Ball of Fire (1941)
With Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S. Z. Sakall, Richard Haydn, Allen Jenkins, Dana Andrews
Directed by Howard Hawks
Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The Samuel Goldwyn Productions film (originally distributed by RKO) concerns a group of professors laboring to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge. The supporting cast includes Oscar Homolka, S. Z. Sakall, Henry Travers, Richard Haydn, Dana Andrews, and Dan Duryea.
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