Ball of Fire
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In Theaters : 02 December, 1941 |
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Stanwyck and Cooper light up the screen with shades of "Pygmalion" and "Snow White"
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A burlesque performer on the lam becomes the unexpected muse for a strait-laced professor in Billy Wilder's sparkling 1941 comedy, BALL OF FIRE.
When a group of stuffy bachelor professors are compiling a new encyclopedia, they find trouble writing about modern slang. Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper) scouts the streets of New York to find willing people to help in their research. A visit to a nightclub reveals Sugarpuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck) performing the rousing "Drum Boogie". Potts realises that here is the ideal expert who can lead him through the difficult world of the modern speech. But Sugarpuss is being pursued by the police...and the Mob!
Cooper and Stanwyck give off a splendid chemistry here after previously being paired in Frank Capra's [[ASIN:B00005RERN Meet John Doe]] earlier in 1941. Legend has it that Lucille Ball was originally mentioned for the role of Sugarpuss, but it's hard to imagine anyone being better than Stanwyck, who gives a spirited performance (for another slice of Barbara in a similar role, be sure to see the hilarious [[ASIN:B00006AUGE Barbara Stanwyck: Lady of Burlesque]]).
The other professors are played by legendary character actors S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, Richard Haydn, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers, Tully Marshall, Aubrey Mather and Leonid Kinskey.
So great to see BALL OF FIRE firmly on DVD. This has been issued as part of the new MGM Movie Classics series along with three other Gary Cooper titles ([[ASIN:B000NIBUTE Casanova Brown]], [[ASIN:B000NIBUTO The Wedding Night]], and [[ASIN:B000NIBUSU The Adventures of Marco Polo]]).
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