Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

Phone Booth Scene from Steven Spielberg’s “Duel” (1971)

Here is a cool phone booth scene from Steven Spielberg's "Duel", starring Dennis Weaver. This was Spielberg's first full-length film,…

8 years ago

The Payphone of “Dead Ringers”

A payphone makes a brief, portentous appearance at the end of David Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers" (1988).

8 years ago

Drumming Up the Links

Call quality on LinkNYC kiosks is generally very bad, and has actually gotten worse in recent months since CityBridge, the…

8 years ago

Payphones of “Cat People” (1982)

It is not the most memorable scene from the 1982 film Cat People, starring Nastassia Kinsky and Malcolm McDowell, but…

8 years ago

Payphones Seen in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan”

I grabbed screenshots of some of the more interesting appearances of payphones in"Manhattan", the 1979 film directed (in black and…

8 years ago

New Year, Old Payphones

When I first heard about 80s.nyc, a Streetview for NYC in the 1980s, I thought it sounded like inspiration for…

8 years ago

Jerry Seinfeld: Pay Phone Standup Routine (1984)

Most folks under the age of 40 would probably have no idea what Jerry Seinfeld is talking about in this…

8 years ago

Phone Booths I, II, & III by HowNowVihao at deviantART

Red, White, and Light Purple seem to comprise the color theme for these two dancers occupying a duo of Manhattan…

8 years ago

When There’s No Man Around… 1960 Goodyear Commercial

When there's no man around ... you go to a phone booth to call one. That seems to be part…

8 years ago