“In the film, the word “gay” was apparently an ad-lib by Grant. According to Vito Russo in the book The Celluloid Closet (1981, revised 1987), the script originally had Grant’s character say “I… I suppose you think it’s odd, my wearing this. I realize it looks odd… I don’t usually… I mean, I don’t own one of these.” Russo suggests that this indicates that people in Hollywood, at least in Grant’s circles, were already familiar with the slang connotations of […]

Categories: Books, Culture, Entertainment, History, Movies, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 1938, based on a story by Hagar Wilde, BRINGING UP BABY, Cary Grant, gay, Hollywood, Howard Hawks, Katharine Hepburn, movie history, movies, screwball comedy, slang