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Ball of fire / [presented by] Samuel Goldwyn ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; directed by Howard Hawks. [videorecording]

Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969 (Added Author). Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961 (Added Author). Goldwyn, Samuel, Jr., 1926- (Added Author). Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 (Added Author). Monroe, Thomas. Ball of fire. (Added Author). Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990 (Added Author). Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 Ball of fire. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck. (Cast).

Summary:

Realizing they have to hear how real people talk, a group of lexicographers end up assisting a beautiful singer get away from the mob.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
From an original story by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono., single layer, NTSC.
Language Note:
Can be viewed subtitled in English or Spanish, or dubbed in Spanish.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Monroe, Thomas > Film adaptations.
Monroe, Thomas > Television adaptations.
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 > Film adaptations.
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 > Television adaptations.
Burlesque (Theater) > Drama.
Lexicographers > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Scholars > Drama.
Women singers > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Melodrama.
Romantic comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Love stories.
Melodrama.