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Telephone Operator

  • 19371937
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 10m
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5.6/10
183
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Judith Allen in Telephone Operator (1937)
ActionDramaRomance
A telephone operator covering for a friend's "fling" finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications.A telephone operator covering for a friend's "fling" finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications.A telephone operator covering for a friend's "fling" finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
183
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    • Scott Pembroke
    • John W. Krafft(story)
    • Scott Darling(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Judith Allen
    • Grant Withers
    • Warren Hymer
    • Scott Pembroke
    • John W. Krafft(story)
    • Scott Darling(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Judith Allen
    • Grant Withers
    • Warren Hymer
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    • 12User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Judith Allen in Telephone Operator (1937)
    Judith Allen, Warren Hymer, Alice White, and Grant Withers in Telephone Operator (1937)
    Telephone Operator (1937)
    Judith Allen in Telephone Operator (1937)

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    Judith Allen
    Judith Allen
    • Helen Molloy
    Grant Withers
    Grant Withers
    • Red
    Warren Hymer
    Warren Hymer
    • Shorty
    Alice White
    Alice White
    • Dottie Stengal
    Ronnie Cosby
    Ronnie Cosby
    • Ted Molloy
    • (as Ronnie Cosbey)
    Pat Flaherty
    Pat Flaherty
    • Tom Sommers
    Greta Granstedt
    Greta Granstedt
    • Sylvia Sommers
    William Haade
    William Haade
    • Heaver
    Cornelius Keefe
    Cornelius Keefe
    • Pat Campbell
    Dorothy Vaughan
    Dorothy Vaughan
    • Mrs. Molloy
    • (as Dorothy Vaughn)
    Mildred Gover
    • Lydia
    Ethel Jackson
    Walter McGrail
    Walter McGrail
    Pat McCall
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      • Scott Pembroke
      • John W. Krafft(story)
      • Scott Darling(screenplay)
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      The earliest documented telecast of this film took place in New York City Friday 5 May 1950 on the Night Owl Theatre on WPIX (Channel 11).

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    3/10
    Cheap Old Stuff
    Not sure how this film is getting such a high rating, there are other films that would deserve a higher one and aren't going past the 6 out of ten mark.

    Anyways, this is really dull stuff. I watch a lot of old cheap production of the day, most of this stuff is free domain and can be watched on archive.org. The majority involves the same formulas, but there is always something charming about them that really gets to you. Most of them, however, are simply cheap and dull.

    This one film is based around the fling between two telephone operating ladies and two linemen, which takes place in the middle of a rainstorm that turns into a disaster when the dam breaks. I'm not into disaster films, I find them two dimensional crap, but when a film is so evenly divided into two parts - the cheesy romantic comedy with the usual sketchy characters, and the dramatic disaster flick which it turns into towards the end - it's hard to know why anyone would consider it worth watching. Furthermore, the lines in this film are not memorable at all, and seem to be the rejects from the famous one liners that were in films of the time.

    Plus, speaking of dialogue, I realise the speech of those times was different, and I really do like it, don't get me wrong. But even I can get fed up of hearing 'gee that's swell' or 'that's fine' in the same tone of voice. Eventually you think everyone is trying to be a louder version of Humphrey Bogart (one of my heroes).
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      • December 7, 1937 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Monogram Pictures
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    • 1 hour 10 minutes
      • Black and White

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