Bringing Up Baby Page #12

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
3,173 Views


What's the matter with you?

Come on.

If you don't want to walk, I'll drag you.

You've got to get me out of this, Baby.

What's the matter? You've been slapping

at me the whole way.

We've got to get in here. You might

as well come without being stubborn...

because I'm going to drag you in.

I'm just as determined as you are,

so you might just as well come with me.

I'm going to drag you in here.

I don't like jail any more than you do,

but this is where we've got to be.

Did I fool you this time!

You thought I was doing the wrong thing,

but I've got him.

No, you haven't, Susan. Look!

Boys! Don't leave me in here!

David, help me!

Run!

Run while you have the chance!

- I won't leave you. I love you.

- What?

Poke him, David.

Let go, Susan, please.

Please, go back. Can't you see

I'm trying to get it into the cell?

Get in there!

Get the keys, Susan!

Give it to me.

You're wonderful.

You're absolutely wonderful.

You're a hero. You saved my life.

You'll go down in history.

I've never seen such bravery...

Did you want to say something?

What was it?

David, you've fainted.

There's nothing else I can say,

except that I'm glad...

that before our marriage you showed

yourself up in your true colors.

You're just a butterfly.

Now I'm a butterfly.

Where are you going, David?

Don't go up there.

I want to talk to you. See? I've got it.

I can't even see you. Now where are you?

There you are.

I followed George around for three days

and dug holes with him.

And then he came and put it in my shoe.

Darling, look!

David, don't be mad at me.

Thank you very much.

Put it down on the table and go away.

I don't want to go away.

I want to talk to you.

Write me a letter.

Don't! Go back, Susan!

Jeepers, it's high up here.

Please go back down the ladder quietly.

When I go down,

I'll go down quietly, David...

but I want to find out something first.

Why did you run up that ladder

when I came in here?

If you must know, I'm afraid of you.

If you're afraid of me,

that's the same as if...

Don't worry,

everything's gonna be all right.

Every time you say that,

something happens.

Please go down because you've already

cost the museum $1 million.

I haven't. I've got the $1 million.

Aunt Elizabeth gave it to me...

and I'm going to give it to you

for the museum.

I'm sure they'll be very pleased.

Aren't you pleased, David?

- Yes, I suppose so, but...

- It's too late, isn't it?

I've made a mess of everything, haven't I?

I was so happy

when I found the bone this morning.

If I could only make you understand.

All that happened, happened because

I was trying to keep you near me.

I just did anything

that came into my head.

I'm so sorry.

I ought to thank you.

- Thank me?

- Yes.

For what?

I've just discovered that was the best day

I ever had in my whole life.

- You don't mean it?

- I've never had a better time.

- But I was there.

- That's what made it so good.

- Did you really have a good time?

- Yes, I did!

That's wonderful.

Do you realize what that means?

That means that you must like me

a little bit.

- It's more than that.

- Is it?

Yes. I love you, I think.

That's wonderful because I love you, too.

Stop rocking, David.

I'm not rocking. I...

Please, the brontosaurus!

Four years' work went into this.

- Look out, Susan, something's going to...

- I'm falling!

Hold on, Susan! Hold on! Don't let go!

David, look what I've done.

I'm so sorry.

David, can you ever forgive me?

You can, and you still love me.

- Susan, that...

- You do.

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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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