The Desk Set
by William Marchant
(at Your House)
November 20, 2010 SATURDAY
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THE DESK SET, by William Marchant
Shirley Booth opened to rave notices playing a woman with encyclopedic knowledge of facts and figures who works in a television network reference department. Electronic brains are installed to do the work of people, soon replacing whole departments, but Emmaracs can not best Bunny in a game of wits she causes them to blow fuses. Here is a telling comedy rich in hilarity for anyone who has ever worked in an office.
"A rollicking, frolicsome hit." N.Y. Daily Mirror .
Although never referred to as "librarians," Bunny Watson and her three "girls" run the reference department of a television and radio station in Manhattan. Their roles as access managers are critical to the storyline, which pits their information retrieval skills against Emmarac, an "electronic brain." The film adaptation in 1957, with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, is credited with being the first to put technology into a library environment. And with the ladies dressed so fashionably, it's a favorite among librarians.