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Oscar Nominations
Best Art Direction: Lionel Banks
and Stephen Gooson
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Katherine Hepburn is the oddball Susan, and Cary Grant is the straight laced David. |
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He knows she's trouble during a chance meeting at a golf course, where Susan cuts in. |
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A second meeting, at a nightclub, where clothes are torn. |
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Hepburn needs Grant's help with a leopard that she has acquired. |
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| A car trip with Baby! |
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| Grant gets 'gay!' all of a sudden! |
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Crossword puzzle alert! Jack the dog, also played Asta in The Thin Man films. |
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Charles Ruggles is Major Horace Applegate. |
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| Hepburn's antics lands everyone in jail! |
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| Hanging from the rafters, they declare their love for each other. |
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In this teaming - Cary gets to be the kooky one, while Hepburn is stuck in a stuffy family! |
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Grant meets his future sister-in-law, Hepburn, with bride-to-be, Doris Nolan. |
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Carefree Grant seems to have more in common with hard-edged sister, Hepburn. |
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Grant meets his future father-in-law, played by Henry Kolker. |
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Lew Ayres as the sarcastic brother-in-law to be. |
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Jean Dixon is Susan Potter, a kooky influence on Grant. She was also the maid in My Man Godfrey. |
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Katherine and Cary throw caution to the wind! |
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Hepburn realizes that she is in love with her sister's fiancé. |
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| Grant and Nolan call off their engagement. |
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| Hepburn goes running for the 'now-available' Grant! |
Storyline: Two great screwball comedies, and one of the greatest pairings of all time, Hepburn and Grant.
Why Didn't They Win? Both released in 1938, they were ahead of their time! The films weren't popular, as audiences didn't respond to the pairing, nor the high-brow humor. As a result, Hepburn's career hit the skids. In time, the films developed a cult following, and have since become regarded as classics, by audiences and critics alike.
Why Should They Have Won? The screwball comedies of the thirties were the best ever, and these films hold up today, because of their intellectual wit. Hepburn proves herself to be a first rate comedienne, and Grant, who's star was still rising at the time, was in his prime! They made four films together, all in the span of five years.
Behind the Scenes: Brining Up Baby was a flop for director, Howard Hughes, and for star Katherine Hepburn. Hughes was fired from his next job, and Hepburn was labeled as box office poison.
George Cukor was making Holiday, and had already cast Grant in the lead role. Hepburn had understudied for the role on Broadway in 1928, and was interested in playing the female lead, Linda Seaton, on film. RKO wanted Irene Dunne, but Cukor insisted on Hepburn.
Once again, the film proved too sophisticated for audiences, and it flopped. Hepburn took the fall for this one, and was forced to buy out her contract with RKO Studios.
She returned to New York where she bought the rights to The Philadelphia Story. The play did well, and soon MGM came looking to buy the screen rights. Hepburn agreed to a business arrangement that cast her in the lead.
Cary Grant was reunited with Hepburn for the film. James Stewart was also cast.
The Philadelphia Story was a smash hit, with critics and with audiences. Hepburn's career in Hollywood was back on track.
In the long run, Oscar would be kinder to Hepburn, than to Grant. Hepburn won a total of four Oscar's, out of 12 nominations - a record for any actor. Grant would be nominated two times, and would never win.
