Ball of Fire1941
“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”
Director
Screenplay
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Actors
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Tully Marshall, Richard Haydn, Aubrey Mather, Allen Jenkins, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea, Elisha Cook Jr., Russell Wade, Jean MacMurray
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 111 Minutes
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About the film
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
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