Bells Are Ringing

Bells Are Ringing

The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!

Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1960126 min6.5 / 10

A bright, energetic musical comedy about a telephone operator who injects warmth and mischief into the lives of her clients while finding love and purpose herself.

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

Questions people ask

  • Does Bells Are Ringing end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is Bells Are Ringing easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.

  • Is Bells Are Ringing violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Bells Are Ringing scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Bells Are Ringing sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

34/ 100

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