35 Interesting Vintage Photos of Celebrities on the Phone

A collection of 35 interesting classic photos of the world leaders and Hollywood stars on their phone, from between the 1930s and 1970s...

Carole Lombard on the phone, 1938. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Bette Davis on the phone, 1938. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Mickey Rooney on the phone, 1939. (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Eleanor Roosevelt on the phone, 1940. (David E. Scherman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Joan Bennett on the phone, 1940. (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Greer Garson on the phone, 1943. (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Bing Crosby on the phone, 1944. (John Florea—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Danny Kaye on the phone, 1945. (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Jimmy Stewart on the phone, 1945. (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Irving Berlin on the phone, 1946. (Cornell Capa—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

June Lockhart on the phone, 1947. (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Rocky Graziano on the phone, 1947. (Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Marilyn Monroe on the phone, 1951. (Bob Landry—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Henry Fonda on the phone, 1951. (W. Eugene Smith—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Lyndon Johnson on the phone, 1953. (Mark Kauffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Jayne Mansfield on the phone, 1956. (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Robert F. Kennedy on the phone, 1957. (Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Dick Clark on the phone, 1958. (Robert W. Kelley—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Martin Luther King on the phone, 1958. (Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Anne Bancroft on the phone, 1958. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Jimmy Hoffa on the phone, 1958. (Hank Walker—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Jackie Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy on the phone, 1960. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

John F. Kennedy on the phone, 1961. (Art Rickerby—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Bob Hope on the phone, 1962. (Allan Grant—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Steve McQueen on the phone, 1963. (John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Sophia Loren on the phone, 1964. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Ted Kennedy on the phone, 1965. (Leonard McCombe—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Frank Sinatra on the phone, 1965. (John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Hubert M. Humphrey on the phone, 1965. (Stan Wayman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Dustin Hoffman on the phone, 1969. (John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Jane Fonda on the phone, 1971. (Bill Ray—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Muhammad Ali on the phone, 1971. (John Shearer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Robert Redford on the phone, 1971. (John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Robert Stephens on the phone, 1971. (John Olson—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Warren Beatty on the phone, 1972. (Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)