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Ball of Fire
1941 1h 51m Howard Hawks

Ball of Fire

★ 7.7 IMDb
Comedy Romance
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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 DesignerPerry Ferguson

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Nominated Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated Academy Award for Best Sound
Nominated Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Nominated Academy Award for Best Story
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