Ball Of Fire
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Part of Weekend Classics: 1941’s Greatest Hits
When lead encyclopedist Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper) ventures out of the ivory tower and into the streets of New York in effort to bulk up a compendium of current slang, he finds the perfect study in “astounding specimen” Sugar Puss O’Shea (Barbara Stanwyck), who uses the professor’s domicile to hide out from her gangster boyfriend. The laugh-a-line vernacular lingo scripted by Billy Wilder is a perfect match for quick-paced direction from Howard Hawks in this early-’40s riff on the Snow White story.
When lead encyclopedist Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper) ventures out of the ivory tower and into the streets of New York in effort to bulk up a compendium of current slang, he finds the perfect study in “astounding specimen” Sugar Puss O’Shea (Barbara Stanwyck), who uses the professor’s domicile to hide out from her gangster boyfriend. The laugh-a-line vernacular lingo scripted by Billy Wilder is a perfect match for quick-paced direction from Howard Hawks in this early-’40s riff on the Snow White story.
