Ball of Fire (1941)
Comedy
Romance
Crime
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Cast
Professor Bertram Potts
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Joe Lilac
Duke Pastrami
Asthma Anderson
Miss Bragg
Larsen
McNeary
Waiter
Miss Totten
'Horseface'
Pinstripe
Prof. Gurkakoff
Justice of the Peace
District Attorney
College Boy
Motor Policeman
Himself — Orchestra Leader
Bum
Newsboy
“Benny — the Creep”
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Prof. Jerome
Cop with Ms. Bragg (uncredited)
Cop on Garbage Truck (uncredited)
Motor Court Proprietor (uncredited)
Deputy (uncredited)
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Girl in Café (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Prof. Magenbruch
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Spieler (uncredited)
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Veiled Woman in Gene Krupa’s Audience (uncredited)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
College Girl (uncredited)
Deputy (uncredited)
Garbage Man (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Prof. Robinson
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Cop (uncredited)
Sugarpuss O'Shea (singing voice) (uncredited)
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Passerby (uncredited)
Tollkeeper (uncredited)
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Hula Dancer (uncredited)
Date of Prof. Bertram Potts (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Prof. Quintana
College Girl (uncredited)
Nursemaid at Park (uncredited)
Girl in Subway (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Saxaphonist (uncredited)
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)
Prof. Oddly
Prof. Peagram
Garbage Man
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