Ball of Fire (1941)
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Reviews Counted: 22 Fresh: 22 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: BALL OF FIRE opens with a group of eight mild-mannered professors who are hard at work compiling an encyclopedia. Work is dull but progressing well until language expert Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper) realizes his section on slang is outdated. For research he ventures into the outside world,... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Dana Andrews, Henry Travers
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Casting is meticulously perfect to make every character a caricature of itself.
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08/14/07
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As the timid professor and burlesque stripper, Cooper and Stanwyck are at the top of their form in Hawks' delectable screwball comedy, based on a witty script from Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.
06/24/07
After the rush of His Girl Friday, Ball of Fire is a more sedate ride, full of such marvelous passages as the conga line Stanwyck's delectable Sugarpuss teaches the professors.
05/24/07
Does a fine job subverting the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs children's story.
01/31/06
What a team: Stanwyck was rarely sexier, Cooper never more endearing. A jewel of a comedy.
08/04/03
Co-escrito por Billy Wilder e Charles Brackett, o filme tem um ótimo senso de humor, performances hilárias de todo o elenco e direção enérgica de Hawks.
07/30/03
Cooper and Stanwyck make an attractive pairing in Hawks' consistently funny romantic comedy.
05/24/03
Mr. Cooper may be a little loose-tooth in spots, but he gives a homespun performance such as only he can give. Miss Stanwyck is plenty yum-yum (meaning scorchy) in her worldly temptress role.
05/20/03
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Cooper also worked with Hawks on Sergeant York, which garnered a lot more attention at the time, but doesn't hold up nearly as well as this delightful treasure.
09/17/02
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