In a well-meaning attempt to rescue Baby after the leopard is inadvertently allowed to get loose, Katharine unwitting frees a dangerous leopard that is part of traveling circus. Split screen was probably used for this scene as well. Miss Hepburn had one very close call with the leopard while wearing a skirt lined with little metal weights to make it swing prettily when she turned. Turning around abruptly, the swinging skirt provoked the leopard into making a lunge for her back. The timely intervention of the trainer saved her from injury. Afterwards, she was more careful while working around the leopard. |
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Bringing Up Baby #6
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This summons memories of the woman reported as the first killed in a wild animal act performance, Gladys Cotes. She may have pioneered the idea of small weights giving her wardrobe the desired movements. She composed a dance wherein the weights flicked the animals about their faces, making them growl on cue, until one cued lion took both umbrage and Miss Cotes' neck in his teeth.
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