Ball of Fire

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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.

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  Howard Hawks
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  William Tummel
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  Arthur Rosson
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  John Sherwood
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  Marty Moss

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  Gary Cooper
  Professor Bertram Potts
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  Barbara Stanwyck
  Sugarpuss O’Shea
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  Oskar Homolka
  Prof. Gurkakoff
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  Henry Travers
  Prof. Jerome
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  S.Z. Sakall
  Prof. Magenbruch
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  Tully Marshall
  Prof. Robinson
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  Leonid Kinskey
  Prof. Quintana
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  Richard Haydn
  Prof. Oddly
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  Aubrey Mather
  Prof. Peagram
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  Allen Jenkins
  Garbage Man
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  Dana Andrews
  Joe Lilac
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  Dan Duryea
  Duke Pastrami
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  Ralph Peters
  Asthma Anderson
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  Kathleen Howard
  Miss Bragg
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  Charles Lane
  Larsen
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  Charles Arnt
  McNeary
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  Elisha Cook Jr.
  Waiter
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  Mary Field
  Miss Totten
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  Alan Rhein
  'Horseface'
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  Eddie Foster
  Pinstripe