Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire
Release: 1941-12-02
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 7.3
Comedy
Romance
Crime
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Henry Travers
as Prof. Jerome
Eddy Chandler
as Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
as Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Charles Lane
as Larsen
Bert Stevens
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Charles Arnt
as McNeary
Leonid Kinskey
as Prof. Quintana
Aubrey Mather
as Prof. Peagram
Lorraine Miller
as Girl in Café (uncredited)
Russell Wade
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lynne Roberts
as Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Pat West
as Bum
Kathleen Howard
as Miss Bragg
Kenneth Howell
as College Boy
Jack Perry
as Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Will Lee
as “Benny — the Creep”
S.Z. Sakall
as Prof. Magenbruch
Tully Marshall
as Prof. Robinson
Dan Duryea
as Duke Pastrami
Tommy Ryan
as Newsboy
Hal McIntyre
as Saxaphonist (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
as Garbage Man
Pat Flaherty
as Deputy (uncredited)
Addison Richards
as District Attorney
Tim Ryan
as Motor Policeman
Gary Cooper
as Professor Bertram Potts
Barbara Stanwyck
as Sugarpuss O’Shea
Richard Haydn
as Prof. Oddly
Dana Andrews
as Joe Lilac
Gene Krupa
as Himself — Orchestra Leader
Oskar Homolka
as Prof. Gurkakoff
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Waiter
Otto Hoffman
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
as Asthma Anderson
Aldrich Bowker
as Justice of the Peace
Martha Tilton
as Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)
