Bells Are Ringing

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Plot: Judy Holliday's final film, Bells Are Ringing, is, fittingly enough, a tailor-made vehicle for her brassy talent. She'd won a Tony for the Broadway version of the show, playing an overly sympat...( read more read more... )hetic telephone receptionist who gets involved in her customers' lives. Betty Comden and Adolph Green adapted their stage musical, amusingly framing the film as a TV commercial for "Susanswerphone," the answering service Judy works for. Director Vincente Minnelli, in one of his less inspired outings, seems content to showcase Holliday's crack comic timing, which appears to have been transferred almost intact from the stage. Despite the somewhat muted tone, there are delightful bits: a typical Comden & Green showbiz party (with a number about name-dropping), Frank Gorshin's send-up of a Brando-inflected actor, and Dean Martin crooning while shouldering his way through a Manhattan crowd. "The Party's Over," that unforgettable end-of-the-evening lament, and "Just in Time" are the Jule Styne standards from the score. --Robert Horton

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  • thomasscott2
    thomasscott2
    3.0 Stars
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    March 15, 2008
    This is a delightful comden and Green songs with Judy Holiday reprising her great Broadway performance. Dean Martin is slick as usual.
  • jazzmonk
    jazzmonk
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 7, 2007
    It's worth seeing for Judy Holliday's performance and for Dean singing Just in Time alone. It's a charming movie.
  • ramiraff
    ramiraff
    4.0 Stars
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    February 4, 2007
    Delightful Comden and Green songs with Judy Holiday reprising her great Broadway performance. Dean Martin is slick as usual.
  • thegirlwho
    thegirlwho
    3.5 Stars
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    July 24, 2006
    Cute in some parts, but also kind of dumb. I love Judy Holliday, though, and Dean Martin is sure dreamy in this.

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  • Rated: (Unrated)
  • Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
  • Genres: Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
  • Released: June 23, 1960
  • DVD Released: March 15, 2005

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