Ball of Fire (1941)

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

BALL OF FIRE is one unassailable and enjoyable to watch comedy. Director Hawks surprised me with his moderation. Honestly I was expecting an explosion of "something", but I think that in this case made a real impact as well. Perhaps overly potentiation (sexual) attraction between opposite character (in this case professor and entertainer) and sudden marriage at first sight. Cute is a parody of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Older professors are dwarfs, the youngest of them is prince, singer or entertainer is a princess and evil witch is ruthless gangster.Gary Cooper as Professor Bertram Potts was re-coiled and very intelligent. Some kind of genius. Maybe socially inept, but very gentle and honest character. Range humor is what adorns Cooper through this genre. Barbara Stanwyck as Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea She found herself in a similar role as The Lady Eve. Again, a strong female character who is tough and feminine at the same time. She again plays on sexuality. Just to mention a scene in which her foot after she pulled the sock, ended in Cooper's arms.Ball of Fire is light and entertaining comedy. Maybe it does not belong to classics, but is certainly enjoyable to watch.

I'm not a fan of the romantic comedy genre, but Ball of Fire (1941) is so well-made and funny that I cannot help but fall under its spell every time it comes on TV. A 1940s riff on Snow White, it's a high point in screwball comedy, perfectly pairing Gary Cooper as a virginal professor out to learn about slang and Barbara Stanwyck as a vivacious gangster's moll who falls for his awkward charm in spite of herself. They're accompanied by a treasure trove of character actors, including some of my favorites Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, and Tully Marshall.While it features nothing beyond kissing, this film is sexier than any modern picture I can name. A cute movie.

Barbara Stanwyck first appears in a sizzling musical number with Gene Krupa at a nightclub visited by straight-laced professor Gary Cooper. From this point forward, we know that two different worlds have consented to collide.The real professor of this venture is the Dean of Improbable Comedy, Billy Wilder, who provides a story that has just as many curves in the road as Stanwyck does. However, there are almost too many points where the viewer must suspend disbelief in order to enjoy the proceedings. While the chemistry between the leads is undeniable, and the yum-yum scene a true classic, how is it that after receiving his first kiss we find Cooper's character suddenly talking marriage? Portraying him as a sweet innocent is one thing, but having him become all matrimonial moments later seems to change him from naïve to impulsive, and given his intelligence, it is not likely he would behave so hastily and foolishly, at least not for long.Later, when Stanwyck's Sugarpuss jilts Coop, he sulks considerably. He tells his colleagues that he does not want to be coddled by a bunch of psychological mumbo jumbo. He seems to have come to his senses. But, of course, this does not last, as anyone who has seen the film to its un-logical conclusion will tell you. That must have been some powerful yum-yum.

An eccentric, out-of-this-world group of scientists have been working for nine years now on a huge encyclopedia which is supposed to be complete and entirely up-to-date; until the youngest of them, Professor Potts, the philologist, after a short talk with the garbage man finds out that his article about slang is COMPLETELY outdated - because he used old books about the slang words of the last generations instead of listening to today's real-life people... And that's exactly what he decides to do: to leave their secluded study for once, to go out and gather new slang words and people who are liable to know a LOT more of them - and one of them is nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck); and very soon he becomes not only romantically involved with her, but also PRETTY unromantically with her gangster friends...One of the very FOREMOST examples of the classic screwball comedy, this movie is a perfect example for its genre from the first to the last minute; directing and writing are 'super-duper', as Professor Potts' helpers from the street would say - and the performances, EVERY single one of them, are simply outstanding: Cooper and Stanwyck, the mobsters with Dana Andrews and Dan Duryea as leaders, and of course the lovable elderly professors who are so much wrapped up with their work - until Sugarpuss brings a breath of fresh air into their lives! This is certainly one of the movies that everybody can watch over and over again without ever getting tired of it - and it's one of the most IDEAL movies for the purpose of bringing classic black-and-white movies which today's kids find 'old-fashioned' closer to them and awake an interest in classic cinema in them; a great masterpiece of comedy that will get generations to come to die laughing!!