Editing Bringing Up Baby (section)

===Post-production and previews===
Hawks's editor, George Hively, cut the film during production and the final prints were made a few days after shooting ended.{{sfn|McCarthy|1997|p=254}} The first cut of the film (10,150 feet long){{sfn|Mast|1988|p=12}} was sent to the [[Motion Picture Production Code|Hays Office]] in mid-January.{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=13}} Despite several [[double entendre]]s and sexual references it passed the film,{{sfn|McCarthy|1997|p=254}} overlooking Grant saying he "went gay" or Hepburn's reference to George urinating. The censor's only objections were to the scene where Hepburn's dress is torn, and references to politicians (such as [[Al Smith]] and [[James Farley|Jim Farley]]).{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=13}}

Like all Hawks's comedies, the film is fast paced (despite being filmed primarily in long medium shots, with little cross-cutting). Hawks told [[Peter Bogdanovich]], "You get more pace if you pace the actors quickly within the frame rather than cross cutting fast".<ref name="Baby DVD. Special Features 2005"/>

By February 18, the film had been cut to 9,204 feet.{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=13}} It had two advance previews in January 1938, where it received either As or A-pluses on audience-feedback cards. Producer Pandro S. Berman wanted to cut five more minutes, but relented when Hawks, Grant and Cliff Reid objected.{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=13}} At the film's second preview, the film received rave reviews and RKO expected a hit.{{sfn|McCarthy|1997|p=254}} The film's musical score is minimal, primarily Grant and Hepburn singing "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby". There is incidental music in the Ritz scene, and an arrangement of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" during the opening and closing credits by musical director [[Roy Webb]].{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=9}}