Ball Of Fire Barbara Stanwyck

A splendidly funny twist on the story of snow white ball of fire boasts a pair of perfect leads in gary cooper and barbara stanwyck.

Ball of fire barbara stanwyck. The usually formidable stanwyck with 85 films four oscar nominations and three emmys to her credit looks frail and. Gary cooper deserved an award for biggest star of the era to allow himself to be upstaged for twelve reels. Meryl streep couldn t pull off miss stanwyck s character sugarpuss. Gary cooper deserved an award for biggest star of the era to allow himself to be upstaged for twelve reels.

That doesn t mean she s happy about it. Ball of fire critics consensus. Barbara stanwyck born ruby catherine stevens. Ball of fire double indemnity.

July 16 1907 january 20 1990 was an american actress model and dancer a stage film and television star she was known during her 60 year career as a consummate and versatile professional for her strong realistic screen presence. A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover. Barbara stanwyck orphaned at the age of four and partially raised in foster homes one day become the highest paid woman in the united states. The supporting cast includes oscar homolka s.

Ball of fire is a 1941 american screwball comedy film directed by howard hawks and starring gary cooper and barbara stanwyck this 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. Ball of fire belongs to barbara stanwyck who is beyond terrific in this screwball comedy of 1941. Talk about an actor who could do anything. Meryl streep couldn t pull off miss stanwyck s character sugarpuss.

Ball of fire belongs to barbara stanwyck who is beyond terrific in this screwball comedy of 1941.