Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Ball Of Fire (1942)

Ball Of Fire - (Original Trailer)

A stuffy professor (Gary Cooper) takes in a sexy showgirl (Barbara Stanwyck) to study her syntax in Howard Hawks' Ball Of Fire (1942).

Ball Of Fire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Two And Two Are Five

Allen Jenkins is the garbage man, seeking trivia help from encyclopedia-writing professors (Oscar Homolka, Aubrey Mather, Richard Haydn, S.Z. Sakall et al), Potts (Gary Cooper) committing to new research, in Howard Hawks' Ball Of Fire, 1942.

Ball Of Fire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Know Anything About Zippers?

Professors (Aubrey Mather, Henry Travers, Tully Marshall et al) diverting matron Miss Bragg (Kathleen Howard) when guest Sugarpuss (Barbara Stanwyck) appears, hurrying to join Potts (Gary Cooper), in Howard Hawks' Ball Of Fire, 1942.

Ball Of Fire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Shove In Your Clutch

Sugarpuss (Barbara Stanwyck) briefed backstage by thugs Pastrami (Dan Duryea) and Asthma (Ralph Peters), all of them mistaking Professor Potts (Gary Cooper) for a lawman, in Howard Hawks' Ball Of Fire, 1942, from an original screenplay by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.

Ball Of Fire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Just Another Apple

Stripper Sugarpuss (Barbara Stanwyck) surprises grammar Professor Potts (Gary Cooper), ready to begin her interview right away, his colleagues, modeled on the Seven Dwarves, supporting the idea, in Howard Hawks' Ball Of Fire, 1942.