Telephone Operator (1937) DRAMA

Stars: Judith Allen, Grant Withers and Warren Hymer
Director: Scott Pembroke
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.

[@Victor-hz6hz]

total gems... perfect for cozying up on a nice warm couch on a cool desert night with a good snack to enjoy..these movies even if they were b still had quality and character....

[@Victor-hz6hz]

thanks 🍕 pizza flicks

[@darleneharris5157]

Love 💕 all these black and white movies!! Oldies but goodies!!

[@darleneharris5157]

Do that mean 😢 would be put on

[@mallenjm252]

This was such a great film with so many important life lessons! With all that has been going wrong in our world from miscommunication. Films such as these become tools of common sense! Reminding humanity that it's imperative to stick together and care for once another. Keeping one another informed of facts not fictitious reports of the worlds lost wicked ways. If you pay attention you can HEAR the shouts of the unsung heroes in times of great tragedy! Our first responders dispatches pole climbers and operators Encourging people that help is on the way! They even mention the Red Cross. There was a time when hard times brought out the best in humanity. I pray we return there once again..And I most earnestly hope it will take no further catostophies to achieve that goal!

[@dubliners0999]

I love this film. It's action and comedy... and shows how decent people can be.

[@thecupofjoek]

The old days. What a difference huh! Now I can appreciate saying that exact phrase the good old days. We are so far away from this and I see every day the downside to our so called technological advances of improvement... certain instances the improvement would be turning back time. Thank you for your share.

[@playsindirtnapsalot.299]

Thanks PizzaFlix, great film, the scenery, old houses, trucks, lines, and the flood footage were phenomenal. Also made me sad to see again when the country was full of real jobs. Very sweet, loved the characters. Very nice!

[@leeannenewman4975]

I really enjoyed this film,& a truly nice way to start the morning,a hot cup of tea ☕ with some toast 🍞 & a good classic to view,much gratitude for this share 🙂

[@thecupofjoek]

Very enjoyable didn't forsee the ending so that was exciting. My mother began as a switch board operator to a foreman. It was nice to have a glimpse into her time and life as well. Great movie. Thank you. Jo

[@mariantreber8055]

My mom was an operator, then, too. "Special Operator. "

[@jwilcox4726]

I was a PBX switchboard operator for: Pacific Glen Hospital, Pacific Ave., Glandale, CA it was older than the ones where they push in a cord and turn no bottom level on bottom of row. Much faster that way. At the same time the first drive-thru In N Out hamburger place opened up in Covina I think or Glendora, CA. Can't wait for the ending after my nap.

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Fantastic fun movie. First class American made film showing the history of our communication system in our country. 😊😊😊

[@bettythebutcher]

Great upload, thank you so much! Great performances by a great bunch of mugs :) And I love how everyone pitches in at the end, especially the tireless and heroic switchboard operators!

[@awomanwithaplan]

This is so great! Like watching the Three Stooges minus some of the mishaps...but the two mugs who can do the work of 10 men, brag like Moe with similar results. So much fun!! Thank you for this!!!

[@Mummy1952x]

Excellent film,and lots of humour.

[@pattygonzales9605]

Cute movie, enjoyed it very much.

[@90FF1]

Good movie. Love the kid with his shortwave radio. Reminded me of myself about that same age. Wanting to stay up all night when reception was best. I'm sitting here wondering why the doors of the truck were papered over. Borrowed from someone for the filming? Thanks for bringing this one to KZbin.

[@WorkshopPops]

wow it blows my mind how much work they did making this movie in 1937

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

This was an Excellent Movie!!

[@waderaney7]

Excellent ☺

[@benjaminfreyman4273]

Yup, true that but a nice bedtime movie with tea. Always a happy ending.

[@robbinpapalucas6613]

This was a good one thanks.

[@Jah-Love]

Loved this movie - goes into my list of favorites and the best I've ever seen even though I didn't think such would be the case when I first started watching it. But some movies I find are like some people - all they need is to be given a chance. You'll be glad that you did.

[@lesterbiggins3772]

Loved it x

[@coobay978]

Another great picture show!!!

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Sweet description, I can't recall the last time I heard the term "picture show"! 10-Q, Coo!

[@EdgarPerez-yv7et]

Great movie 🎥

[@quickchris10comcast]

I really wonder where the stock footage of the flooding came from. It could have been the Johnstown, Pennsylvania of 1936, which also included Pittsburgh.

[@oliveoil2x]

Christina M that 1936 New England flood may have been the main inspiration for this film. The New England historical society recaps the town to town destruction caused by that flood year - records still stand today. Of Hartford, Connecticut - they tell a story of an upriver dam failing and releasing 8 million gallons of water. Here’s a direct description: “Not a single phone in the city worked. Switchboard operators came to work by rowboat to restore phone service. They then had to walk along an emergency catwalk from one building to the next.” www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-new-england-flood-1936/

[@quickchris10comcast]

@@oliveoil2x Makes sense! Because kind of an odd story, the kind of thing ``you can't make up?''

[@deguilhemcorinne418]

Thank you Christina M for asking and Bonnie Haeberle for providing most interesting answer : four stars comments ! That makes the movie even more enjoyable

[@quickchris10comcast]

You betcha! My stepmom's parents survived later flooding in Johnstown PA after the ``unbreakable'' dam they built after the 1936 flood broke. This was in the '70's? It caused the flooding of the past generation to be revisited.

[@Jeff-uj8xi]

Dayton, Ohio had a big flood too. The Miami River.

[@marktuyet]

Thank you .

[@gailfisher1350]

I've been noticing that Phil Rosen has directed many films during this time. Not this movie , maybe. Don't know.

[@amgrumm]

“Someone must have left the door open, a couple of horseflies got in”

[@sharonspencer2312]

This is another great one! Thanks

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you.

[@suzieqwonder3089]

Interesting film!

[@dcaraway3809]

actress who played helen was so beautiful

[@garrysekelli6776]

Not anymore.

[@pattygonzales9605]

@@garrysekelli6776 Did you even read his comment?? He said 'was'.

[@kathleen3379]

awesome....

[@Billys-Joint]

That truck = super hip

[@garbostyle1]

They barely made it to the gas pump , told the attendant to fill it up and it cost two dollars even. Ahhh, for the good old days.

[@harrycallahan8573]

Great movie!!

[@bobbythorman7421]

Niagra falls is good for a honeymoon so they say.🤣🤣

[@respecthewoman]

what they never mention in movies like this is that a lot of operators got sick working on those switch boards. Her not leaving was making me edgy. lol.

[@deeb2021]

Why did they get sick?

[@MerleOberon]

I thought I recognized Shorty from 'Destry Rides Again'.

[@acastrohowell]

I enjoyed it

[@ladyleesutter]

Earmark to watch later, esp for COMEDY, Humour.

[@quickchris10comcast]

And sexism. 'Could not believe those girls ended up dating those wise guys.

[@Large011]

24 minutes in and I'm cracking up. Thanks Pizza Flicks

[@dnb-ang]

Love Alice White!

[@waderaney7]

Alice was a cutie☺

[@wildbluewings]

There was this one short film I saw on the Turner Classic Movies channel, but I don't remember the name of it or who the actors were! It was about this phone booth that seemed tough to get calls through, and this guy kept getting hung up on or contacting the wrong people, then this lady came along and her calls went right through, after she said something along the lines of "I don't know the area code" or something. It was just hilarious! Does it sound familiar to anyone, or do you know what it is? Please let me know if you do! Thanks!

[@leelarson107]

Check out that dance music at 6:50. That's the same soundtrack as was used in 'Bank Alarm', 1937.

[@henrymerino6038]

Was that flood for real ? Well made movie

[@valerieb.williams8773]

Does anybody know if Sarah the telephone operator on Green Acres and the Andy Griffith is the same Sarah?

[@sharonspencer2312]

Don't know.

[@karenatha7890]

Genetic operator name for small towns. Not all Sarah though.

[@tinklvsme]

🌟🌟

[@tinklvsme]

Truth, this happens in Los Angeles, 700 peopledoed, it went out at 12 am. All be a of water greed! It stoped when it hit the ocean. Where !agic Mountain is now. That what Mullholand drive was named after 1 of the greedy men., google ask a motion, she has an interesting show. 👀😪💧

[@virtualgrace251]

What the danged ending? It cut off.

[@ToniA5555]

It cut off with the words "The End."

[@fluffmcmuff6801]

13:37 Sold by the pound?

[@RickOShay4u]

Not my cuppa tea!😞

[@usermikes]

Great little movie...To bad Grant Withers took his own life..

[@WWG1WWGA]

Wow!!! Someone ain't getting his share of pussy

[@quickchris10comcast]

He the one who played the instigator in the movie? (I was shocked when he took a swing at Mr. Somers at the dance; Mr. Somers outweighed him by so much, I would think in real life a bully would have backed down.) So sad when one hears of a suicide? I will have to make a study of some of his movies.

[@stepno]

I wonder where the flooding footage came from... But there were plenty of flooding disasters in the '30s... If the film was made later in the year, they might have used an Ohio River flood in late January and February 1937. Wikipedia: "With damage stretching from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died..." The Johnstown and Pittsburgh flood of 1936 is another possibility. Or maybe the failure of the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles County in 1928 that killed 431 people. Close enough to Hollywood, I suppose.

[@Billys-Joint]

hehe fun1

[@Muertes-tf2oj]

Alice White deserved better than this.

[@budhalbr]

That's what happens when you aid in the betrayal of others. She deserved to be fired and more. Not a good moral lesson.

[@sharonjohnson1702]

Sometimes not all the time

[@oliveoil2x]

I think she didn’t want to see her friend ruin something she couldn’t recover from. The married friend seemed unaware of the good life she had & was foolishly juvenile in regards to her marriage and relationship. I think the main gal was trying to help save her friend’s & Boss’ relationship by tarnishing her own. I thought it was not so much about covering the adulterous act (which she obviously did not approve of) but more a gesture toward wanting to preserve the good things in life & not loosing it all over a dumb mistake - or in this case - a silly flirtation. Just how it came across to me.

[@oldhat2u]

@@oliveoil2x I agree. ;^)-