Ball Of Fire Hawks
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Ball of fire hawks. With gary cooper barbara stanwyck oskar homolka henry travers. 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. 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. 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.
The writing is sharp and paced perfectly with hawk s direction. 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. A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. Directed by howard hawks.
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