BALL OF FIRE
"BALL OF FIRE" (1941)
MY THOUGHTS:
It was a Barbara Stanwyck "double feature" at my place today, and I truly enjoyed both of the films I watched. This was the second. I enjoyed it a great deal and thought that the performances, from the entire cast, were incredibly good. She and Gary Cooper played well off of each other. Definitely a movie that is worth watching!
(NOTE: A remake, titled "A Song Is Born" was released in 1958. It was a musical, which starred Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo.)
SYNOPSIS:
"Hoping to update his chapter on modern slang, encyclopedia writer Professor Bertram Potts ventures into a chic nightclub. Inside, he meets the snarky burlesque performer "Sugarpuss" O'Shea. Fascinated by her command of popular jargon, Potts invites her to stay with him. But, unknown to Potts, she is the fiancée of a mobster and wanted by the police. In the ensuing mayhem, Potts must stay on his toes or be swallowed up by bigger fish."
STARRING:
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck and Dana Andrews
SCREENPLAY:
Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, adapted from "Snow White."
DIRECTOR:
Howard Hawks
AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for 4 Academy Awards but won none.
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