A group of eight professors is writing an encyclopedia. The naive professor of English Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper) concludes that he needs field research to update the slang in his article and he goes to the streets and to a night-club. He meets the sexy singer Sugarpuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck), who is the mistress of the mobster Joe Lilac (Dana Andrews), and invites her to participate of the meetings of his research in the foundation that is promoting the encyclopedia. When she learns that the police have arrested Joe Lilac and are chasing her to testify against him, she decides to meet Prof. Potts and stay in the foundation. She becomes the pride and joy of the seven old man and Prof. Potts falls for her and proposes to marry her. Meanwhile Joe Lilac decides to get married to Sugarplus to avoid her testimony in the court.
"Ball of Fire" is a silly and funny romantic comedy with Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper hilarious and showing a great chemistry. I believe that for natives in English this comedy is funnier since the dated "modern" slang might be understood and not translated. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Bola de Fogo" ("Ball of Fire")
"Ball of Fire" is a silly and funny romantic comedy with Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper hilarious and showing a great chemistry. I believe that for natives in English this comedy is funnier since the dated "modern" slang might be understood and not translated. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Bola de Fogo" ("Ball of Fire")