The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
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 Scene from "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 4 |
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| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen | ||
| Written by | Rod Serling | ||
| Featured music | Franz Waxman | ||
| Cinematography by | George T. Clemens | ||
| Production code | 173-3610 | ||
| Original air date | October 23, 1959 | ||
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Barbara Jean Trenton: Ida Lupino |
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"The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
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[edit] Plot
Aging film star Barbara Jean Trenton secludes herself in her private screening room, where she reminisces about her past by watching her old films. In an attempt to bring her out into the real world, her agent Danny Weiss arranges a part for her in a new movie and brings a former leading man—now also older, many years retired from acting and managing a chain of grocery stores—to visit her. This horrifies Barbara Jean and only drives her further into seclusion. Then one day, Barbara Jean's maid finds the screening room empty—and is horrified by what she sees on the screen. Danny comes over and sees on the screen the living room of the house, filled with movie stars and Barbara Jean as they appeared in the old films. She throws her scarf toward the camera and departs just before the film ends. In the living room, Danny finds Barbara Jean's scarf. "To wishes, Barbie", he says wistfully, "to the ones that come true..."
[edit] Episode notes
This episode contains several parallels to Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard and shares the same composer and conductor of music, Franz Waxman.[1]
[edit] References
- Specific
- ^ Staggs, Sam (2003). Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream. Macmillan. pp. 299, 300. ISBN 0312302541, 9780312302542.
- General
[edit] Further readings
- DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
- Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090
