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Ball of Fire (1941) [NR]

Release Date:
December 2, 1941

Original Title:
Ball of Fire

Alternate Titles:
Acht professoren en een meisje
Bola de fuego
Colpo di fulmine
Jään tänne yöksi
O kathigitis kai i gymni horeftria
Ognista kula
Professoren og korpigen
Szőke szélvész
The Professor and the Burlesque Queen
Vuurbol
Wirbelwind der Liebe

Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Romance

Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures
Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U  US: NR 

Runtime: 111

“I LOVE HIM because he doesn't know how to kiss—THE JERK!”

Overview from TheMovieDB

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

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American Film Institute (AFI)
2000
#92 		100 Years: 100 LAUGHS
100 Funniest American Movies Of All Time

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Production

Additional Music:
David Buttolph

Art Direction:
Perry Ferguson

Assistant Art Director:
McClure Capps

Assistant Camera:
James V. Murray

Assistant Director:
William Tummel
John Sherwood

Costume Design:
Edith Head

Costumer:
Edith Head

Director:
Howard Hawks

Director of Photography:
Gregg Toland

Editor:
Daniel Mandell

Makeup Artist:
Mel Berns

Original Music Composer:
Alfred Newman

Original Story:
Thomas Monroe
Billy Wilder

Presenter:
Samuel Goldwyn

Producer:
Samuel Goldwyn

Property Master:
Irving W. Sindler

Screenplay:
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder

Second Assistant Director:
Marty Moss

Second Unit Director:
Arthur Rosson

Set Decoration:
Howard Bristol
Julia Heron

Sound Engineer:
Frank Maher

Unit Manager:
Earl Rettig

Vocals:
Martha Tilton

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