The Telephone Operator (1932 film)

The Telephone Operator is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Joan Marsh, John Darrow, and Vince Barnett. The film revolves around Sally, a young telephone operator, and the challenges she faces in her job and personal life, including dealing with demanding customers, a romantic entanglement with a potentially unreliable man, and the general anxieties of modern urban life. The film offers a glimpse into the working conditions of telephone operators during the early 1930s. While not considered a major production, The Telephone Operator is a representative example of the quickly produced, socially conscious dramas common during the pre-Code era.