Ball of Fire Page #6

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
1,473 Views


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and them giving away 25 smackaroos

on that quizzola.

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- Smackaroos?

- Smackaroos? What are smackaroos?

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- A smackaroo is a...

- No such word exists.

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Oh, it don't? A smackaroo is a dollar, pal.

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Well, the accepted vulgarism

for a dollar is a buck.

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The accepted vulgarism

for a smackaroo is a dollar.

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That goes for a banger, a fish,

a buck or a rug.

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Well, what about the mouse?

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The mouse is the dish.

That's what I need the moolah for.

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- Moolah?

- Yeah, the dough.

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We'll be stepping. Me and this smooch...

I mean, the dish,

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I mean, the mouse. You know,

hit the jiggles for a little rum boogie.

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Please, please, not so fast.

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Brother, we're going to have

some hoytoytoy.

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- Hoytoytoy?

- Hoytoytoy?

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Yeah, and if you want that one explained,

you go ask your papas.

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(HORN HONKING)

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That's Archie. His water's getting hot.

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Well, thanks again, gents.

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And if you ever want to get into

a contest sometime,

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just call on me.

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Maybe you've got the brains,

but I got the box covers.

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- Goodbye.

- Goodbye, come again.

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Well, kind of a breezy fellow, isn't he?

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- Yeah.

- Yeah.

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- He seems a most likeable gentleman.

- Yes.

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And I'm an idiot.

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- Idiot? Why?

- Why?

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Miss Bragg. Miss Bragg!

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- What's the matter, Potts?

- Well, what's...

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- I'm going out.

- PROFESSORS:
Going out?

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What's your prognosis

on the weather, Gurkakoff?

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- Light showers toward the evening, but...

- Yes, Professor Potts?

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Miss Bragg, my hat and my mackintosh.

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And put my luncheon sandwich

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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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