7.4
111 mins
United States
English
Comedy, Romance, Crime
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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 When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.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.
Screening 25 October
BFI Southbank
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