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Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The Samuel Goldwyn Productions film (originally distributed by RKO ) concerns a group of professors laboring to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge.
A screwball comedy about a professor and a nightclub singer who fall in love while working on an encyclopedia. Nominated for four Oscars, the film features slang, jazz, and a punchy ending.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Howard Hawks
- 1942-01-09
A Vintage Version of the Song Great Balls of Fire
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Apr 29, 2022 · A classic comedy film about a group of scholars who kidnap a nightclub singer to help them with their research. Watch or download Ball Of Fire for free on Internet Archive.
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Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper and Dana AndrewsBall of Fire (1941) Official Trailer - Barbara Stanwyck MovieA group of ivory-tower lexicographers re...
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A romantic comedy about a nightclub singer who hides from the mob in a house of eight professors working on an encyclopedia. She teaches them slang, dancing and kissing, while the professors try to save their project and their sanity.
Ball of Fire. Hoping to update his chapter on modern slang, encyclopedia writer Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper) ventures into a chic nightclub. Inside, he meets the snarky burlesque ...
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