Ball of Fire Page #4

Synopsis: Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. Naive Professor Bertram Potts meets Miss O'Shea while researching an article on slang and in true romantic comedy fashion the two worlds collide. When Miss O'Shea hides out with Potts and his fellow professors, everyone learns something new: the professors how to cha-cha and Potts the meaning of "yum-yum"!
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Howard Hawks
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1941
111 min
1,430 Views


Last year, when all the other professors

came to my musical,

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where were you, Professor Potts?

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Sinus. But I shall be there this year.

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I shall look forward to seeing you again.

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- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

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- Goodbye, madam.

- Good day.

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- Good day.

- Good day.

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(MUTTERING EX CITEDLY)

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That maneuver down my spine

was very unnecessary.

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- Was it, my dear Potts?

- Didn't it work?

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MAN:
Hi.

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I hope you don't mind.

I came through the kitchen.

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- POTTS:
Who are you?

- I'm the garbage man.

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I want to find out something

about Cleopatra.

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- Cleopatra?

- Yeah.

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This is some kind of a library or school,

isn't it?

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Neither, we are writing an encyclopedia.

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- Icyclo-what?

- An encyclopedia.

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A work which endeavors to compile

and catalog all human knowledge.

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Say, that's just what I need.

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Young man,

did you come through my kitchen?

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- That's right, sister.

- I'm not your sister, and you get out.

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- Oh, now...

- Miss Bragg.

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Please, Miss Bragg,

we find this intensely interesting.

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Go on, please.

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You can't tell me

he's not infested with germs.

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Then go and get your gas mask.

Now, shoo, scat, skedaddle.

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- Please, won't you take a seat?

- Thanks, bo.

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I seen all these books

through the window,

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and I figured

that maybe you can help me out.

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- In what way, young man?

- With this quizzola they got on the radio.

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- This what?

- Quizzola?

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Korn Krunchies Quiz-Quiz.

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Send in 100 box covers,

and you stand to make a little dough.

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Well, with my opportunities,

I got about 3,000 box covers together.

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Charles Brackett

Charles William Brackett (November 26, 1892 – March 9, 1969) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his long collaboration with Billy Wilder. more…

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