| Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Mystery/Suspense/Comedy |
| Based on | Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate by Doris Miles Disney |
| Screenplay by | John D. F. Black |
| Directed by | Ted Post |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lee Rich |
| Producer | Robert Jacks |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez, A.S.C. |
| Editors | Folmar Blangsted, A.C.E. |
| Running time | 73 minutes |
| Production company | Samuel Goldwyn Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 9, 1971 |
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Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate[1][2] is a 1971 American made-for-television mystery film directed by Ted Post, starring Myrna Loy, Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Sylvia Sidney, John Beradino and Vince Edwards,[3] with the screenplay adapted by John D. F. Black from a novel of the same name by Doris Miles Disney.[4] It was broadcast as the ABC Movie of the Week on November 9, 1971.[5]
- ^ "Punched card readers sense the uniform rectangular holes in cards but damage to a card may make it unreadable. Frequently, office workers organize papers and forms by stapling or folding them together, or by impaling them on a spindle - all damaging to a card. Thus, beginning in the 1950s when punched cards became widespread, manufacturers printed a warning on cards that would be individually handled. IBM's “Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate” was the best known." — Balaban, Naomi E.; Bobick, James E., eds. (2011), The Handy Science Answer Book (Fourth ed.), Canton, MI: Visible Ink Press (published April 1, 2011), p. 34, ISBN 978-1578593217
- ^ "Spindle" refers to a pointed vertical metal pin on a weighted base that many office workers utilized on their desks to hold stray notes and documents; the sheets of paper would be "skewered" on the pin to form a stacked bundle of pierced pages. This device is less in use nowadays because of the injury hazard presented by the sharpened tip.
- ^ "Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Doris Miles Disney (1970). Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate. New York City: Doubleday. ISBN 9997406311. OCLC 98757.
- ^ "Helen Hayes Tops Cast Of 4 Veteran Actresses" (Schenectady Gazette, November 6, 1971, TV section p.19)