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Bells Are Ringing (1960)
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23 June 1960 (USA)
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Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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4 nominations
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(6 articles)
Dreamgirls National Tour Kicks Off at Apollo Theater, 11/7 - 12/6
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 4 November 2009, 1:09 PM, PST)
Wedding Bells Are Ringing for Khloe Kardashian
(From The Insider. 22 September 2009, 9:37 PM, PDT)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 4 November 2009, 1:09 PM, PST)
Wedding Bells Are Ringing for Khloe Kardashian
(From The Insider. 22 September 2009, 9:37 PM, PDT)
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(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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127 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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Continuity: After she talks on the phone to Jeffrey Moss, Ella stands up from the switchboard and walks around the room singing. When she returns the switchboard has changed place.
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
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The Party's Over
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Made late in the cycle of great MGM musicals, with the reliable producer-director combo of Arthur Freed and Vincente Minnelli, this is a fairly clunky adaptation of a Broadway hit. Despite some location filming, it looks stagebound, and the stylized playing and jerrybuilt musical-comedy plot look false as hell. Some excellent musical numbers from the original are badly truncated or left out entirely, and what's left is grotesquely over-orchestrated. One senses that Minnelli, in particular, didn't trust the material--look at how quickly he dispenses with the "Mu-Cha-Cha" number, seemingly embarrassed by its musical-comedy silliness--and the supporting cast seems to be playing to the second balcony.
That's the bad news; now we get, thank heaven, to Judy Holliday. Having played this part on Broadway for two years and toured with it longer, she looks amazingly spontaneous. Given her health problems at the time, she looks happy and healthy. And while we can't expect to experience her legendary warmth and charisma as stage audiences did, it's an incomparable performance. Every reaction, every inflection, every seemingly improvised movement rings true and lends depth and poignancy to a paper-thin character traipsing around in a contrived plot. What a lesson for any young actor in transforming everyday material into something memorable. My favorite moment comes early, when she's reclining on a sofa and looks up dreamily and starts singing, a capella and with perfect naturalism, "I'm in love..." I'm in love, too, Judy. We miss you.