In 1947, a 27-minute black-and-white short subject entitled Rehearsal: The Bell Telephone Hour, was released to theaters. This film featured, in addition to Voorhees and the orchestra, operatic bass Ezio Pinza and opera mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom singing arias. It simulated a rehearsal of the popular program, and then, near the end, segued to what was presumably the actual radio broadcast.
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Famous quotes containing the words bell and/or telephone:
“You owe me ten shillings,
Say the bells of St. Helen’s.
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.
When I grow rich,
Say the bells of Shoreditch.
Pray when will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney.
I am sure I don’t know,
Says the great bell of Bow.”
—Unknown. The Bells of London (l. 13–22)
“The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)