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Telephone Operator (1937)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. Director:Scott Pembroke |
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Judith Allen | ... |
Helen Molly
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Grant Withers | ... |
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Warren Hymer | ... |
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Dottie Stengal
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Ronnie Cosby | ... |
Ted Molloy
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Tom Sommers
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Sylvia Sommers
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Pat Campbell
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Mrs. Molloy
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Helen Malloy (Judith Allen), a telephone operator covering for an absent friend, Dottie Stengal (Alice White) 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. Written by Les Adams <[email protected]>
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telephone | telephone operator | flood | disaster | mother son relationship |Taglines:
Suddenly...disaster struck at the happiness of these two lovers...as raging flood waters swept them into the dark terror of the night! See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
7 December 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The version I downloaded from the Internet Archive must be heavily cut, as it's only 53m. Despite this inexcusable decimation, I found this flick to be quite satisfying, for what it is. We've got cocksure telephone linesmen, surly switchboard operators, kids with shortwave radios, a failing dam, and a terrific flood - 30's style, and stuffed into little more than an hour! The cast are all sufficiently capable in their roles, particularly leads Allen and Withers, but it was the colorful details that really sustained my interest. Things like Helen's kid brother setting his alarm for 5 so he can listen to a Boy Scout rally from England on the shortwave. The film is a nifty little time capsule of the 1930's telecommunications industry at work, and its importance to daily life in that decade.