A Chicago-to-Los Angeles train pulls up to a station for a brief stop. Sandwiches, coffee, and telegrams await. From The Narrow Margin (dir. Richard Fleischer, 1952). Click any image for a larger view.
[Det. Sgt. Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) walks into the Western Union office. That guy reading a newspaper: one Joseph Kemp (David Clarke).]
[It’s always busy.]
[Composing the message. Don’t even think of stealing that pencil.]
[All done.]
[The only problem is that bad guys like Kemp also know how to send telegrams.]
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i still have the one and only telegram i have ever received. a friend of my parents sent it to me for one of my birthdays. on paper like they used to do including the teletype printout that was cut and pasted on the page.
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Elaine received two; me, none. Yet another one of the dividing lines as time moves on: did you ever send or receive a telegram?
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ReplyDeleteP.S. I have never sent a telegram but got one once with birthday greetings--I think I was turning 15 (1976)?
ReplyDeleteI just remembered that I have a telegram — something glued into “C” magazine (so styled) — Ted Berrigan’s side-stapled mimeo effort. It’s in there as, I guess, a one-of-a-kind page. Must look ... later.
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