Bells Are Ringing
MGM, 1960, Color, 126 minutes, ***½
Released June, 1960
The get-up in New York's get-up-and-go comes from the switchboard operators of Susanswerphone. Need a wakeup call? Your appointments? Encouragement from "Mom?" A racetrack bet? It all comes from that dutiful nerve center that keeps enterprises enterprising and, maybe, wedding bells ringing.
Judy Holliday reprises her Tony-winning Broadway role of irrepressible switchboard girl Ella in a jubilant adaptation that marked her final movie and the final teaming of movie-musical titans Arthur Freed and Vincente Minnelli. Dean Martin co-stars as a struggling playwright in for a surprise when he learns "Mom's" identity. The sparkling Jule Styne / Betty Comden / Adolph Green score includes Holliday's heartfelt "The Party's Over" and the jolly Holliday / Martin duet "Just in Time." You've dialed the right number, musical fans!
Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Assistant Director: William McGarry
Screen Play and Lyrics by: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Music by: Jule Styne
Based on the musical play "Bells Are Ringing," Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Music by Jule Styne, as presented on the stage by The Theatre Guild
Music Adapted and Conducted by: André Previn
Orchestrations by: Alexander Courage and Pete King
Choreography: Charles O'Curran
Art Directors: George W. Davis and Preston Ames
Set Decorations: Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason
Costumes Designed by: Walter Plunkett
Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: William Tuttle
Recording Supervisor: Franklin Milton
Director of Photography: Milton Krasner
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie and Lee LeBlanc
Filmed in CinemaScope and Metrocolor
Color Consultant: Charles K. Hagedon
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan
Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Score - Musical (André Previn)
Cast: Judy Holliday [Ella Peterson], Dean Martin [Jeffrey Moss], Fred Clark [Larry Hastings], Eddie Foy, Jr. [J. Otto Prantz], Jean Stapleton [Sue, "The Other One"], Ruth Storey [Gwynne], Dort Clark [Inspector Barnes], Frank Gorshin [Blake Barton], Ralph Roberts [Francis], Valerie Allen [Olga], Bernie West [Dr. Joe Kitchell], Steven Peck [Gangster], Gerry Mulligan [Ella's Blind Date], Hal Linden [Singer]
Musical Program: [0:01] Bells Are Ringing (sung by Chorus); [0:15] It's a Perfect Relationship (sung by Judy Holliday); [0:20] Do It Yourself (sung by Dean Martin); [0:32] It's a Simple Little System (sung by Eddie Foy, Jr. and Ensemble); [0:50] It's Better Than a Dream (sung by Judy Holliday and Dean Martin); [0:58] I Met a Girl (sung by Dean Martin and Chorus); [1:00] I Love Your Sunny Teeth / Oh How It Hurts / Hot and Cold (sung by Bernie West); [1:19] Mu Cha Cha (sung and danced by July Holliday, Dorio Avila, and Ruth Storey); [1:23] Just in Time (sung and danced by Dean Martin and Judy Holliday, joined by Chorus); [1:33] Drop That Name (sung by Judy Holliday and Party Ensemble); [1:38] The Party's Over (sung by Judy Holliday); [1:44] The Midas Touch (sung and danced by Hal Linden with Chorus Girls); [1:53] I'm Goin' Back (sung by Judy Holliday); [2:05] Bells Are Ringing (reprised by Chorus)
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