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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 27, 2020 0:49:14 GMT
Movies with crucial scenes of people using telephones _ essays, comments, images are (as always) welcome and encouraged ![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-07bk0MlD6KE/UGHcatqppvI/AAAAAAAACd4/ZmLtjnWtxpI/s1600/dial-m-for-murder1.jpg) ![](http://www.winwallpapers.net/w1/2014/09/Dial-M-for-Murder-1954-Wallpapers-11.jpg)
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 27, 2020 0:52:44 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 27, 2020 1:01:44 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 27, 2020 1:08:31 GMT
Sweet Bird of Youth - best scene in the movie - ![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4b/d7/e4/4bd7e484a916632e21caf4225ac00d4c.jpg) All the President's Men - many scenes.... ![](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/KuNr_0_SLB977dhIpdsRaWeCgJY=/0x0:1872x1052/1200x800/filters:focal(274x175:572x473)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/54719051/allthepres.0.png)
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 27, 2020 1:09:58 GMT
Failsafe ![](https://www.clydefitchreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/failsafehagmanfonda-e1518024500529.png)
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 27, 2020 1:14:41 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 27, 2020 1:16:29 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:24:45 GMT
According to Oscar Lore, it was the phone scene in The Great Ziegfeld that won Best Actress for Louise Rainer, The Viennese Teardrop. ![](https://nitratediva.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/vlcsnap-2014-12-30-16h14m57s39.png)
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:32:30 GMT
Deanna Durbin is being watched by thug Allan Jenkins in Lady On A Train ![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fECRyubVjds/hqdefault.jpg)
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2020 1:34:18 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:37:37 GMT
Tom Hardy is on his (hands-free) car phone for the entire 85 minutes of Locke (2013). ![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Ao2r6qD22A/maxresdefault.jpg)
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Post by london777 on Jan 27, 2020 1:39:11 GMT
What is interesting is how many plots of earlier movies would have been invalid had cell-phones then existed. Even today, films sometimes use contrived excuses as to why a character cannot do the obvious thing and make a phone-call.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:44:33 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:52:09 GMT
"Marty" keeps calling but just can't get a date. ![](https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/ernest-borgnine-on-phone-in-a-scene-from-the-film-marty-1955-picture-id169427693)
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:54:52 GMT
What is interesting is how many plots of earlier movies would have been invalid had cell-phones then existed. Even today, films sometimes use contrived excuses as to why a character cannot do the obvious thing and make a phone-call. I have noticed how many recent films have been set in the 1970s or '80s. I think it is precisely for this reason.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2020 2:31:08 GMT
Haven't seen THE STERILE CUCKOO since it was released, bravo, but, oh did I love it then!! Ever since seeing The Sterile Cuckoo, I've had a soft spot and some sympathy for the often-troubled Liza Minelli.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2020 2:35:47 GMT
The Misfits ![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vsj8GpOmKN8/hqdefault.jpg) Dirty Harry ![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d7UV15rxFVc/VuFGSmAOQsI/AAAAAAAAj58/BpDISMQD26A/s1600/dirtyharry.jpg)
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 27, 2020 2:40:41 GMT
Midnight Lace - 1960 Doris Day is plagued by a series of threatening phone calls. ![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6kYzhJGqq2M/TTevovXWVjI/AAAAAAAAMDk/ULEJ81gnUIA/s395/Midnight%2BLace-008.bmp) ![](https://dustedoff.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/pic22.png) The Slender Thread - 1965 Crisis line volunteer Sidney Poitier picks up for suicidal Anne Bancroft. ![](http://mojtv.hr/images/cb5dbd29-a45f-4b61-bda3-1595e8b98c10.jpg) The Human Voice - 1967 Ingrid Bergman carries a one-woman show with a drawn-out lovers' breakup by phone. ![](http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/2016/05/the-human-voice-940x530_0.png)
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2020 2:43:52 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 2:56:24 GMT
From Hitchcock's Rebecca: ![](https://theblondeatthefilm.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/rebecca-fontaine-phone-call.jpg)
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