Bells Are Ringing

"The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!"

1960 2h 6m EN

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6.5

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82%

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METACRITIC

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6.9

IMDB

★6.5TMDB · 58🍅82%Rotten Tomatoes●61Metacritic★6.9IMDB · 3,866

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

“The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writers: Adolph Green, Betty Comden
Languages: French, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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66 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vincente Minnelli, shot by Milton Krasner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jule Styne. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

MoodPlayr · trivia#04

5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Adrienne Fazan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

6 / 8

CAST

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Judy Holliday and Dean Martin and Fred Clark carry the top of the cast.

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!".

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0053645 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

MoodPlayr · trivia#08

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vincente Minnelli directs. Milton Krasner behind the camera. Jule Styne scores. Adrienne Fazan cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

166 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
3Directed by Vincente Minnelli, shot by Milton Krasner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Jule Styne. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Adrienne Fazan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Judy Holliday and Dean Martin and Fred Clark carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!".
8IMDB entry: tt0053645 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.