Starring Kay Dowd, Robert Duke, David Street, Barbara Perry, Charles
Kemper
Directed by Leslie Goodwins

Print: black/white
Runtime: 70 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

High up in Actors' Heaven---where those actors who have taken their final
curtain on earth still maintain a lively interest in theatrical activity---there
is a bell which has been named Minnie. When a struggling young actor on
Broadway has sufficient faith in himself---if he believes strongly enough
in his ability and talent---then Minnie rings out clearly, signaling that the
time is right for an angel to leave Actors' Heaven and go down to earth to
help a worthy, but-as-yet-successful actor or actress. When versatile,
young Karen James refuses to be discouraged by her rejection by
producer Rodney Lloyd, Minnie rings out loudly and clearly. Phineas
Aloysius Higby, who was a magician before he was called to Actor's
Heaven, begs to be allowed to go earthward to help Karen and is finally
assigned the job. Phineas rents a room in the theatrical boarding house
run by Madam Della, an ex-prima donna who has never gotten over it.
Karen also lives there, as well as David Randall, a young artist. David
conceals his love for Karen because he believes she loves Paul Blake,
an advertising writer who pretends, for Karen's sake, that he has
playwriting ambitions. Phineas befriends Karen and David and
accompanies them to another audition for Rodney Lloyd, who rejects
Karen again but is entranced by Phineas' magic and tries to sign him up.
Phineas consults Sir Henry Bushnell, head man of Actors' Heaven, and
secures his permission to pretend to be a producer in order to
encourage Karen. Phineas then promises to produce a show to be written
by Paul (who can't write)and to star Karen and her friends, Tiny , Rosie,
Susie , Kay , Barbara, and others, all theatrically ambitious, talented kids
now working in a department store. David dreams up several production
numbers, and even Madam Della's maid, Theresa, who also sings in a
night club, and her accompanist and agent, Cliff , join in with a hot
number of their own. But complications arise and, before long, Phineas
has created many problems and soon has Minnie the Bell ringing
constantly and boisterously.