Expert: William Sternman - 1/4/2006

Question
Hi! I sure hope you can help me track this movie down... I saw it a while ago and remember one scene this way:

Cary Grant (maybe!?) plays an extremely naive researcher of language. To study slang, he goes to a nightclub or speakeasy, where the leading lady tells him, "Shove in the clutch!" (get lost) and he scribbles it down in his notebook.

Help! And thanks in advance!
Allison


Answer
Ball of Fire (1941)

Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. Naive Professor Bertram Potts meets Miss O'Shea while researching an article on slang and in true romantic comedy fashion the two worlds collide. When Miss O'Shea hides out with Potts and his fellow professors, everyone learns something new: the professors how to cha-cha and Potts the meaning of "yum-yum"!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033373/

Movie links for
Ball of Fire (1941)

Remade as
   A Song Is Born (1948)
References
   A Family Affair (1937)
   Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
   Boys Town (1938)
   The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Referenced in
   The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983) (TV)
   AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
Featured in
   The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982) (TV)
   Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) (TV)
   AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033373/movieconnections