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Ball of Fire (1941)

02/12/1941 (US)Comedy, Romance, Crime1h 51m
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“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”

Overview

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Gary Cooper

      Gary Cooper

      Professor Bertram Potts

    2. Barbara Stanwyck

      Barbara Stanwyck

      Sugarpuss O’Shea

    3. Oskar Homolka

      Oskar Homolka

      Prof. Gurkakoff

    4. Henry Travers

      Henry Travers

      Prof. Jerome

    5. S.Z. Sakall

      S.Z. Sakall

      Prof. Magenbruch

    6. Tully Marshall

      Tully Marshall

      Prof. Robinson

    7. Leonid Kinskey

      Leonid Kinskey

      Prof. Quintana

    8. Richard Haydn

      Richard Haydn

      Prof. Oddly

    9. Aubrey Mather

      Aubrey Mather

      Prof. Peagram

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jun 25, 2022

    This is a cracking little comedy with Gary Cooper as the unlikely boffin "Prof. Potts" who, alongside a group of equally eminent academics has been working on an encyclopaedia for the previous 9 years - and they've only got to "S". Enter the mailman who is doing a radio quiz just as our professor is concluding his section on slang - only for him to realise that their studious isolation has left them so out of touch as to render his slang definition worthless. Off he sets into the city to learn more where he alights on night-club singer "Sugarpuss O'Shea" (Barbara Stanwyck) and her colleagues w...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget-

    Revenue$2,641,000.00

    Keywords

    • research
    • marriage proposal
    • slang
    • gangster
    • professor
    • nightclub
    • romcom
    • encyclopedia
    • singer
    • us republican party
    • mobster
    • black and white
    • screwball comedy
    • conga
    • nightclub singer
    • interrupted wedding
    • nightclub performer
    • academia
    • crime comedy