Ball Of Fire.

Professor Bertram Potts is a grammarian who is researching modern American slang. He becomes interested in the slang vocabulary of saucy nightclub performer "Sugarpuss" O'Shea. The professors soon become enamored of her femininity, and she begins to grow fond of them. She becomes attracted to Bertram, who reciprocates with a vengeance by proposing marriage to her.

Credits

Cast
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck

Copyright

Complete catalog record
BALL OF FIRE. Released through RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 111 min., sd. From an original story by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe. Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, Howard Hawks; screenplay, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder; music, Alfred Newman; photography, Gregg Toland; film editor, Daniel Mandell. © Samuel Goldwyn; 1Dec41; LP11063.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record, copyright
  2. Wikidata · Q391452 ↗ — color, country