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Ball of Fire (2-Dec-1941)
Director: Howard Hawks Writers: Charles Brackett; Thomas Monroe; Billy Wilder Music: Alfred Newman Producer: Samuel Goldwyn Keywords: Romantic Comedy Professors compiling an encyclopedia realize that don't know any current slang; trolling nightclubs, Prof. Potts finds Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea, who certainly does know slang but she also has mob connections. O'Shea uses this lexicographic opportunity to hide and dodge a subpoena. Received Oscar nominations for Best Actress, Best Original Story, Best Sound recording and Best Dramatic Score.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dana Andrews |
Actor |
1-Jan-1909 |
17-Dec-1992 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Charles Arnt |
Actor |
20-Aug-1906 |
6-Aug-1990 |
Remember the Night |
| Elisha Cook, Jr. |
Actor |
26-Dec-1903 |
18-May-1995 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Gary Cooper |
Actor |
7-May-1901 |
14-May-1961 |
High Noon |
| Dan Duryea |
Actor |
23-Jan-1907 |
7-Jun-1968 |
The Little Foxes |
| Roy Eldridge |
Jazz Musician |
30-Jan-1911 |
26-Feb-1989 |
Swing-era jazz trumpeter |
| Richard Haydn |
Actor |
10-Mar-1905 |
25-Apr-1985 |
The Sound of Music |
| Oskar Homolka |
Actor |
12-Aug-1898 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Sabotage |
| Allen Jenkins |
Actor |
9-Apr-1900 |
20-Jul-1974 |
American character actor |
| Gene Krupa |
Drummer |
15-Jan-1909 |
16-Oct-1973 |
Pioneering drummer |
| Charles Lane |
Actor |
26-Jan-1905 |
9-Jul-2007 |
Grumpy character actor |
| Tully Marshall |
Actor |
13-Apr-1864 |
10-Mar-1943 |
The Covered Wagon |
| Addison Richards |
Actor |
20-Oct-1887 |
22-Mar-1964 |
American character actor |
| S. Z. Sakall |
Actor |
2-Feb-1884 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Casablanca |
| Barbara Stanwyck |
Actor |
16-Jul-1907 |
20-Jan-1990 |
Double Indemnity |
| Henry Travers |
Actor |
5-Mar-1874 |
18-Oct-1965 |
It's a Wonderful Life |
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