Ball of Fire

1941 - ENGLISH - MOVIE

Comedy Romance

Ball of Fire is a 1941 English-language Comedy Romance motion picture written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe. The movie is directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Samuel Goldwyn under the banner of Samuel Goldwyn Productions. This Samuel Goldwyn Productions film concerns a group of professors laboring to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge. Ball of fire stars Gary Cooper in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.z. Sakall, Tully Marshall and Leonid Kinskey. The screenplay is written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder which is inspired from From A to Z by Thomas Monroe and Billy Wilder. The music was composed by Alfred Newman. Cinematography was done by Gregg Toland and editing by Daniel Mandell. The movie has a running time of 111 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The film made a box office gross of $2 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by RKO Radio Pictures.
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  • Jini Score
    9.9/10
  • Critics Score
    68%
  • Rating
    7.8/10
  • Jini Score
    9.9%
  • Critics Score
    68
  • Rating
    7.8
negative

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Release Date09 JAN 1942
Language

English

Genre

Comedy , Romance

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Ball of Fire Reviews and Ratings

Average Review Rating : positive

85.0%

Positive Review Rating : 68%

68%
    • Charles Taylor

      Ball of Fire has always been something of an also ran among the great American romantic comedies of the period and among Hawksians. ( Read More )
    • Dennis Schwartz

      The message seems unconvincing, but the comedy is lifted from the garbage heap by Stanwycks brassy performance (she was nominated for a Best Actress award but lost to Joan Fontaine). ( Read More )
    • Emanuel Levy

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    • Kathleen (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) brings back to the screen Shirley Temple, now almost 13, an inch and a half taller, ten pounds heavier since her retirement almost two years ago. ( Read More )
    • Bosley Crowther

      According to legend, Samuel Goldwyn has made some beautiful lapsi linguae in his time land has done things with the Kings English that stand as a monument to his name.Maybe. ( Read More )
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