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The Twilight Zone
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The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

Original title: The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine
  • Episode aired Oct 23, 1959
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
4.4K
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Ida Lupino in The Twilight Zone (1959)
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Barbara Jean Trenton is a faded film star who lives in the past by constantly re-watching her old movies instead of moving on with her life, so her associates try to lure her out of her self... Read allBarbara Jean Trenton is a faded film star who lives in the past by constantly re-watching her old movies instead of moving on with her life, so her associates try to lure her out of her self-imposed isolation.Barbara Jean Trenton is a faded film star who lives in the past by constantly re-watching her old movies instead of moving on with her life, so her associates try to lure her out of her self-imposed isolation.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
4.4K
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    • Mitchell Leisen
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Rod Serling(voice)
    • Ida Lupino
    • Martin Balsam
    • Mitchell Leisen
    • Rod Serling
  • Stars
    • Rod Serling(voice)
    • Ida Lupino
    • Martin Balsam
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    • 44User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    John Clarke and Ida Lupino in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Alice Frost in The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (1959)
    Martin Balsam and Ida Lupino in The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (1959)
    Ida Lupino in The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (1959)
    John Clarke and Ida Lupino in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Ida Lupino in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Ida Lupino in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    John Clarke and Ida Lupino in The Twilight Zone (1959)
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    Ida Lupino in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Ida Lupino in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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    Rod Serling
    Rod Serling
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Ida Lupino
    Ida Lupino
    • Barbara Jean Trenton
    Martin Balsam
    Martin Balsam
    • Danny Weiss
    Jerome Cowan
    Jerome Cowan
    • Jerry Hearndan
    Ted de Corsia
    Ted de Corsia
    • Marty Sall
    Alice Frost
    Alice Frost
    • Sally
    John Clarke
    John Clarke
    • Young Jerry Hearndan
    • (uncredited)
      • Mitchell Leisen
      • Rod Serling
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    • Trivia
      Ida Lupino, who starred in this episode, would later direct The Masks (1964). She thus became not just the only woman to direct an episode of the The Twilight Zone (1959), but also the only person to both star in an episode and direct one.
    • Goofs
      At 03:37 The Projector Is Running But The Lamp Is Off.
    • Quotes

      Rod Serling - Narrator: [Closing Narration] To the wishes that come true, to the strange, mystic strength of the human animal, who can take a wishful dream and give it a dimension of its own. To Barbara Jean Trenton, movie queen of another era, who has changed the blank tomb of an empty projection screen into a private world. It can happen - in the Twilight Zone.

    • Connections
      Edited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Twilight Zone Theme
      (theme song)

      Composed by Bernard Herrmann

      (season 1)

    User reviews44

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    I'm Ready For My Close-Up, Mr. Serling.
    'The 16mm Shrine' is "The Twilight Zone"s take on Sunset Blvd. An aging actress, played by Ida Lupino, sits in a darkened room watching her old films. She longs to be beautiful and famous again; Just as she was in those films. All the while her maid and agent try to help her realize that 20 years have passed and she can't go back. Martin Balsam and Ida Lupino both deserve credit for creating memorable characters in the short amount of time they were given. The theme of revisiting the past was touched upon in the prior episode 'Mr. Denton On Doomsday' and would be dealt with even more extensively upon in the next episode 'Walking Distance'. However, both 'Mr. Denton On Doomsday' and 'Walking Distance' achieved a more satisfying conclusion then 'The 16mm Shrine'. The final plot twist is just unconvincing. Overall, I give it a 6 for 10.
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    • Release date
      • October 23, 1959 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cayuga Productions
      • CBS Television Network
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    • 25 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Black and White

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