Re: Telephone Dialing in Old Movies

May 22, 2007 0 Replies
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> But that wasn't what happened in the unnamed movie: in that case,


>> the wife clearly (and nervously) dialed four digits on a rotary >> dial phone.
>> I wish I could remember the name of that movie. Anybody recognize >> it?

John Mays> A Perfect World?


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A lot older than that, I'm afraid. I saw it when I was in college in Ann Arbor, so it must have been before 1966. Back in the days when the price of admission was $0.90!


Neal McLain



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