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Ball of Fire
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 supporting cast includes
Oskar Homolka
,
S. Z. Sakall
,
Henry Travers
,
Richard Haydn
,
Dana Andrews
, and
Dan Duryea
. In 1948, the plot was recycled for a musical film,
A Song Is Born
, this time starring
Danny Kaye
and
Virginia Mayo
. The film is also known as
The Professor and the Burlesque Queen
.
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