“An amazing invention – but who would ever want to use one?” – Rutherford B. Hayes
Rosemary
Mary Tyler Moore
Doris
Mr. Smith in Washington
Crawford and giant phone
Arthur in Mr. Smith
Fail Safe
When a Stranger Calls
Wrong Number
Bringing Up Baby
Three Strangers
A Star is Born ’37
Melanie
Anchors Aweigh
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Oscar Madison
Kubrick
Loy and Powell
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
The Murder Man
Sorry Once Again
Audrey
Chico
Attack of the Puppet People
The Stranger
Lucy
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Wrong Number Again, Sorry
Ace in the Hole
Michael Corleone
Elvis
Rear Window
Bells are Ringing
Sandra Dee
Little Caesar
Imitation of Life
The Misfits
Thelma in Pillow Talk
Tony
Thomas Crown
Thing
Patty Duke
Midnight Lace
Natalie
Blanche
Psycho
How to…
Double Indemnity
Clay Pigeon
Co-star in NxNW
Victim 1961
Hands Across the Table
Alice
Pure Cary
His Girl Friday
The Ameche
Brute Force
Son of Flubber
Welles
Dietrich
Stanny
Pillow Talk
The Towering Inferno
Marty
Commissioner Gordon on the Batphone
Harlow
Butterfield *
Ms. Moorehead
It’s a Wonderful Life
Dial M
Graham Bell
The Great Ziegfeld
Joan Blondell
Dick Clark
Two for the Seesaw
Kent and Superman
Smart and 99
The Band Wagon
Oliver
Rafter Romance
Landau NxNW
More Pillow Talk
Marilyn
Potter
Mr. Gable
Rita
Sorrowful Jones
Jack
Wrong Number again
Sweet Smell of Success
Ransom
Spanky
Clay Pigeon
The Bad and the Beautiful
Kate
A Touch of Larceny
Callaway Went Thataway
Gun Crazy
Send Me No Flowers
Lou
Naked City
A Hard Day’s Night
Hitch
Corleone Gold Phone
Morticia
The Jackpot
Dr. Strangelove
I Wake Up Screaming
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Traveling Saleslady
The Birds
Garbo
Klute
Nora Prentiss
Halloween
Vivien, Dark Journey
Pure Bogie
Joan Crawford and her Oscar
Soap Opera Phone Face
Night Call – The Twilight Zone
Laurel and Hardy
Humoresque
D.O.A.
Dial M for Murder
The him of His Girl Friday
Mr. Ed and Wilbur
Cary Grant
Heaven Can Wait
Number, Please?
How to Steal a Million
Brief Encounter
Angel Face
Angels With Dirty Faces
Anita Page
ZaSu in Private Scandal
Twilight Zone – Living Doll
King of Phone skits
Watch on the Rhine
Torn Curtain
Touch of Evil
Samantha
Notorious Lovers
Gentleman’s Agreement
42nd Street
Hitchcock
Judy
Johnny Apollo
Baby Jane
Deadline, USA
Ernestine
Mr. Charles
Laura
A Day at the Races
From Russia with Love
The Prowler
Sorry, Wrong Number
Bacall and Bogie
Buster Keaton
Call Northside 777
Phyllis Kirk Thin Man TV Series
Bye Bye Birdie
When Harry Met Sally
Forbidden
The Cocoanuts
Ava
A Foreign Affair
Bette
Once upon a screen... 
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!