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Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Writers:
Betty Comden (play)
Betty Comden (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 June 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Plot:
Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Actor Sydney Chaplin, Son Of Charles Chaplin, Dead At Age 82
 (From CinemaRetro. 9 March 2009, 3:39 PM, PDT)

Chaplin's Son Dead
 (From WENN. 5 March 2009, 5:35 PM, PST)

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A fun final bow for a great talent. more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Judy Holliday ... Ella Peterson

Dean Martin ... Jeffrey Moss
Fred Clark ... Larry Hastings
Eddie Foy Jr. ... J. Otto Prantz

Jean Stapleton ... Sue
Ruth Storey ... Gwynne

Dort Clark ... Inspector Barnes

Frank Gorshin ... Blake Barton

Ralph Roberts ... Francis
Valerie Allen ... Olga
Bernard West ... Dr. Joe Kitchell, DDS (as Bernie West)
Steve Peck ... Gangster (as Steven Peck)
Gerry Mulligan ... Ella's blind date
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Additional Details

Runtime:
127 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Judy Holliday's last film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jeffrey cleans a spot on the mirror, his left hand is leaning on the wall next the mirror. In the following shot his left arm is by his side. more
Quotes:
Ella: I'm in love with a man - Plaza Oh- Double four- Double Three. What a perfect relationship - I can't see him, he can't see me! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: The Long Lead Story (#1.5)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Mu Cha Cha more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
A fun final bow for a great talent., 15 January 1999
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Author: ROCKY-19 from Arizona

While not a wonderful adaptation of the play, Bells Are Ringing is still great fun. The always-wonderful Judy Holliday shows just how much of a great talent we lost with her early death. She steamrolls through this part but is also greatly touching. And (surprise! surprise!) Dean Martin is just perfect as the under-motivated writer. That was a part that was heavily overshadowed in the stage version, but Martin holds his own against Holliday's cannonball performance. The Styne-Comden-Green score is also terrific. Two songs were written especially for the screen version - both for Martin's role. Oddly, a main weakness of the film is Minnelli's direction. It's as if he didn't quite know what to do with Holliday, and it makes for a bumpy ride.

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