Ball of Fire (1941) ( The Professor and the Burlesque Queen )

Ball of Fire (1941) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Professor and the Burlesque Queen
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1941 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Howard Hawks

Written By:
Howard Hawks
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder

Actors:
Gary Cooper ..... Prof. Bertram Potts
Barbara Stanwyck ..... Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea
Oskar Homolka ..... Prof. Gurkakoff (Mathematics)
Henry Travers ..... Prof. Jerome (History)
S.Z. Sakall ..... Prof. Magenbruch (Physiology)
Tully Marshall ..... Prof. Robinson (Law)
Leonid Kinskey ..... Prof. Quintana
Richard Haydn ..... Prof. Oddly (Botany)
Aubrey Mather ..... Prof. Peagram (Literature)
Allen Jenkins ..... Garbageman
Dana Andrews ..... Joe Lilac
Dan Duryea ..... Duke Pastrami
Ralph Peters ..... Asthma Anderson
Kathleen Howard ..... Miss Bragg
Mary Field ..... Miss Totten

Synopsis:

Ball of Fire is a delightful retelling (by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett) of the 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' legend -- though strictly for grownups. Gary Cooper is the youngest of eight bookish professors authoring an encyclopedia. They find a perfect 'research associate' in the curvaceous form of stripteaser Barbara Stanwyck, who (chastely) hides on the professors' domicile to escape her gangster boyfriend (Dana Andrews). As Stanwyck interprets various slang expression, she and the professors grow quite fond of one another; she brings out their sentimental sides, while they revive her essential decency. Naturally, Cooper is the one most smitten, though he hides his true feelings until the inevitable clinch. When gangster Andrews and his torpedo Dan Duryea show up to claim Stanwyck (Andrews wants to marry her so she can't testify against him), the professors save the day and it is Cooper who ends up with the beautiful Stanwyck. For the record, two of the 'ancient' professors are Richard Haydn and O.Z. Whitehead, still in their mid-thirties (the others are S.Z. Sakall, Tully Marshall, Oscar Homolka, Leonid Kinskey and Aubrey Mather). Producer Sam Goldwyn later remade Ball of Fire as a Danny Kaye musical, A Song is Born (1948).

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