Bells Are Ringing
(1960)
The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!
Stars: Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark, Eddie Foy Jr., Jean Stapleton
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writer: Adolph Green, Betty Comden
Language: English
Studio: Warner Home Video
Duration: 126
Rated: NR
DVD Release: March 2005
Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She falls in love with one of her clients, the playwright Jeffrey Moss, and is determined to meet him. The trouble is, on the phone to him, she always pretends to be an old woman whom he calls "Mom."
Judy Holliday | Ella Peterson |
Dean Martin | Jeffrey Moss |
Fred Clark | Larry Hastings |
Eddie Foy, Jr. | J. Otto Prantz |
Eddie Foy Jr. | J. Otto Prantz |
Jean Stapleton | Sue |
Ruth Storey | Gwynne |
Dort Clark | Insp. Barnes |
Frank Gorshin | Blake Barton |
Ralph Roberts | Francis |
Bernie West | Dr. Joe Kitchell, DDS |
Valerie Allen | Olga |
Bernard West | Dr. Joe Kitchell, DDS (as Bernie West) |
Steven Peck | Delivery Boy |
Steve Peck | Carl, Delivery Boy (as Steven Peck) |
Gerry Mulligan | Ella's blind date |
Oliver Blake | Ludwig Smiley |
Nesdon Booth | Bit Part |
Paul Frees | 'Drop That Name' |
Joe Gray | Bartender |
John Hart | Man in Park |
Stuart Holmes | Man in Park |
Roy Jenson | Cop |
Gil Lamb | Man at Party |
Len Lesser | Charlie Bessemer |
Hal Linden | Singer of 'The Midas Touch' |
Titus Moede | Beatnik |
Milton Parsons | Pedestrian |
Frank Richards | Pedestrian greeting Barney |
Steve Stevens | Ludwig Smiley |
Herb Vigran | Barney Lampwick |
Nancy Walters | Bit Part |
Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
Adrienne Fazan | Film Editor |
Jule Styne | Composer |
Betty Comden | Song Writer |
Adolph Green | Song Writer |
Franklin Milton | sound |
George W. Davis | Art Director |
Preston Ames | Art Director |
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby 5.1
IMDb: 0053645