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A 1941 screwball comedy about eight professors who are trying to compile the world's largest encyclopedia. Realizing his books on slang are out of date, English Professor Bertram Potts ([[Gary Cooper]]) leaves the communal library/house where they work to find research material. There he meets burlesque dancer Sugarpuss O'Shea ([[Barbara Stanwyck]]), who needs a place to hide from the cops so she can't testify against her boyfriend: mobster Joe Lilac ([[Dana Andrews]]). She stays with Potts and uses his affection of her to her advantage. Naturally, she [[In Love
From a script by prolific Hollywood writer [[Billy Wilder]] and directed by [[Howard Hawks]] with a score by [[Alfred Newman]]. Nominated for three [[Academy Awards]], including best actress and best story.
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* [[Burlesque]]: If they ever remake this film Sugarpuss will probably be a stripper.
* [[Camp Straight]]: Professor Oddly is a rather mannered and slightly effeminate old gentleman (presumably due to having come of age in a more formal era), but he's the only one of the professors to have any previous romantic experience with women.
* [[Expy]]: The other seven professors for [[Snow White
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Even in heels, Sugarpuss needs to stand on a couple of reference books to kiss Bertram.
* [[More Dakka]]: The gangsters' machine guns.
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* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: All of the professors.
* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: While these exact words aren't said, Bertram and his friends do have to break up Lilac's wedding in the climax.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[
** Also the 1983 [[Dan Aykroyd]] comedy ''[[Film/Doctor Detroit|Doctor Detroit]]'', about a nerdy professor getting involved with prostitutes.
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