--- product_id: 13148563 title: "Ball of Fire (DVD)" price: "S/.235" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/13148563-ball-of-fire-dvd store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # Ball of Fire (DVD) **Price:** S/.235 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Ball of Fire (DVD) - **How much does it cost?** S/.235 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/13148563-ball-of-fire-dvd) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Ball of Fire (DVD) When an English professor and his colleagues, working on a dictionary of American slang, stumble upon a red-hot night club singer on the run from the mob, all hell breaks loose in this wildly screwball comedy. Year: 1941 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck Review: One of my favorite Barbara Stanwick movies! - I have watched this movie many times over the years and every time I see it I find something else to enjoy about it. The premise has been likened to Snow White and the Seven Drawfs, seven bachelor's living in a New York mansion who are writing an encyclopedia covering a wide range of topics. Each professor brings their own area and knowledge to the project. Gary Cooper who I absolutely adored was the grammar expert. A chance visit by a refuse man looking for answers to a quiz he is entering bring an entirely new realm of word phrasing they have never heard. Realizing how cut off and far removed they are from the mainstream, the words he is speaking sound like a foreign language. Gary Cooper's character decides he must go out into the real world and observe this jive way of speaking as to be able to rewrite his entry in the book they are compling. He meets Sugarpuss O'Schae A nightclub singer and asks her along with others to help him rewrite and understand this new way of speaking. What follows is absolutely delightful and entertaining! All of the professors are instantly smitten by her. She is reluctant to get involved in their project, but it turns out the police are looking for her in connection to her gangster boyfriend. But they start to grow on her as well, especially Gary Cooper who suddenly falls in love. This formidable actress blows all of the stuffy cobwebs out of their dreary lives and brings a ray of sunshine. The veteran actors playing the professors are endearing especially the only one who was previously married and has at least some knowledge of females. Enjoyable scenes where she teaches them to dance and unknowingly brings Gary Cooper under her spell are priceless. Drummer Gene Krupper makes an appearance, and watching Gary Cooper pretending not to know how to fight is worth watching just for that scene alone. You instantly think you of him as Will Kane in High Noon or his performane in Sargeant York and realize what a talented actor he is. From playing strong tough guys who never back down to this version of him as a softie is enjoyable indeed. I believe it was directed by Billy Wilder who may have had a hand in some of the dialogue as well. Overall a 5 Glittering Star movie with 2 outstanding actors! CORRECTION: Howard Hawks directed this film, Billy Wilder co-wrote the script. Sorry for the incorrect statement. Review: "Here's yum...here's the other yum...and here's yum-yum!" - "Ball Of Fire" is one my favorite screwball romantic comedies. It was made towards the end of a golden era of this genre of films, which also includes such better-known classics as "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), "His Girl Friday" (1940) and "Bringing Up Baby" (1938). Directed by Howard Hawks, the master of rapid-fire comedic dialogue, it tells the story of nerdy language scholar Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper, in one of his best "aw-shucks" performances, along with "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town") who lives in a house with seven other stodgy, albeit older bachelor scholars, all of whom are working on an encyclopedia. Upon discovering that his knowledge of slang is outdated, Potts bravely ventures forth into the real world, where he discovers flashy (literally, as the dress she is first seen in is sequined and purposely lit so as to momentarily "blind" Potts when she shows up at his house in it) nightclub singer Katherine "Sugar Puss" O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck). He is taken in by O'Shea's gusty performance of "Drum Boogie", (accompanied by a famous drummer of the times, Gene Krupa, who reminds me onstage a bit of "The Who" drummer Keith Moon), and her lively banter, and asks her to help him with his slang research. She takes him up on his invitation very abruptly by showing up at his home that same night, claiming to be arriving to help, when in fact she's trying to hide. The resulting storyline is predictable, fast-paced, extremely well-written, thoroughly dated, and filled with 1940's slang...in other words, to anyone who is a fan of this genre...completely captivating and charming. With this in mind, and taken as a movie of the times, it's a comedic gem. Gary Cooper (my all-time personal favorite actor) is absolutely sexy here, believe it or not, and Barbara Stanwyck is perfect as the title's sassy little "Ball Of Fire", with her brash, streetwise exterior but ultimately soft heart, climbing onto a stack of books to reach the 6'4" Potts so she can show him the meaning of "yum-yum". Also, the above-mentioned dress she first wears, which is featured in most of the ads for the film is amazing; it's something Bob Mackie might have designed for Cher, and she looks gorgeous in it. The outstanding supporting parts are interesting, clever, and except for the gangster parts, individually well-fleshed. Veteran character actors such as Oskar Homolka (the servant in "Mr. Sardonicus") and Henry Travers (the angel in "It's Wonderful Life") help lend charm to the story. Dana Andrews ("Laura") and Dan Duryea ("The Little Foxes"), are effective, if somewhat wasted, in small parts as typical sterotypical 1940's mobsters. You'd have to enjoy these kind of old screwball, dated comedies of the '40's to love this one...and I do. Side note: the roles of the seven professors (excluding Cooper's) were inspired by Disney's dwarfs from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | Various | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 816 Reviews | | Format | NTSC | | Genre | Comedy | | Language | English | | Runtime | 1 hour and 51 minutes | ## Product Details - **Contributor:** Various - **Format:** NTSC - **Genre:** Comedy - **Language:** English - **Runtime:** 1 hour and 51 minutes ## Images ![Ball of Fire (DVD) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91DsyQmZz0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of my favorite Barbara Stanwick movies! *by J***E on January 7, 2026* I have watched this movie many times over the years and every time I see it I find something else to enjoy about it. The premise has been likened to Snow White and the Seven Drawfs, seven bachelor's living in a New York mansion who are writing an encyclopedia covering a wide range of topics. Each professor brings their own area and knowledge to the project. Gary Cooper who I absolutely adored was the grammar expert. A chance visit by a refuse man looking for answers to a quiz he is entering bring an entirely new realm of word phrasing they have never heard. Realizing how cut off and far removed they are from the mainstream, the words he is speaking sound like a foreign language. Gary Cooper's character decides he must go out into the real world and observe this jive way of speaking as to be able to rewrite his entry in the book they are compling. He meets Sugarpuss O'Schae A nightclub singer and asks her along with others to help him rewrite and understand this new way of speaking. What follows is absolutely delightful and entertaining! All of the professors are instantly smitten by her. She is reluctant to get involved in their project, but it turns out the police are looking for her in connection to her gangster boyfriend. But they start to grow on her as well, especially Gary Cooper who suddenly falls in love. This formidable actress blows all of the stuffy cobwebs out of their dreary lives and brings a ray of sunshine. The veteran actors playing the professors are endearing especially the only one who was previously married and has at least some knowledge of females. Enjoyable scenes where she teaches them to dance and unknowingly brings Gary Cooper under her spell are priceless. Drummer Gene Krupper makes an appearance, and watching Gary Cooper pretending not to know how to fight is worth watching just for that scene alone. You instantly think you of him as Will Kane in High Noon or his performane in Sargeant York and realize what a talented actor he is. From playing strong tough guys who never back down to this version of him as a softie is enjoyable indeed. I believe it was directed by Billy Wilder who may have had a hand in some of the dialogue as well. Overall a 5 Glittering Star movie with 2 outstanding actors! CORRECTION: Howard Hawks directed this film, Billy Wilder co-wrote the script. Sorry for the incorrect statement. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Here's yum...here's the other yum...and here's yum-yum!" *by B***M on March 24, 2005* "Ball Of Fire" is one my favorite screwball romantic comedies. It was made towards the end of a golden era of this genre of films, which also includes such better-known classics as "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), "His Girl Friday" (1940) and "Bringing Up Baby" (1938). Directed by Howard Hawks, the master of rapid-fire comedic dialogue, it tells the story of nerdy language scholar Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper, in one of his best "aw-shucks" performances, along with "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town") who lives in a house with seven other stodgy, albeit older bachelor scholars, all of whom are working on an encyclopedia. Upon discovering that his knowledge of slang is outdated, Potts bravely ventures forth into the real world, where he discovers flashy (literally, as the dress she is first seen in is sequined and purposely lit so as to momentarily "blind" Potts when she shows up at his house in it) nightclub singer Katherine "Sugar Puss" O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck). He is taken in by O'Shea's gusty performance of "Drum Boogie", (accompanied by a famous drummer of the times, Gene Krupa, who reminds me onstage a bit of "The Who" drummer Keith Moon), and her lively banter, and asks her to help him with his slang research. She takes him up on his invitation very abruptly by showing up at his home that same night, claiming to be arriving to help, when in fact she's trying to hide. The resulting storyline is predictable, fast-paced, extremely well-written, thoroughly dated, and filled with 1940's slang...in other words, to anyone who is a fan of this genre...completely captivating and charming. With this in mind, and taken as a movie of the times, it's a comedic gem. Gary Cooper (my all-time personal favorite actor) is absolutely sexy here, believe it or not, and Barbara Stanwyck is perfect as the title's sassy little "Ball Of Fire", with her brash, streetwise exterior but ultimately soft heart, climbing onto a stack of books to reach the 6'4" Potts so she can show him the meaning of "yum-yum". Also, the above-mentioned dress she first wears, which is featured in most of the ads for the film is amazing; it's something Bob Mackie might have designed for Cher, and she looks gorgeous in it. The outstanding supporting parts are interesting, clever, and except for the gangster parts, individually well-fleshed. Veteran character actors such as Oskar Homolka (the servant in "Mr. Sardonicus") and Henry Travers (the angel in "It's Wonderful Life") help lend charm to the story. Dana Andrews ("Laura") and Dan Duryea ("The Little Foxes"), are effective, if somewhat wasted, in small parts as typical sterotypical 1940's mobsters. You'd have to enjoy these kind of old screwball, dated comedies of the '40's to love this one...and I do. Side note: the roles of the seven professors (excluding Cooper's) were inspired by Disney's dwarfs from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ball Of Fire Blasts To Screwball Heaven! *by S***Z on August 16, 2014* Ball Of Fire has always been one of my very favorite Screwball Comedies, and it is wonderful to see it finally on sale for a quite affordable price. It is actually a delightful twist on Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Gary Cooper plays professor Bertram Potts, who is one of seven other scholars who are writing a new, updated encyclopedia. When the group realizes that there is a whole other universe of terms known as "slang", which they are not familiar with, they decide to visit a bawdry nightclub. It is there where Bertram meets Sugarpuss O'Shea, played by a very alluring Barbara Stanwyck, who is actually a burlesque queen who opens his eyes and mind to a whole other world. Unfortunately, Sugarpuss just happens to be the girlfriend of a gangster played by Dana Andrews who is on the lam from the law. Once Cooper and Stanwyck spend some quality time together, as she schools him about the hip terms and styles of "slang', it is not very long before sparks fly between the two, and they fall in love with each other. The group of professors decide to keep Sugarpuss in hiding from both the law, as well as from her mobster boyfriend Andrews. As one could well imagine, this scenario plays out to a somewhat complicated but truly hilarious result. The film was nominated for 4 Academy Awards, and includes an excellent screenplay written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, snappy direction provided by Howard Hawks, and excellent performances by all supporting players. Stanwyck has never looked sexier, and Cooper displays his usual high quality of acting, especially impressive as he transforms from a rather stuffy professor, to a hip swinger, in order to keep up with Sugarpuss, as well as away from the mob. The film is 111 minutes long, in black and white, and the transfer to dvd is very good to excellent! As I previously mentioned, this baby is Screwball Heaven! MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! 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