Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Bringing up Baby 1938-2015
by David Lee Guss
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Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Bringing up Baby 1938-2015
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David Lee Guss
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"Howard Hawks had some difficulty getting Katharine Hepburn to stop overacting during the early stages of production. 'The great trouble is people trying to be funny,' Hawks observed. 'If they don't try to be funny, then they are funny. I couldn't do any good with her, so I went over to an actor who was a comic for the Ziegfeld Follies and everything, Walter Catlett, and said, 'Walter, have you been watching Miss Hepburn?' He said, 'Yeah.' "Do you know what she's doing?" 'Yeah.' And I said, 'Will you tell her?' He said, 'No.' "Well," I said, 'supposing she asks you to tell her?' 'Well then, I'l have to tell her.' So I went over to Kate, and I said, 'We're not getting along too well on this thing. I'm not getting through to you, but there's a man here who I think could. Do you want to talk to him?' She came back from talking with him and said, 'Howard, hire that guy and keep him around here for several weeks, because I need him.' And from that time on, she knew how to play comedy better, which is just to read lines.' Hepburn also asked Hawks to give Catlett a role in the film so she could call on him for further help. Hawks cast him as the town constable.'
The screwball humor didn't appeal to the 1938 movie audience. Only decades later was the film appreciated. Howard Hawks was never nominated for an Academy Award despite helming many great films.
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