Ball of Fire

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.Ball of Fire featuring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck is streaming with subscription on Kanopy, free on PlutoTV, available for rent or purchase on iTunes, and 2 others. It's a comedy and romance movie with a high IMDb audience rating of 7.8 (11,448 votes).