[Al Willis (Gene Barry) places a call. From Naked Alibi (dir. Jerry Hopper, 1954). Click for a larger view.]
The cinematography is by Russell Metty. Among his many credits, The Stranger (1946) and Touch of Evil (1958), both directed by Orson Welles.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Pay-phone noir
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That is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIs that a dime he’s holding?
—Fresca
It could be a dime or a nickel — not sure when the price went up.
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ReplyDeletepossibly still a nickel
Yes. That’s a remarkable closeup.
ReplyDeletemy father had the newspaper stand on the corner of the mayflower on 57th st I use to go there after school everyday so he could use the bathroom at the mayflower. we saw many movie stars there, Stallone,Sinatra, boris Karloff (my father had a fight with him, he was a nasty man boris),Arlene Francis and her husband lived on the opposite corner, Stallone worked at the coronet movie theater as an usher and would come to the newspaper stand and talked to us, he once asked me to go the movies would him I said no. the stories go on and on ...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing them here.
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