Bells Are Ringing is a 1960romantic comedy-musical film, directed by Vincente Minnelli. It starred popular film actress of the fifties Judy Holliday alongside Dean Martin. The storyline follows Holliday's character "Ella Peterson", a telephone operator in contemporary America, who falls in love with one of her clients. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Romantic comedy films are a sub-genre of comedy films as well as of romance films. ... The art of singing and dancing in a prepared fictional play has been a time-honored tradition ranging to the early days of civilization. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Judy Holliday (June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress. ... Dean Martin at a St. ...
Bells Are Ringing was the final musical produced by MGM's "Freed Unit", headed by producer Arthur Freed, which had been responsible for many of the studio's greatest musical successes, such as Singin' in the Rain, An American in Paris and Gigi. Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 - April 12, 1973) was born Arthur Grossman in Charleston, South Carolina. ... Singin in the Rain is a song with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown, published in 1929. ... An American in Paris is a symphonic composition by American composer George Gershwin which debuted in 1928. ... Gigi is a 1958 motion picture musical set in Paris, France. ...
The last MGM musical of legendary producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli, and librettists Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Bells Are Ringing (1960) is a worthy swan song for them all, though its main asset is the irreplaceable Judy Holliday, in her last film role before succumbing to breast cancer five short years later.
Bells Are Ringing works best when the focus is on Ella's unique relationship with the subscribers, which really should have been the focus all along.
Filmed in Panavision (though officially presented in CinemaScope), Bells Are Ringing has been mastered in its original 2.35:1 theatrical aspect ratio in 16:9 anamorphic wide screen.
Bells Are Ringing opens at the Plymouth Theatre (236 West 45th Street) on Thursday, April 12, with preview periormances beginning on Tuesday, March 13.
Bells Are Ringing also stars David Garrison (Titanic, "Married With Children") as Sandor and Beth Fowler (Beauty and the Beast, Sweeney Todd) as Sue.
Bells Are Ringing has sets by Riccardo Hernandez, costumes by David C. Woolard, lighting by Donald Holder and orchestrations by Don Sebesky.
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