Ball of Fire (1941)

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Billy Wilder gem about a moll on the lam (Barbara Stanwyck) hiding out with eight professors ensconced to write an encyclopaedia; her Romeo is Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper), the grammarian currently writing the entry for "slang". Her ridiculous vocabulary is, of course, his primary interest.

- Sam - 2009-02-03 08:36:41