Desk Set (1957)

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-65065546100063433002008-04-25T19:30:00.001-04:002008-04-27T22:16:48.483-04:002008-04-27T22:16:48.483-04:00Desk Set (1957)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/SBJm9WNCB7I/AAAAAAAABeQ/Z8QgsQh-_HE/s1600-h/desk+set2+paleofuture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/SBJm9WNCB7I/AAAAAAAABeQ/Z8QgsQh-_HE/s400/desk+set2+paleofuture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193326524429895602" /></a> The 1957 movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050307/">Desk Set</a>, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, explores fears of automation and computerization. When Tracy's character, Richard Sumner, introduces an "electronic brain" into the workplace it sets off a chaotic chain of events. Katharine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, the head of a research department for a fictional television network and reluctant warrior in this battle of woman versus machine. A <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x57jmh_desk-set-1957_tech">short clip</a> from the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001NBMAS?ie=UTF8&tag=paleofuture-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0001NBMAS">film</a> appears below. <div><object width="420" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x57jmh&v3=1&related=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x57jmh&v3=1&related=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object> </div> See also: <a href="http://www.paleofuture.com/2008/01/how-experts-think-well-live-in-2000-ad.html">How Experts Think We'll Live in 2000 A.D. (1950)</a>Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416matt@paleofuture.com