The appearance of the sexy Sugarpuss O'Shea has an immediate effect on all the professors. Work grinds to a halt on the encyclopedia as Sugarpuss brings the long dormant hormones of the elderly professors to a slow simmer, while the young Professor Potts goes to full boil. The cast of BALL OF FIRE also features Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Tully Marshall, Leonid Kinskey, Richard Haydn, Aubrey Mather, Allen Jenkins, Dana Andrews and Dan Duryea. BALL OF FIRE is another Samuel Goldwyn classic that has come to DVD via HBO Home Video. Black are deep and true, while all of the shades of gray are faithfully reproduced all the way up to white.
Contrast is solid and the level of detail is superb throughout the film.
Digital compression artifacts were almost undetectable. The Dolby Digital monaural soundtrack is clean sounding, although the Chase Surround Stereo re-mix adds a bit of atmosphere to the track. The musical number performed by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, as well as Alfred Newman's musical score also benefit from the Chase Surround Stereo re-mix. Subtitles are available in English, French and Spanish. If you are looking to add something classic to your DVD collection, you can't go wrong with BALL OF FIRE .