One of the most famous films of all times is BRINGING UP BABY, a 1938 comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The “Baby” referred to in the title is a leopard which was sent to Miss Hepburn’s character by her brother and which is initially seen running loose in her apartment. (Scenes showing the leopard roaming around freely were filmed on sets enclosed inside a huge cage, with the camera and sound picked up through holes in the fencing. Miss Hepburn was generally fearless around the young leopard who played “Baby” and even enjoyed petting it. The leopard’s trainer later said that she could have become an animal trained had she so desired. |
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Bringing Up Baby #1 (From Eric Beheim)
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BRINGING UP BABY is among the lengthy list of pictures calling upon Goebel's Lion Farm (the title then) for trained exotic stock. The trainers got continual stints of studio work, but just about never got name credit other than that envied within the business. In this case, old-timers will not be surprised to know this animal was trained by the Enchantress of Leopards, Olga Celeste.
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