Kit Marlowe (Bette Davis) needs to pay a visit to no-good Lucien Grant. He’s been messing around with Kit’s best friend’s daughter. Now, where does he live? Ah — there’s his address. Better take it with you. Rrrrip.
It’s not uncommon in old movies for someone to tear a page from a public telephone directory. Tearing a page from your own directory — that’s another story. Kit Marlowe is angry, so angry that she doesn’t even notice the glitch in this directory’s alphabetizing.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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I think many times they tore out the page because they didn't have pencil and paper. Or maybe they didn't want someone else to find the person.
But what if I wanted the address of someone on the back of the page? ; )
I wonder how many phone books were publicly available. Did they leave them at every house or only if you had a phone then.
Our phone exchange growing up was JE (Jefferson) with area code of 913 and 316. 316 is the reverse of 913. If I remember right the state was somewhat divided in half horizontally. 913 above and 316 below. With mobile phones they have added 2 more area codes. But in NH there is still only one area code 603 for landlines and mobile phones.
Kirsten
Yikes — I replied yesterday, Kirsten, or thought I did. I’m having difficulty with Blogger comments.
Anyway:
I wish I knew the answer about phone books. My guess is that in cities it might have been more cost-effective to have one per address, regardless of whether someone had a phone. In other words, leave enough books in the foyer of a building for every apartment. Even people without phones would need to look up numbers (and addresses) before using a neighbor’s phone or a drugstore phone. And having a phone book might prompt someone to get a phone.
My first job (in high school, just a few days one fall) was delivering the new phone books. Not fun!
Remember that in many places the phone book's Yellow Pages were are revenue source for phone companies. I suspect that wider distribution of the book resulted in greater revenue.
That’s a good point. Greater distribution, higher ad rates.
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