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Title Ball of fire / Miramax ; Samuel Goldwyn presents ; screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder from an original story by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; directed by Howard Hawks
Published [California] : Samuel Goldwyn Productions, 1941
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 113 min.) : sound, black and white
Summary A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover. Nominated for 4 **Academy Awards**
Notes Title from title frames
Credits Photography, Gregg Toland ; music, Alfred Newman ; film editor, Daniel Mandell ; conductor, Gene Krupa
Performer Barbara Stanwych, Gary Cooper, Oscar Homolka, Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea
Event Originally produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions in 1941
Notes TV parental guidelines : TV-PG
English language soundtrack with optional English closed-captioning
Academy Awards, USA, Nominee, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Barbara Stanwych, 1942
Academy Awards, USA, Nominee, Best Writing, Original Story, Thomas Monroe and Billy Wilder, 1942
Academy Awards, USA, Nominee, Best Sound, Recording, Thomas T. Moulton, 1942
National Film Preservation Board, USA, National Film Registry, 2016
Subject Interpersonal relations -- New York (State) -- Drama
Mafia -- New York (State) -- Drama
Motion pictures.
Comedy.
Mafia.
Interpersonal relations.
Comedy
Motion pictures
New York (State)
Genre/Form Internet videos.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Internet videos.
Fiction films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Films de fiction.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Form Streaming video
Author Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977, film director.
Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969, screenwriter.
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, screenwriter.
Mandell, Daniel, film editor.
Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974, film producer.
Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, composer (expression)
Toland, Gregg, director of photography.
Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973, conductor.
Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990, actor.
Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961, actor.
Homolka, Oscar, 1898-1978, actor.
Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992, actor.
Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968, actor.
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., production company.
Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm), distributor.