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Ball of Fire

Film · 1941

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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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01

The people who made it

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Behind the camera

  1. Thomas Monroewriter
  2. Charles Brackettwriter
  3. Howard Hawksdirector
  4. Billy Wilderwriter
  5. Daniel Mandelleditor
  6. Gregg Tolandcinematographer
  7. Alfred Newmancomposer
  8. Samuel Goldwynproducer

On screen

  1. Oskar Homolkalead actor
  2. Henry Traverslead actor
  3. Barbara Stanwycklead actor
  4. Gary Cooperlead actor
  5. S.Z. Sakallsupporting actor
  6. Leonid Kinskeysupporting actor
  7. Tully Marshallsupporting actor
  8. Richard Haydnsupporting actor
  9. Allen Jenkinssupporting actor
  10. Aubrey Mathersupporting actor
  11. Dana Andrewssupporting actor
  12. Alan Rheinguest actor
  13. Catherine Hendersonguest actor
  14. Chet De Vitoguest actor
  15. Geraldine Fissetteguest actor
  16. Hal McIntyreguest actor
  17. Helen Seamonguest actor
  18. Joyce Matthewsguest actor
  19. June Horneguest actor
  20. Kenneth Howellguest actor
  21. Merrillee Lannonguest actor
  22. Mildred Morrisguest actor
  23. Roy Eldridgeguest actor
  24. Tommy Ryanguest actor
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From the people who made Ball of Fire

117
  1. The Lost Weekend1945 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  2. Five Graves to Cairo1943 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  3. The Apartment1960 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  4. Sunset Boulevard1950 · FilmExceptional· 4 shared
  5. The Fortune Cookie1966 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  6. The Major and the Minor1942 · FilmExceptional· 5 shared
  7. Kiss Me, Stupid1964 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  8. One, Two, Three1961 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  9. A Foreign Affair1948 · FilmExceptional· 3 shared
  10. Irma la Douce1963 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  11. Bluebeard's 8th Wife1938 · FilmExceptional· 3 shared
  12. Witness for the Prosecution1957 · FilmExceptional· 5 shared
  13. Wuthering Heights1939 · FilmExceptional· 4 shared
  14. Ninotchka1939 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  15. The Seven Year Itch1955 · FilmExceptional· 4 shared
  16. Midnight1939 · FilmExceptional· 3 shared
  17. The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · FilmExceptional· 9 shared
  18. Double Indemnity1944 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  19. The Westerner1940 · FilmStrong· 5 shared
  20. Love in the Afternoon1957 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  21. The Little Foxes1941 · FilmStrong· 4 shared
  22. Dead End1937 · FilmStrong· 5 shared
  23. Titanic1953 · FilmStrong· 4 shared
  24. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  25. Meet John Doe1941 · FilmStrong· 5 shared
  26. Dodsworth1936 · FilmStrong· 3 shared
  27. The Outlaw1943 · FilmStrong· 3 shared
  28. Sabrina1954 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  29. Only Angels Have Wings1939 · FilmStrong· 4 shared
  30. Avanti!1972 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  31. Fedora1978 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  32. The Spirit of St. Louis1957 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  33. Ace in the Hole1951 · FilmStrong· 4 shared
  34. The Pride of the Yankees1942 · FilmStrong· 8 shared
  35. The Front Page1974 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  36. Journey to the Center of the Earth1959 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  37. Niagara1953 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  38. Hatari!1962 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  39. El Dorado1966 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  40. Stalag 171953 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  41. Some Like It Hot1959 · FilmStrong· 4 shared
  42. Bringing Up Baby1938 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  43. Sergeant York1941 · FilmStrong· 6 shared
  44. The Thing from Another World1951 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  45. Rio Lobo1970 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  46. Buddy Buddy1981 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  47. His Girl Friday1940 · FilmStrong· 3 shared
  48. The Big Sleep1946 · FilmStrong· 5 shared
  49. Rio Bravo1959 · FilmStrong· 3 shared
  50. The Big Sky1952 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  51. Man's Favorite Sport?1964 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  52. Scarface1932 · FilmStrong· 4 shared
  53. You Only Live Once1937 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  54. To Have and Have Not1945 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  55. Monkey Business1952 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  56. Land of the Pharaohs1955 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  57. Twentieth Century1934 · FilmStrong· 4 shared
  58. Red River1948 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  59. I Was a Male War Bride1949 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  60. People on Sunday1930 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  61. Guys and Dolls1955 · FilmStrong· 3 shared
  62. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes1953 · FilmStrong· 5 shared
  63. Scarface1983 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  64. Garden of Evil1954 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  65. Arsenic and Old Lace1944 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  66. The King and I1956 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  67. Sabrina1995 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  68. The Grapes of Wrath1940 · FilmStrong· 3 shared
  69. The Bishop's Wife1947 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  70. Citizen Kane1941 · FilmStrong· 7 shared
  71. The Uninvited1944 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  72. The Song of Bernadette1943 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  73. The Long Voyage Home1940 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  74. Mad Love1935 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  75. All About Eve1950 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  76. How Green Was My Valley1941 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  77. Dragonwyck1946 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  78. Daddy Long Legs1955 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  79. Airport1970 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  80. Heaven Can Wait1943 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  81. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing1955 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  82. Gentleman's Agreement1947 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  83. Leave Her to Heaven1945 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  84. Song of the South1946 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  85. The Razor's Edge1946 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  86. Man Hunt1941 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  87. Young Mr. Lincoln1939 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  88. No Way Out1950 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  89. Thieves' Highway1949 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  90. Viva Zapata!1952 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  91. A Letter to Three Wives1949 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  92. Twelve O'Clock High1949 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  93. Drums Along the Mohawk1939 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  94. The Egyptian1954 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  95. Bus Stop1956 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  96. Yellow Sky1948 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  97. The Black Swan1942 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  98. Nevada Smith1966 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  99. The Diary of Anne Frank1959 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  100. The Robe1953 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  101. South Pacific1958 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  102. Anastasia1956 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  103. The Snake Pit1948 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  104. The Hunchback of Notre Dame1939 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  105. Foreign Correspondent1940 · FilmFaint· 3 shared
  106. The Greatest Story Ever Told1965 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  107. Gunga Din1939 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  108. The Gunfighter1950 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  109. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  110. How to Marry a Millionaire1953 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  111. Call Northside 7771948 · FilmFaint· 3 shared
  112. The Mark of Zorro1940 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  113. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  114. Panic in the Streets1950 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  115. How the West Was Won1962 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  116. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty1947 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  117. There's No Business Like Show Business1954 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
04

Through the cast

83
  1. Stella DallasBarbara StanwyckAlfred Newman1937 · FilmStrong· 5 shared
  2. Beau GesteGary CooperAlfred Newman1939 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  3. SabotageOskar Homolka1937 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  4. Funeral in BerlinOskar Homolka1966 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  5. Billion Dollar BrainOskar Homolka1967 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  6. The Bells of St. Mary'sHenry Travers1945 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  7. Forty GunsBarbara Stanwyck1957 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  8. The Invisible ManHenry Travers1933 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  9. Sorry, Wrong NumberBarbara Stanwyck1948 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  10. The FountainheadGary Cooper1949 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  11. Night NurseBarbara Stanwyck1931 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  12. Man of the WestGary Cooper1958 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  13. Christmas in ConnecticutBarbara StanwyckS.Z. Sakall1945 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  14. Play of the Week: RashomonOskar Homolka1960 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  15. Remember the NightBarbara Stanwyck1940 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  16. The Strange Love of Martha IversBarbara Stanwyck1946 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  17. Clash by NightBarbara Stanwyck1952 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  18. Design for LivingGary Cooper1933 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  19. The Hanging TreeGary Cooper1959 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  20. Mr. Deeds Goes to TownGary Cooper1936 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  21. Shadow of a DoubtHenry Travers1943 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  22. Vera CruzGary Cooper1954 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  23. High NoonGary Cooper1952 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  24. The Bitter Tea of General YenBarbara Stanwyck1932 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  25. MoroccoGary Cooper1930 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  26. Friendly PersuasionGary Cooper1956 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  27. For Whom the Bell TollsGary Cooper1943 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  28. The Lady EveBarbara Stanwyck1941 · FilmNotable· 3 shared
  29. Baby FaceBarbara Stanwyck1933 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  30. Warner at WarBarbara Stanwyck2008 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  31. Random HarvestHenry TraversAubrey Mather1942 · FilmNotable· 2 shared
  32. A Farewell to ArmsGary Cooper1932 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  33. Dodge CityHenry Travers1939 · FilmFaint· 3 shared
  34. While the City SleepsDana Andrews1956 · FilmFaint· 3 shared
  35. The YearlingHenry Travers1946 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  36. The House of FearAubrey Mather1945 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  37. Mrs. MiniverHenry Travers1942 · FilmFaint· 3 shared
  38. The Thorn BirdsBarbara Stanwyck1983 · TV seriesFaint· 1 shared
  39. High SierraHenry Travers1941 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  40. Fallen AngelDana Andrews1945 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  41. Beyond a Reasonable DoubtDana Andrews1956 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  42. Top CatAllen Jenkins1961 · TV seriesFaint· 1 shared
  43. It's a Wonderful LifeHenry Travers1946 · FilmFaint· 3 shared
  44. Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidBarbara Stanwyck1982 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  45. The Ox-Bow IncidentDana Andrews1943 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  46. Dark VictoryHenry Travers1939 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  47. LauraDana Andrews1944 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  48. Where the Sidewalk EndsDana Andrews1950 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  49. Night of the DemonDana Andrews1957 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  50. Battle of the BulgeDana Andrews1965 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  51. War and PeaceOskar Homolka1956 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  52. WingsGary Cooper1927 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  53. This Gun for HireTully Marshall1942 · FilmFaint· 5 shared
  54. The Big TrailTully Marshall1930 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  55. The LodgerAubrey MatherRuth Clifford1944 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  56. CasablancaS.Z. SakallLeonid Kinskey1943 · FilmFaint· 3 shared
  57. The Old MillJean MacMurray1937 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  58. The Lost WorldRichard Haydn1960 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  59. Young FrankensteinRichard Haydn1974 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  60. Mutiny on the BountyRichard Haydn1962 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  61. The Man with the Golden ArmLeonid Kinskey1955 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  62. The Last TycoonDana Andrews1976 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  63. And Then There Were NoneRichard Haydn1945 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  64. Alice in WonderlandRichard Haydn1951 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  65. He Who Gets SlappedTully Marshall1924 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  66. In Harm's WayDana Andrews1965 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  67. Jane EyreAubrey Mather1943 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  68. It's a GiftKathleen Howard1934 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  69. The Importance of Being EarnestAubrey Mather1952 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  70. The Talk of the TownLeonid Kinskey1942 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  71. 42nd StreetAllen Jenkins1933 · FilmFaint· 3 shared
  72. Pillow TalkAllen Jenkins1959 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  73. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangAllen Jenkins1932 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  74. The Sound of MusicRichard Haydn1965 · FilmFaint· 2 shared
  75. Alfred Hitchcock PresentsOskar Homolka1955 · TV seriesFaint· 9 shared
  76. Duck SoupLeonid Kinskey1933 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  77. Airport 1975Dana Andrews1974 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  78. Destry Rides AgainAllen Jenkins1939 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  79. Pluto's Christmas TreeRuth Clifford1952 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  80. Too Late for TearsDan Duryea1949 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  81. Good Guys Wear BlackDana Andrews1978 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  82. Criss CrossDan Duryea1949 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  83. The Hunchback of Notre DameTully Marshall1923 · FilmFaint· 1 shared