Along Party Lines (1946)

★★★★ · get off the phone · Spuzz · 2014-05-31

Very entertaining film made for phone operators about the many problems you may encounter from customers about party lines. Now me, not knowing anything, thought this was like 3-way calling. But NO. This was a line that 2 or more households shared during the olden days of telephone wiring (I think) and many people had to share the line, and wait their turn. Very interesting. Anyways, there were many problems (as outlined in this film!) and it's quite the trip. The second half, with the meeting of "women" and resolutions to these problems is far less interesting.. Too much writing! but still…

★★★★ · Pardon the positive comment, but · Refined Taste · 2013-03-29

This film has quite a collection of very attractive women. It's worth watching for the trip into the past, the time of manners and grace, but it's worth watching even more for the pulchritude.

★★★ · Get Off My Line! · Dodsworth the Cat · 2025-05-30

Would people of today who carry their phone with them put up with the idea of a party line? (The question is rhetorical). This is an interesting look, from the phone company's point of view, of problems with party lines and how to deal with them. Yes, we learn, people didn't want party lines but got stuck with them because there weren't enough phone lines or circuits for an individual phone. This is another industrial film that comes up with a list. It seems teenage girls just won't get off the phone. The director tries to avoid a long, static shot of "Matthew Jones" at his desk reading cue…