She became an icon, and an inspiration for many women (and men) with her outspoken and seemingly fearless nature. Often known as 'Kate the Great', she was unique, outspoken, independent, wore trousers at a time when women didn’t, and was a movie star ahead of her time. Prime reason for it, of course, is that it gives Miss Hepburn a chance to imitate a gunmoll.īoth Vernon Walker, with his special effects, and Russell Metty’s photography are well up to the elaborate production given the film.Katharine Hepburn, who plays 'Susan', is considered one of the greatest screen actors of all time (and my favorite actress). It diverts interest from the attempt to locate the missing pet leopard and dog. Chief shortcoming is that too much time is consumed with the jail sequence. Developments are placed by sizzling dialog. Hagar Wilde’s story has been neatly scripted by himself and Dudley Nichols. Fritz Feld is the brain specialist and excellent support is furnished by Barry Fitzgerald, Tala Birell, John Kelly and the animal actors. Catlett gives an expertly comic portrayal of the constable. May Robson, obviously out of her element here, provides a few sober moments to the mad proceedings, being as effectual as ever. Ruggles, as the former African game hunter, does wonders with a minor characterization brought in late in the picture. Cary Grant, the zoology professor who thinks more of recovering the priceless missing bone for his uncompleted brontosaurus than his impending wedding and the companionship of the playful heiress, performs his role to the hilt. Katharine Hepburn, as the heiress who goes after her man once she spots him, contributes one of her most invigorating screen characterizations as a madcap deb. Under Howard Hawks’ skillful pacing it is an hilarious farce.

Wacky developments include pursuit of an heiress after a zoology professor who expects to wed his femme assistant in the museum on the same day he plans to complete a giant brontosaurus a pet leopard, ‘Nissa’, who makes a playmate of ‘Asta’, a redoubtable Scotch terrier a wealthy woman who may endow the prof’s museum with $1 million an escaped wild leopard from the circus a stupid town constable a forgettable ex-big game hunter a scientifically-minded brain specialist and a tippling gardener.

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