it is. Thank you very much.

It's very kind of you.

- Thank you.

- Why, no.

This is my purse. My diamond pin is in it.

- Will you please...

- No, I'm afraid...

- Give me that.

- Will you please hand it over?

- Do something about it.

- Keep out of it, darling.

- I did the trick.

- You did? Good.

It is madness for you

to say it's not my wife's.

You've made a slight blunder.

This belongs...

There is the young lady.

Isn't this your purse?

- No, this is my purse.

- There you are. Hand it over.

Just a minute.

Didn't you give me this purse to hold?

Yes, that's right, I did.

I gave him the purse to hold.

There's been a mistake. I lost my purse.

I must've picked up your wife's purse

by mistake.

I wanted him to stay here,

so I gave him this purse...

while I went to find mine.

I was coming back.

- Now, that's all perfectly clear, isn't it?

- No, it isn't.

- She's going to give me an explanation.

- No!

My dear sir, it never will be clear

as long as she's explaining it.

- Now please let me go.

- Just a minute.

He's innocent.

Now you have your wife's purse,

I have my purse...

and Louie will explain it all to you

and everything will be all right.

Please listen.

You can't think I did that intentionally.

If I could think,

I'd have run when I saw you.

If you'd only let me explain.

I just gave you my purse to...

You've torn your coat.

Now, I didn't do it on purpose.

That's not right. It's not my fault.

I did it, but I didn't mean to do it.

I just caught hold of your coat.

Will you do something for me?

A needle?

No, it's simpler than that.

Let's play a game.

What?

Watch. I'll put my hand over my eyes,

and then you go away. See?

Then I'll count to 10,

and when I take my hand down...

you will be gone. One...

I like that. I was only trying to be nice.

Thank you.

Just a minute!

You can't talk to me that way

then crawl out of it.

- When I'm mad, I'm mad.

- Something horrible has happened.

Don't tell me about it.

Just get out of it as best you can.

Please stop following me around,

fixation or no fixation. I've had enough.

- Stop talking, so I can tell you...

- Will you stop crowding me?

- I'm just trying to tell you, you've torn...

- No, I didn't.

- If you'd waited for my explanation...

- Not my coat...

...your coat would still be very all right.

- What is the matter with you?

- You see, I...

Do you realize you're making

a fool out of yourself?

You can't tell me I tore your coat.

There's such a thing as being fair.

Will you please stop doing that

with your hat?

Just stand there, will you?

What in the world is going on?

- No! Please don't move!

- I've had enough of this.

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Dudley Nichols

Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and director. more…

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