Ball of Fire Page #22

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
1,593 Views


in Tate's Oriental Philosophy for me?

1866

01:
42:28,842 -- 01:42:31,834

- I think I saw it last on your desk.

- Yes, yes.

1867

01:
42:32,745 -- 01:42:35,145

- Line one, chapter seven.

- Yes.

1868

01:
42:35,215 -- 01:42:36,580

Do you mind?

1869

01:
42:37,417 -- 01:42:39,942

Hey, this mixed-up talk

is giving me a headache.

1870

01:
42:40,019 -- 01:42:43,079

All that book talk. That's a lot of mahaha.

1871

01:
42:43,156 -- 01:42:45,317

I assure you this is not a lot of mahaha.

This is...

1872

01:
42:45,391 -- 01:42:47,916

I'll show you

what makes the world go round.

1873

01:
42:48,428 -- 01:42:50,919

Kind of spread out a little bit, will you?

1874

01:
42:55,568 -- 01:42:58,731

- My globe! My globe!

- Me, I don't like globes.

1875

01:
43:00,373 -- 01:43:01,635

Now me.

1876

01:
43:06,112 -- 01:43:08,307

I saw me a picture last week.

1877

01:
43:20,960 -- 01:43:22,951

There's gonna be a lot

of trash tomorrow, sister.

1878

01:
43:23,029 -- 01:43:25,122

If there is any tomorrow, brother.

1879

01:
43:31,604 -- 01:43:33,265

(ASTHMA WHOOPING)

1880

01:
43:35,074 -- 01:43:36,598

(PASTRAMI LAUGHING)

1881

01:
43:42,315 -- 01:43:45,148

Ain't there some more of

them things around?

1882

01:
43:45,218 -- 01:43:48,381

- Don't get up, please, just...

- Please.

1883

01:
43:50,290 -- 01:43:52,417

What's the matter with all of you?

1884

01:
43:52,759 -- 01:43:54,590

We thought...

1885

01:
43:54,661 -- 01:43:56,788

- Young man.

- What do you want?

1886

01:
43:56,863 -- 01:44:01,095

Do you think you could shoot this dime

1887

01:
44:01,167 -- 01:44:04,796

if I held it between my fingers?

1888

01:
44:06,139 -- 01:44:07,504

Why, sure.

1889

01:
44:09,142 -- 01:44:10,541

(VOICE CRACKING) I mean...

1890

01:
44:10,610 -- 01:44:13,101

I mean from where you were sitting.

1891

01:
44:18,017 -- 01:44:19,109

Okay.

1892

01:
44:25,091 -- 01:44:26,888

All right, put it up.

1893

01:
44:28,861 -- 01:44:32,991

- Perhaps we'd better use a quarter.

- Well, that's twice as easy.

1894

01:
44:33,066 -- 01:44:34,533

I'm glad.

1895

01:
44:44,210 -- 01:44:47,236

Or maybe even a 50-cent piece?

1896

01:
44:49,215 -- 01:44:51,445

He's not as dumb as he looks.

1897

01:
44:52,051 -- 01:44:54,383

Has anyone change for $1?

1898

01:
44:54,754 -- 01:44:57,655

Never mind, never mind.

A quarter will do. Put it up.

1899

01:
44:57,724 -- 01:45:00,955

- Oh, no, I can get change.

- Never mind, put it up.

1900

01:
45:20,146 -- 01:45:22,114

(SHOUTING)

1901

01:
45:22,548 -- 01:45:23,708

I've got him!

1902

01:
45:32,125 -- 01:45:34,559

- Hold him, hold him.

- I've got him.

1903

01:
45:38,898 -- 01:45:42,061

New Jersey? That's an awful big order.

Whereabouts in Jersey?

1904

01:
45:42,135 -- 01:45:45,298

You just keep on driving.

Further orders will be forthcoming.

1905

01:
45:45,371 -- 01:45:47,805

I warned you, Miss Totten,

you should never have come along.

1906

01:
45:47,874 -- 01:45:49,501

It may be very dangerous.

1907

01:
45:49,575 -- 01:45:51,668

This is my encyclopedia,

and I am going to stick with it.

1908

01:
45:51,744 -- 01:45:53,939

I've never had so much fun in my life.

1909

01:
45:54,013 -- 01:45:55,947

How are they doing inside?

1910

01:
45:56,015 -- 01:45:57,482

Are we ready?

1911

01:
45:57,550 -- 01:45:59,984

- Shall we start the torture now?

- Just one moment.

1912

01:
46:00,053 -- 01:46:02,681

First, we are going to give him

just one chance to talk.

1913

01:
46:02,755 -- 01:46:04,586

Where is that ceremony taking place?

1914

01:
46:04,657 -- 01:46:07,820

Listen, monkey, I've been given

the third degree by all kinds of cops.

1915

01:
46:07,894 -- 01:46:09,987

- All over.

- But not by us.

1916

01:
46:10,063 -- 01:46:12,691

You will see, I am an authority

on Chinese tortures.

1917

01:
46:12,765 -- 01:46:14,733

(LAUGHING) That tickles!

1918

01:
46:14,801 -- 01:46:17,463

- Are you ready, Dr. Gurkakoff?

- That's right.

1919

01:
46:17,537 -- 01:46:20,597

- Now, between the 12th and 13th vertebra.

- No! No! No!

1920

01:
46:21,674 -- 01:46:25,872

- Hold his head down.

- Hey, cut it out!

1921

01:
46:25,945 -- 01:46:28,709

- Stop it, will you? Look out.

- No, no, no.

1922

01:
46:31,484 -- 01:46:33,918

Will you cut it out? Stop it.

1923

01:
46:34,253 -- 01:46:36,619

No! No!

1924

01:
46:37,090 -- 01:46:38,421

Around and around.

1925

01:
46:43,896 -- 01:46:47,491

All right, all right!

All right, I'll talk! I'll talk.

1926

01:
46:47,567 -- 01:46:49,865

They're in Fulham, New Jersey.

1927

01:
46:50,603 -- 01:46:54,437

- Fulham, New Jersey.

- Fulham, New Jersey.

1928

01:
46:54,507 -- 01:46:57,965

Shortest route, Bloomfield, Pine Brook,

Mine Hills, Allamuchy.

1929

01:
47:07,253 -- 01:47:08,743

And now repeat after me.

1930

01:
47:08,821 -- 01:47:11,346

- I, Joseph Lilac.

- I, Joseph Lilac.

1931

01:
47:11,424 -- 01:47:13,892

- Loud, please.

- I, Joseph Lilac...

1932

01:
47:13,960 -- 01:47:15,154

Head of Murder Incorporated.

1933

01:
47:15,228 -- 01:47:17,287

- Quiet.

- Take thee, Katherine O'Shea.

1934

01:
47:17,363 -- 01:47:19,763

- Take thee, Katherine O'Shea...

- Who hates and despises you.

1935

01:
47:19,832 -- 01:47:21,629

- Loathes you.

- To be my lawful wedded wife.

1936

01:
47:21,701 -- 01:47:24,829

- To be my lawful wedded wife.

- For better or for worse.

1937

01:
47:24,904 -- 01:47:27,031

- For better or for worse.

- For worse.

1938

01:
47:27,106 -- 01:47:29,904

For richer or poorer,

in sickness and in health.

1939

01:
47:29,976 -- 01:47:32,274

For richer or for poorer,

in sickness and in health...

1940

01:
47:32,345 -- 01:47:33,744

- I'm sick right now.

- Cut it out.

1941

01:
47:33,813 -- 01:47:35,713

- What?

- Never mind. Keep going.

1942

01:
47:35,781 -- 01:47:37,612

- Huh?

- Keep going!

1943

01:
47:37,683 -- 01:47:40,413

To love and to cherish

until death do us part.

1944

01:
47:40,486 -- 01:47:41,919

They'll put you in the chair

and fry you like...

1945

01:
47:41,988 -- 01:47:42,977

(PROFESSORS SINGING)

1946

01:
47:43,055 -- 01:47:46,286

And now repeat after me.

I, Katherine O'Shea.

1947

01:
47:47,226 -- 01:47:49,126

I said, repeat after me.

1948

01:
47:49,195 -- 01:47:50,662

I, Katherine O'Shea.

1949

01:
47:50,730 -- 01:47:52,527

Come on, come on, Sugie.

It's just a parade or something.

1950

01:
47:52,598 -- 01:47:54,589

Is it? Just wait and see.

1951

01:
48:00,506 -- 01:48:01,700

What is this?

1952

01:
48:01,774 -- 01:48:04,902

I believe...

I think it is known as an upstick.

1953

01:
48:04,977 -- 01:48:06,706

- A stickup.

- Put 'em up.

1954

01:
48:06,779 -- 01:48:08,872

- Hold up your hands.

- Hold 'em up!

1955

01:
48:15,621 -- 01:48:17,145

- Back door!

- Don't do that!

1956

01:
48:17,223 -- 01:48:18,986

I didn't mean it.

1957

01:
48:19,058 -- 01:48:23,017

Hold 'em up there. Hold 'em up!

I mean it! I mean it.

1958

01:
48:23,095 -- 01:48:27,293

Come on, now.

Put 'em up. Put 'em up. I mean it.

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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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