Bells Are Ringing
1960 · 126 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 3,935 VOTES · DIR. Vincente Minnelli
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,671 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:05 l'll try.
00:04:24 He said it's not quite written yet. and he made me promise to go to the country...
00:06:41 l'm so grateful. l'm sendíng you beautíful ball gown made for _ra_iata.
00:08:34 ...we now have one account instead of two.
00:11:03 -l could tell him. He brings his songs-- -Ella!
00:13:28 -Did you like them? -Oh. yes.
00:16:01 Pla2a O. double 4. double 3
00:19:05 -l'm gonna be in all night working. -Workíng?
00:21:49 He saíd. "John Alden. Wíll you go ask Príscílla to do ít?"
00:24:35 Pretty dull. except for a little modeling on the side.
00:26:56 lf you're here as a secretary. get to the typewriter.
00:29:42 l mean it.
00:31:56 -Hello. -Hello.
00:33:46 But l thought we were gonna go dancing. Just the two of us.
00:36:34 All right. Ella. get up.
00:38:57 ...fíye. LP. Thank you.
00:41:56 l suppose Mary and Ethel will be stopping by after the show.
00:44:32 No. Mary Astor and Ethel Waters.
00:46:37 ...instead of running around and coming home at 7 in the morning...
00:49:47 lt's tíme to call ít a day
00:56:25 He dreams as others do
01:00:33 -All right. you three. come on along. -Wait a minute.
01:06:30 Bye-bye. Barton and Kítchell and Hastíngs
01:11:26 l'll be glad to.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,671
Dialogue density13.3 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line01:11:26
Production Record
DirectorVincente Minnelli
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,935