March 1923's "Adam's Rib" was the last in a string of bedroom farces DeMille had produced that previously had proven to be a money machine. This time Paramount was disappointed in its returns, barely breaking even. Many attribute the fact to a long sequence in the middle of the film devoted to the characters harkening back to the caveman days. Buster Keaton had just released his 'Three Ages,' where one third of it focused on early mankind. The thinking among analysts was audiences were tired of seeing actors placed in primitive settings. Plus the story of a dissatisfied wife of a commodity trader having an affair with a cast-off king of a small European country didn't strike viewers as too appealing.
"Adam's Rib," no relation to the Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn 1949 vehicle, has been linked to the Howard Hawks'-directed 1938 screwball Cary Grant/Hepburn comedy 'Bringing Up Baby.' Both deal with romantic female affairs with male paleontologists. Hawks was working for DeMille since 1919, starting as a propman and as a script writer when he was involved in "Adam's Rib." It's likely Hawks got the idea of a dinosaur-based story when he was drawing up the 1938 classic.
"Adam's Rib," no relation to the Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn 1949 vehicle, has been linked to the Howard Hawks'-directed 1938 screwball Cary Grant/Hepburn comedy 'Bringing Up Baby.' Both deal with romantic female affairs with male paleontologists. Hawks was working for DeMille since 1919, starting as a propman and as a script writer when he was involved in "Adam's Rib." It's likely Hawks got the idea of a dinosaur-based story when he was drawing up the 1938 classic.