Bells Are Ringing
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Movie Reviews of Bells Are Ringing
Movie Review: Just In Time...Bells Are Ringing is on DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
Back at a time when there were no answering machines, all smart New Yorkers solved there problems by subscribing to Susanswerphone.
Ella Peterson (Judy Holliday) is the switchboard operator for Suanswerphone, along with her cousin and owner of the business, Sue (Jean Stapleton). Ella, also known as Melisande Scott, is very committed to her job and enjoys helping out each subscriber in a personal way - whether it be a muster plaster for an opera star with laryngitis, a suit for an aspiring actor, or a break for a dentist composing songs on an air hose. But the subscriber Ella spends most of her time on is Mr. "Plaza O Double 4 Double 3" a.k.a Jeffrey Moss (Dean Martin), a struggling play writer who fondly refers to her as "Mom." They have "the perfect relationship. She can't see him and he can't see her." But that's about to change! And does Jeff get a surprise when he finds out that "Mom" isn't an old lady at all, but a very cute and charming blonde.
Judy Holliday's film career got started with the help of Katharine Hepburn, who Judy starred with in Adam's Rib (1949), along with Spencer Tracy. Bells are Ringing was Judy Holliday's final film after winning a Tony for her Broadway version. It was also the final musical that director Vincente Minnelli and screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green did together.
So, now that the party's over, I may as well say - This movie is a whole lot of fun for everyone!
Movie Review: What can Suesanswerphone do for you?
Summary: 5 Stars
Stage play brought to the big screen and finally to DVD and you.
Several plots overlap. I will not go into detail as it is fun to be surprised.
However working as an operator for a phone answering service Ella Peterson (Judy Holliday) is in the perfect location to here people problems, and schemes to help them. At first she passes information on by phone. When one customer unplugs, she decides to help in person. She takes on an alias "Melisande Scott" and falling in love with customer, Jeffrey Moss (Dean Martin), she takes on more than she bargained for.
Mean while Inspector Barns suspects that the answering service is a front for some hanky panky and is looking for an excuse to put the lot of them in the woman's' detention center.
And J. Otto Prantz just sold 5000 copies of Beethoven's Tenth, Op. 6.
Lots of song including "Plaza O, Double Four, Double Three" and dance scenes. The still camera gives it that stage musical feel but it only adds to the fun.
One note on the DVD. The outtakes with the exception of one Dean Martin song "My Guiding Star" were best taken out as they distracted form the rest of the story.
Born Yesterday. by Garson Kanin (Paperback - Jan 1951)
Born Yesterday
Movie Review: A great film!
Summary: 5 Stars
Bells are Ringing ran on Broadway for years and Judy Holiday made it her own special show, with Sidney Chaplin as her love over the phone. This film version has Dean Martin in the Chaplin role and Dean is a major plus as always. Both he and Judy Holiday mix in so well, it almost feels as if there should have been a sequel, they are so likable and so talented.
The only things missing are at least two pivotal songs, "Long Before I Knew You," and "Tsu Tsu I luff you." There is also the "Hello, Hello There" number when she and Dean are walking down the street. You can tell the song is about to begin and then the film swiftly cuts to another scene. I have often wondered if there were more outakes, possibly of these songs, as there is of "Is It A Crime?" "Long before I knew You" cannot be replaced by "It's better than a Dream." I do know that Betty Comden and Adolf Greene were having anxiety attacks when "Long before..." was cut, thinking they were in "It's Always Fair Weather" again( a great musical by the way from 1955).Andre Previn was at it again with "Bells.." and thank God he didn't throw out "The Party's Over."
In any case, this is not be missed, and avoid the newer Bdway soundtrack, and try the 1956 sound track for all of the songs, and the 1960 sdtrack for Judy and Dean.
Movie Review: Bells are Ringing
Summary: 5 Stars
I adore this musical; there is not a single thing that I do not love about it. Dean Martin and Judy Holliday are wonderful together. Dean is handsome and wonderful as the playwright, Judy is hilarious as the woman that just cannot stay out of other people's business. The songs are wonderful, the lines snappy. If you love Dean, this is your movie. If you love Judy, this is still for you. If you love musicals, yeah, you guessed it, this one is the one. Whatever the case, you won't go wrong by getting this movie. You'll love it.Movie Review: Entertainment when the word meant something
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this film as a child. The nuances were lost on me then, but as an adult I have seen it many times, and thoroughly enjoyed it every time. Judy Holliday left us far too soon. Few people sparkle off the screen as you see them, but she did here. It's just a lot of fun from start to finish with a number of songs and routines that are real show-stoppers.