Thursday, December 18, 2008

The greatness of a classic


I'm going to jump off the Christmas train for a moment.
My favorite movie of all time is Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. It was billed in 1938 as a "screwball comedy," and it lives up to the label. It is hysterical from start to finish. This clip is one of many that can be chosen from, it is impossible for me to have a favorite scene.
This was released during the Golden Age of Hollywood but was not appreciated at the time. Unfortunately, Katherine Hepburn was not known for her talent but her wardrobe. She chose to wear slacks instead of skirts because that was what she was comfortable in. The public was so outraged she was known as "Box-Office Poison" for much of her career. Hepburn actually had to buy out her own contract because the movie did so poorly.
I believe it is a work of comedic genius that combined the powers of Grant, Hepburn and director Howard Hawks. It is well worth watching.
— Lauren Ricks Staff Writer

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