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Desk Set (1957) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Walter Lang and produced by Henry Ephron.

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Amor Eletr?nico (1957) / Desk Set (1957)

By L? on Oct 12, 2019 From Critica Retro

Amor Eletr?nico (1957) / Desk Set (1957) Muitas profiss?es desapareceram no ?ltimo s?culo, em especial por causa de mudan?as na tecnologia. Entre essas profiss?es, temos condutores de coches, telefonistas, ascensoristas, cortadores de gelo e pessoas que empilhavam os pinos de boliche ap?s ca... Read full article


Desk Set (1957, Walter Lang)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 16, 2017 From The Stop Button

Despite being an adaptation of a stage play and having one main set, Desk Set shouldn?t be stagy. The single main location?and its importance?ought to be able to outweigh the staginess. Desk Set does not, however, succeed in not being stagy. It puts off being stagy for quite a while, but not forever... Read full article


Desk Set (1957)

By Beatrice on Jun 13, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Desk Set Directed by Walter Lang Written by Phoebe and Henry Ephron from a play by William Marchant 1957/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Bunny Watson: Whether the person is male or female. It is 1957 and Katharine Hepburn once again plays a desperate old m... Read full article


Hepburn and Tracy match wits in... Desk Set (1957)

By Michaela on May 13, 2016 From Love Letters to Old Hollywood

I love everything about this poster... except that man that's supposedly Spencer Tracy. It reminds me of some other actor, but I can't quite put a finger on it. Anyway, despite touting for years that Katharine Hepburn is my everything, including on this blog, I have yet to review one of her films. H... Read full article


Desk Set (1957)

By Cameron on Feb 20, 2015 From The Blonde At The Film

via: http://www.moviepostershop.com/desk-set-movie-poster-1957 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. My?Great Classic Films for Date Night?got me thinking about fantastic screen teams, which naturally led me to Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Their real life love translated brilliantly... Read full article


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Quotes from

Richard Sumner: You were late this morning.
Bunny Watson: I know. But it's alright - I brought a note from my mother.


Richard Sumner: That's correct!
Bunny Watson: Yes, I know.


Ruthie Saylor: Are you sure you want this mistletoe right over the door?
Sylvia Blair: Certainly! Then if anything good drifts in we can grab him!


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Facts about

This is the first film that Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn did in color and the eighth of the nine films they starred in together. Their next, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, came ten years later.
The setting for the film is the Federal Broadcasting Company.
The sound effects created for EMARAC were re-used in numerous movies and TV series, notably Fantastic Voyage.
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