The Screaming Telephone is an extremely creepy public information film that used to play in theatres

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That looks like it was directed by Francis Bacon.
The 20th century one, that is…

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I had to look this group up online in order to find out this ad was for a suicide help line. The ad itself certainly doesn’t explain. This being a UK organization, maybe people there (where I am not) already knew The Samaritans so the ad made sense.

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It’s sad to hear that the organization strayed far enough from its original intent that the founder quit in 2004.

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always remember the ‘once upon a time in america’… intro goes on and on… and on and on…

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I really don’t think American theaters would have played that.

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