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1938 |
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COMEDY
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US |
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BW |
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102 |
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A mild-mannered palaeontologist (Cary Grant, pictured left) is harrassed by an impulsive heiress (Katharine Hepburn, pictured right) and her pet leopard.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| A flop when first released, despite favourable reviews, Howard Hawks’s fast, furious update of restoration comedy is now recognized as a definitive screwball farce, thanks to the witty dialogue, sharp direction and a cavalcade of funny performances. The emphasis is on elegance in the face of disaster. There's too much slapstick for my taste, and Hepburn borders on the irritating, but it’s undoubtedly a classic. Peter Bogdanovich copied copiously from it in What's Up, Doc? |
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, Cary Grant 