BALL OF FIRE (1941)
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Starring: Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck

Howard Hawks jazzes up Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by inserting Barbara Stanwyck as wisecracking singer Sugarpuss O’Shea, a gangster’s moll hiding out among a den of seven lexicographers presided over by the prim yet handsome Professor Potts (Gary Cooper). This lesser-known screwball comedy shows Stanwyck at her friskiest, and reveals that even the ... more 

BALL OF FIRE (1941)
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Starring: Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck

Howard Hawks jazzes up Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by inserting Barbara Stanwyck as wisecracking singer Sugarpuss O’Shea, a gangster’s moll hiding out among a den of seven lexicographers presided over by the prim yet handsome Professor Potts (Gary Cooper). This lesser-known screwball comedy shows Stanwyck at her friskiest, and reveals that even the often-serious Cooper can make a great romantic comic foil. --Thelma Adams less