What is "ball of fire"

n. (context idiomatic English) A person who is especially hard-working, high-achieving, ambitious, or active.

1. n. a highly energetic and indefatigable person [syn: powerhouse, human dynamo, fireball]

2. someone whose career progresses rapidly [syn: go-getter, whizz-kid, whiz-kid]

Ball of Fire is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. This Samuel Goldwyn Productions film (originally distributed by RKO) concerns a group of professors laboring to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge. The supporting cast includes Oskar Homolka, S. Z. Sakall, Henry Travers, Richard Haydn, Dana Andrews, and Dan Duryea. In 1948, the plot was recycled for a musical film, A Song Is Born, this time starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. The film is also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen.

Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 comedy film. This may also refer to:

• Ball of Fire (album), a ska album by Jamaican ska-band Skatalites
• Ball of Fire a World War II nickname for the 5th Indian Division
• Ball of Fire (song), a single by Tommy James and the Shondells

"Ball of Fire" is a song recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells for their 1969 greatest hits album, The Best of Tommy James and The Shondells. The song reached #19 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. The song also reached #8 in Canada.