Ball of Fire Page #15

Synopsis: Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. Naive Professor Bertram Potts meets Miss O'Shea while researching an article on slang and in true romantic comedy fashion the two worlds collide. When Miss O'Shea hides out with Potts and his fellow professors, everyone learns something new: the professors how to cha-cha and Potts the meaning of "yum-yum"!
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Howard Hawks
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1941
111 min
1,491 Views


not to see Sugarpuss married.

1245

01:
05:39,935 -- 01:05:42,529

- You understand that?

- Of course, sir.

1246

01:
05:42,604 -- 01:05:45,801

My mother's dead,

but I know it would have...

1247

01:
05:46,675 -- 01:05:49,508

It would have made her happy

to be present.

1248

01:
05:49,978 -- 01:05:53,004

So, suppose you just bring the kid

right down here.

1249

01:
05:53,081 -- 01:05:57,177

We want to see you and

let's have the ceremony in our hometown.

1250

01:
05:57,853 -- 01:05:59,946

Why, of course, Mr. O'Shea.

1251

01:
06:00,722 -- 01:06:03,213

May I call you Father, Mr. O'Shea?

1252

01:
06:04,226 -- 01:06:06,126

Thank you, Father.

1253

01:
06:07,362 -- 01:06:11,389

It was better than I hoped for.

Your father wants to talk to you.

1254

01:
06:15,404 -- 01:06:17,872

Well, Sugie,

this solves your transportation.

1255

01:
06:17,939 -- 01:06:19,702

That Jack was made-to-order.

1256

01:
06:19,775 -- 01:06:23,677

Who's gonna stop the Rockefeller

Foundation and Princeton University?

1257

01:
06:23,745 -- 01:06:26,646

And suppose you get a couple of the other

old beavers to come along in the car.

1258

01:
06:26,715 -- 01:06:29,115

Maybe there's some other way.

1259

01:
06:29,184 -- 01:06:31,414

I don't want to take them

for that kind of a ride.

1260

01:
06:31,486 -- 01:06:33,886

That's quite all right.

I'll take a couple of days off.

1261

01:
06:33,955 -- 01:06:36,583

- Yes, we all will.

- That's a good idea.

1262

01:
06:36,992 -- 01:06:40,257

Now cut out the menkenkes, Sugie.

This gets you to Rancocas.

1263

01:
06:40,328 -- 01:06:42,728

Once you're here, we'll give the professor

the boot, easy like,

1264

01:
06:42,798 -- 01:06:44,857

where it won't blind him.

1265

01:
06:44,933 -- 01:06:47,868

I don't want any discussions.

Just one thing.

1266

01:
06:48,470 -- 01:06:52,600

Watch out for the Washington Bridge.

That'll be swarming with cops.

1267

01:
06:53,642 -- 01:06:56,008

Hello? Hello?

1268

01:
06:59,081 -- 01:07:02,812

- What's the matter, my dear?

- He's always in such a rush.

1269

01:
07:02,884 -- 01:07:05,546

Which is my great good fortune,

the sooner the better.

1270

01:
07:05,620 -- 01:07:08,418

Gentlemen, I now have the honor

to announce our betrothal.

1271

01:
07:08,490 -- 01:07:09,821

Congratulations.

1272

01:
07:09,891 -- 01:07:13,657

Very sensibly condensed,

as in the Reader's Digest.

1273

01:
07:15,831 -- 01:07:18,959

- Please don't cry, I'm very happy.

- Can't help it.

1274

01:
07:19,034 -- 01:07:22,435

Look, why don't you go upstairs and

pack my fiance's things for her? Please.

1275

01:
07:22,504 -- 01:07:25,405

- I want to be an usher.

- We'll all be ushers.

1276

01:
07:26,074 -- 01:07:28,304

One kisses the bride. May I?

1277

01:
07:28,376 -- 01:07:30,901

- We'll all kiss the bride.

- Yes, of course.

1278

01:
07:30,979 -- 01:07:33,971

- May we?

- Go ahead.

1279

01:
07:37,986 -- 01:07:40,216

We are very happy.

1280

01:
07:40,288 -- 01:07:43,451

We feel that you are marrying

all of us, a little.

1281

01:
07:43,525 -- 01:07:45,220

Yes, yes, indeed.

1282

01:
07:51,399 -- 01:07:54,027

We wish you every happiness, my dear.

1283

01:
07:56,471 -- 01:07:57,802

All of us.

1284

01:
08:01,209 -- 01:08:05,270

If we're gonna get started

this afternoon, I'd better be going.

1285

01:
08:11,086 -- 01:08:12,383

(DOOR OPENING)

1286

01:
08:13,455 -- 01:08:14,547

Well.

1287

01:
08:18,393 -- 01:08:21,760

- Kind of a cheesy picture of me, isn't it?

- Recognizable, thank heaven.

1288

01:
08:21,830 -- 01:08:22,956

- Wait a minute.

- Get your things together

1289

01:
08:23,031 -- 01:08:24,589

and get down the back stairs

before I call the police.

1290

01:
08:24,666 -- 01:08:25,758

I've got something to say.

1291

01:
08:25,834 -- 01:08:28,462

A gangster's moll thinking

she'd marry one of my professors.

1292

01:
08:28,537 -- 01:08:30,368

Don't worry,

I'm not marrying any professor.

1293

01:
08:30,438 -- 01:08:33,134

- Certainly not.

- I'm mink coat. I'm no bungalow apron.

1294

01:
08:33,208 -- 01:08:34,641

That's the guy I'm getting.

1295

01:
08:34,709 -- 01:08:36,870

Pretty good getting for a gal

that came up the hard way.

1296

01:
08:36,945 -- 01:08:39,436

We'll have this room fumigated

when you're out of it.

1297

01:
08:39,514 -- 01:08:40,742

- Well, you ought to, I guess.

- Let me past.

1298

01:
08:40,816 -- 01:08:43,376

No, no, no, any spilling that's to be done,

I'll do, but not yet.

1299

01:
08:43,451 -- 01:08:46,011

- Not while it would bug up everything.

- Lf you think I'll hold my tongue...

1300

01:
08:46,087 -- 01:08:48,385

Why don't you look at it this way, Braggo?

The harm's been done.

1301

01:
08:48,456 -- 01:08:51,482

Pottsy's gonna wear his heart in a sling

whether he finds out sooner or later.

1302

01:
08:51,560 -- 01:08:54,427

Here or in New Jersey

won't make any difference to him.

1303

01:
08:54,496 -- 01:08:57,056

Only, in New Jersey's

a darned sight better for me.

1304

01:
08:57,132 -- 01:08:58,258

Better for you, indeed.

1305

01:
08:58,333 -- 01:08:59,459

- No, no, no.

- Why, you, you...

1306

01:
08:59,534 -- 01:09:02,002

- Open that door or I'll scream.

- No, I can't have you screaming, not now.

1307

01:
09:02,070 -- 01:09:04,595

- A piercing scream...

- Sorry, Braggo.

1308

01:
09:25,427 -- 01:09:27,019

- What did you say?

- What?

1309

01:
09:27,095 -- 01:09:29,893

I was just running

through the marriage service.

1310

01:
09:29,965 -- 01:09:31,262

"To be my lawful wedded wife.

1311

01:
09:31,333 -- 01:09:33,358

"For better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer."

1312

01:
09:33,435 -- 01:09:35,164

- Please, Pottsy.

- What?

1313

01:
09:35,237 -- 01:09:36,704

Don't, please.

1314

01:
09:38,506 -- 01:09:40,872

You're very nervous aren't you, darling?

1315

01:
09:40,942 -- 01:09:42,603

It's been a very exciting day.

1316

01:
09:42,677 -- 01:09:45,942

It's just this business of going to Jersey.

I mean, back home.

1317

01:
09:46,014 -- 01:09:49,211

Every time I get to this old bridge,

I get worried for fear I might get stuck

1318

01:
09:49,284 -- 01:09:51,081

and not be able to get back over again.

1319

01:
09:51,152 -- 01:09:53,985

We'll bring you back, don't you be afraid.

1320

01:
10:00,562 -- 01:10:02,086

Okay, go ahead.

1321

01:
10:09,938 -- 01:10:12,463

- Hey.

- Sorry, sorry.

1322

01:
10:12,540 -- 01:10:14,940

You trying to play piggy-back?

1323

01:
10:15,010 -- 01:10:16,568

Listen to that.

1324

01:
10:16,645 -- 01:10:19,512

- I don't see any reason for sarcasm.

- Neither do I.

1325

01:
10:24,286 -- 01:10:26,254

Something wrong with your brakes,

sonny?

1326

01:
10:26,321 -- 01:10:30,189

I couldn't locate it for a moment.

This is a rented car.

1327

01:
10:30,258 -- 01:10:32,954

- Got a driver's license?

- I have, indeed.

1328

01:
10:39,901 -- 01:10:44,167

"1903."

This should have been renewed 20 times.

1329

01:
10:44,239 -- 01:10:46,366

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Charles Brackett

Charles William Brackett (November 26, 1892 – March 9, 1969) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his long collaboration with Billy Wilder. more…

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