Ball of Fire

• 7.4 Comedy
• 1941-12-02
• 111 minutes mins

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.

Starring:

Gary Cooper (Professor Bertram Potts) Barbara Stanwyck (Sugarpuss O’Shea) Oskar Homolka (Prof. Gurkakoff) Henry Travers (Prof. Jerome) S.Z. Sakall (Prof. Magenbruch) Tully Marshall (Prof. Robinson) Leonid Kinskey (Prof. Quintana) Richard Haydn (Prof. Oddly) Aubrey Mather (Prof. Peagram) Allen Jenkins (Garbage Man)

Director:

Howard Hawks

Writer:

Charles Brackett Billy Wilder