Ball of Fire
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Movie Reviews of Ball of Fire
Movie Review: The stuff classics are made of
Summary: 5 Stars
We are talking about the best of the best in romantic comedy. Here is one of the 2 couples that stood out during the golden age of American films. (Capra, Cukor and Preston Sturges, each in their own styles, also gave us some of the greatest classics in the genre). Here Cooper plays himself, the innocent, sweet and honest man who is incapable of doing a bad deed. He and seven older learned men are trying to assemble a modern encyclopedia in New York City. Their search for the newest street slang causes them run into 'trouble-girl' Stanwyck and her gang.
With touches of gang thriller and romantic comedy, its not very ambitious plot captivates by the sheer charm of its stars and the magical touch of genial Howard Hawks, who has a knack for making great classics look simple and unpretentious.
Capra, Hawks and Cukor; Stewart, Cooper and Grant or Jean Arthur, Barbara Stanwyck and Hepburn... whatever the combination it's always a winner. Truly the stuff classics are made of.
Even if any new edition of this classic is welcome, we must still hope for a better treatment (some extras and better print quality) of this treasure of American movie-making history in the future.
Movie Review: Oldie but gorgeous
Summary: 5 Stars
A Billy Wilder / Charles Brackett script and Howard Hawks direction, this wonderful take on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is dated by the slang but not the sentiments. Fast paced, great lines and truly endearing characters played by a gallery of great Hollywood character actors. Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper have the requisite chemistry and the alchemy of hard boiled comedy and whimsical romance in this fairy tale for adults is so much more sophisticated than most of the romcom offerings around today. I love this film. I have seen this film so many times and it still entertains me. Not regarded by certain cinema pundits as one of Hawks best, I beg to differ, they really don't make them like this anymore. Listen carefully...it's an adult dose.Movie Review: Bowl of Yum-Yum
Summary: 5 Stars
You ask how can you go wrong with a comedy directed by Howard Hawks, a script by Billy Wilder and Charles Bracket, and Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck as your leads? The answer is emphatically you can't. Hollywood sure knew how to maximize it's talent back in the Golden Age. With every good film you start with a good story. There's a great one here and the script is littered with terifically witty bon bons. The chemistry between Cooper and Stanwyck is fantastic. Add to that a supporting cast to die for(Dana Andrews, S.Z. Sakall, Henry Travers, Richard Haydn, et al). My only quibble is the film's possible overlength(it clocks in at 1 hr. 52 min.). "Ball of Fire" is a definite must see for fan's of classic screen comedy.Movie Review: Ball of Fire, Ball of Fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
Barbara Stanwyck is one of my favorite actresses and Gary Cooper is a great actor too. Together they are a ball of laughs, at least in this picture. Barbara is a ganster's moll who is wanted for questioning by the police. Gary is an English professor participating in authoring an encyclopedia. On the run, Barbara offers herself up as a specimen for research into American youth slang in order to hide from the police. Cooper as the youngest professor in the home, falls in love with her but the gangster agrees to marry her, mainly so she can't testify against him. Whom will she choose? This movie is a pleasure and play on fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Funny and charming.Movie Review: An Immigrant's View of American Slang
Summary: 5 Stars
Billy Wilder's fascination with his new language's more colorful expression is evident in "Ball of Fire." He wrote the film and spent his director apprenticeship watching the great Howard Hawk's fast-paced comedy direction of two of the most appealing comedians in film. Barbara Stanwyck is the sexiest skinny girl in cinema, and for sheer animal magnetism it doesn't get any dishier than Gary Cooper. Completely enchanting, the other six professors are "squirrely cherubs" straight from Heaven. I envy anyone discovering this movie for the first time.