“An amazing invention – but who would ever want to use one?” – Rutherford B. Hayes
Elvis
It’s a Wonderful Life
Natalie
Blanche
Alice
Sorry Once Again
When Harry Met Sally
Dr. Strangelove
The Birds
Attack of the Puppet People
The Cocoanuts
How to…
Mr. Charles
Gentleman’s Agreement
Arthur in Mr. Smith
Cary Grant
A Star is Born ’37
Potter
How to Steal a Million
The Jackpot
Harlow
Callaway Went Thataway
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Clay Pigeon
Bette
King of Phone skits
Lou
Hands Across the Table
Nora Prentiss
Lucy
Baby Jane
Psycho
42nd Street
Spanky
Touch of Evil
Mary Tyler Moore
The Towering Inferno
When a Stranger Calls
Hitch
Ernestine
Deadline, USA
Wrong Number again
Notorious Lovers
The Misfits
D.O.A.
Commissioner Gordon on the Batphone
A Hard Day’s Night
Judy
Chico
Oscar Madison
The Prowler
Stanny
Phyllis Kirk Thin Man TV Series
Ava
Buster Keaton
Fail Safe
Mr. Smith in Washington
Imitation of Life
Crawford and giant phone
Tony
Melanie
Smart and 99
Joan Blondell
Brief Encounter
Double Indemnity
Bye Bye Birdie
Welles
His Girl Friday
Humoresque
Klute
Halloween
Send Me No Flowers
ZaSu in Private Scandal
Laura
A Touch of Larceny
Dick Clark
Brute Force
Laurel and Hardy
Audrey
Torn Curtain
Johnny Apollo
The Ameche
Heaven Can Wait
The him of His Girl Friday
Number, Please?
Patty Duke
Mr. Ed and Wilbur
Twilight Zone – Living Doll
Dial M
A Foreign Affair
Bringing Up Baby
Kent and Superman
Thomas Crown
Wrong Number
The Bad and the Beautiful
Ransom
Butterfield *
The Murder Man
Night Call – The Twilight Zone
Kate
Vivien, Dark Journey
Soap Opera Phone Face
Co-star in NxNW
Thing
Forbidden
Victim 1961
The Band Wagon
Rafter Romance
Dietrich
Hitchcock
Morticia
Jack
Midnight Lace
Traveling Saleslady
Call Northside 777
Bells are Ringing
Naked City
Pure Cary
Sweet Smell of Success
Sorry, Wrong Number
Two for the Seesaw
Pillow Talk
Corleone Gold Phone
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
A Day at the Races
Three Strangers
The Great Ziegfeld
More Pillow Talk
The Stranger
Watch on the Rhine
Anchors Aweigh
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Anita Page
Dial M for Murder
Kubrick
Mr. Gable
Sandra Dee
I Wake Up Screaming
Landau NxNW
Marilyn
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Loy and Powell
Garbo
Rosemary
Michael Corleone
Sorrowful Jones
Angels With Dirty Faces
Oliver
Marty
Gun Crazy
Wrong Number Again, Sorry
Clay Pigeon
Pure Bogie
Rear Window
Rita
Bacall and Bogie
Ms. Moorehead
Little Caesar
Son of Flubber
Samantha
Graham Bell
Ace in the Hole
Joan Crawford and her Oscar
From Russia with Love
Angel Face
Thelma in Pillow Talk
Doris
Fabulous! But where ‘s the Ameche man.
Funny! Added him and a few others while having coffee this morning, but forgot to update the gallery. Just did it. I’d’ve been oblivious without your reminder so THANKS!! 🙂
Loved this look at that contraption in film and tv shows-shared it on facebook. 🙂
Yay! 🙂
Fab collection – everyone’s here! I LOVE how you included an article on how to use the telephone.
Oh be still my thumping heart!!!! That Gene Kelly moment in Anchors Aweigh! Golly. Just watched the other night, too, JUST for that… and if course watched the rest, and later rewound it… 😉
The soap opera face killed me!!! Bwa-ha-ha!!! This is awesome, Aurora! You made my day! 😀
Reblogged this on goosepimply all over and commented:
Classic telephone moments!! Wouldn’t have thought much about them if it weren’t for my pal, Aurora at Once Upon a Screen!! 🙂 They give me a happy face today!! (Thanks bunches!!) Especially, the ever-so-smooth Gene Kelly on that phone in Anchors Aweigh – even showing Mr. Sinatra a thing or two! Sigh…
Yep, the telephone. A very important instrument in the days when there was no email (yes, children, there are those of us who remember the days when you couldn’t email a friend or even speak by cell phone and if you wanted to call someone while you were out the house you had to, gasp, actually find a telephone booth and have enough change to call someone).
Tam
Very creative post 🙂
And fun to do. 🙂
Yes, I can imagine!