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Ball of Fire (1941)

Ball of Fire (1941)

Crime Comedy Romance

“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”

Release Date: 1941, December 2
Directors: Howard Hawks
Countries: United States of America
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast: Addison Richards, Bert Stevens, Jack Perry, Eddy Chandler, Ethelreda Leopold, Henry Travers, Charles Lane, Edward Clark, Richard Haydn, S.Z. Sakall, Leonid Kinskey, Tex Brodus

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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

Keywords:

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