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Bells Are Ringing   1960     3 stars    N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli  
Cast: Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark, Eddie Foy Jr., Jean Stapleton, Frank Gorshin, Ruth Storey, Dort Clark, Ralph Roberts, Valerie Allen, Bernard West, Steve Peck, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Ames, Jan Arvan

  Judy Holliday recreates her Broadway role of Manhattan telephone operator Ella Peterson who works for an answering service run by her cousin, Sue (Jean Stapleton). Ella gets involved with her clients and, while on the phone with playwright Jeffrey Moss (Dean Martin), Ella falls in love with him. Problems develop because Ella will not reveal her true identity, but Moss and other clients appear together at Ella's doorstep, and all ends happily. The songs include "Just in Time" and "The Party's Over." The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.



Cast
Judy Holliday Ella Peterson
Dean Martin Jeffrey Moss
Fred Clark Larry Hastings
Eddie Foy Jr. J.Otto Prantz
Jean Stapleton Sue
Frank Gorshin Blake Barton
Ruth Storey Gwynne
Dort Clark Inspector Barnes
Ralph Roberts Francis
Valerie Allen Olga
Bernard West Dr. Joe Kitchell, DDS
Steve Peck Gangster
Gerry Mulligan Ella's Blind Date
Jimmy Ames Bernie Donstock
Jan Arvan Headwaiter

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The Blue Gardenia   1953     2 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang  
Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey, Ray Walker, Nat King Cole

  After finding out that her soldier/boyfriend has found a new girlfriend, Norah (Anne Baxter) goes out with Harry (Raymond Burr). The blind date doesn't go well for Norah. Returning to Harry's place after having too much to drink, he makes a pass at her, and she takes a poker to him. Later, after Harry is found dead, Norah assumes she did it while drunk, and now a reporter (Richard Conte) is on her trail. OK film noir.


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In Cold Blood   1967     3 and a half stars    N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks  
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Jeff Corey, Paul Stewart, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, John Gallaudet, James Flavin, Charles McGraw, Will Geer, John McLiam, Ruth Storey, Vaughn Taylor

  This film is the adaptation of Truman Capote's account of the true story about two Kansas killers (Robert Blake and Scott Wilson). The script traces the events from the planning through the execution of the murder, and on to the final hanging of the killers. John Forsythe plays the detective who broke the case. A great film.


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1. Bells Are Ringing (1960)
2. The Blue Gardenia (1953)
3. In Cold Blood (1967)


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