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Bells Are Ringing (1960)
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23 June 1960 (USA) morePlot:
Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(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 warm and witty film that is nearly a classic. moreCast
(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 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)Filming Locations:
East Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USAFun Stuff
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A song written for the picture, "My Guiding Star" (music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green), sung by Dean Martin, was deleted. The vocal as filmed still exists and is featured on the DVD from Warner Home Video. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: As Jeffrey Moss changes the paper as he works on the outline for "The Midas Touch," the carbon paper between the blank sheets is shiny-side up. This would give him a mirror image on the back side of the first sheet instead of an original and a copy, which as an experienced typist, he would surely know. moreSoundtrack:
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Judy Holiday is enough to justify watching any film, and she is as splendid as ever here. Dean Martin is either wonderful or awful and manages the former quite comfortably. Sadly the plot and the score let these two stars down. The chemistry between Martin and Holiday is wonderful and gives the film a warmth and an innocence that is exceedingly appealing forty years on, the fact that this was Ms Holiday's last film adding to the pathos.
You'll enjoy watching and it will raise several smiles so it has to be a good film.....it is just sad that the plot and score stop a good film becoming the classic which its cast deserved.