The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

Infobox television episode
Title = The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Scene from "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine"
Season = 1
Episode = 4
Music = Franz Waxman
Airdate = October 23, 1959
Production = 173-3610
Writer = Rod Serling
Director = Mitchell Leisen
Photographer = George T. Clemens
Guests = Barbara Jean Trenton: Ida Lupino
Danny Weiss: Martin Balsam
Jerry Hearndan: Jerome Cowan
Marty Sall: Ted de Corsia
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = Mr. Denton on Doomsday
Next = Walking Distance

"The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" is an episode of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone".

Opening narration

Synopsis

Aging film star Barbara Jean Trenton secludes herself in her private screening room, where she reminisces on 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 to visit her. But this 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.

Closing narration

Preview for Next Week's Story

Trivia

* Many features of this episode resemble those of the 1950 film "Sunset Boulevard", of which foremost is the main character as an aging film star. Norma Desmond also watches her old films inside her private screening room. Franz Waxman composed the scores for both "Sunset Boulevard" and "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine."

* Ida Lupino and her then-husband Howard Duff portrayed mature film stars in the 1957-58 situation comedy "Mr. Adams and Eve". Duff also starred in a "Twilight Zone" episode of his own, "A World of Difference."

References

*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

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