The 5th disc has three more episodes of the hour long version of The Twilight Zone.
The New Exhibit April 4 1963
Written by Charles Beaumont and directed by John Brahm. Martin Balsam works in a Wax Museum. We meet him and the owner on the last day that the place is open. Martin pleads with the owner to keep the pace open. When that won't happen he pleads for the owner to keep the statues, especially the 5 figures on Murder's Row which were made by a famous Frenchman. Martin gets the owner to give the figures to him and he puts them up in his basement. He spends a lot of money on an air conditioner. Their money in the bank dries up and the wife really wants him to get rid of the figures. Martin comes home from an errand and finds his wife stabbed. Jack the Ripper's knife is all bloody. Martin buries her in the basement. Things don't go so well for the wife's brother when he comes snooping around. When the owner comes to tell Martin that the figures have been sold Martin becomes distraught. The figures like their new home, you can guess what happens next. This time we actually see the figure move. I guess that's how you know you're in The Twilight Zone, huh. Not one of my favorites of the Beaumont stories, it's kind of padded out, and I think it would have been better as a half hour program. All the wax figures are played by actors. The only bonus feature is the isolated score.
Of Late I Think Of Cliffordville April 11 1963
Written by Rod Serling and adapted from the short story Blind Valley byMalcolm Jameson and directed by David Lowell Rich. Albert Salmi is an older business man, in a bad bald wig, who has made his money in various commodities. He wants a man's tool and die company and he's taken a loan note on that business so he can demand the owner pay it off right now. The owner can't and he leaves a broken man. After having a few celebratory drinks by himself Albert talks to the janitor who came from the same small town, Cliffordville Indiana. Albert wishes he could go back and start over, the fun was making the money, not having the money. He leaves and winds up ont he 13th flor where he stops into a travel agency, Devlin's, where he meets Julie Newmar. She offers him a trip to 1910 Cliffordville. He winds up there young and ready to make his fortune. Things don't go so well for Albert, he's just another man fooled by the Devil, and I didn't much care as he's just a big asshole who turns out to be a pretty poor businessman. It one of my least favorite episodes. There's the radio version of the episode and an isolated score.
The Incredible World Of Horace Ford April 18 1963
Written by Reginald Rose and directed by Abner Biberman. Pat Hingle is Horace Ford, a toy designer and a big kid. He thinks about his childhood and talks about it all the time. He's designed a robot that sure looks like Robby the Robot. His boss thinks he's crazy for designing a toy they can't make any money on. Horace's wife and mother are worried about him as he keeps bringing up his childhood. He gets mad and goes to his home street. He runs into the kids he used to play with and freaks out when he realizes they are the same age as they were when he was young. He returns again and again only to learn that his childhood sucks and he was stupid. It was better than the other two but still could have been better served by a shorter running time. Not that I can complain too much about the running time, I'm watching these at the 1.5 speed so that the 51 one minus is only about 34 minutes. There's a nice interview with Pat Hingle, the radio version of the story and an isolated score.
Reginald Rose originally wrote "The Incredible World Of Horace Ford" as a teleplay for Westinghouse Studio One, which originally aired live on June 13, 1955, starring Art Carney in the title role, with Leora Dana as Laura. The original ending was somewhat downbeat, and producer Herbert Hirschman asked Rose to create a slightly different (and happier) ending. Accordingly, the Twilight Zone version of the script is largely identical to the Studio One version, except that an epilogue has been added. In the Studio One version, the story ends at the Fords' apartment, with the audience invited to assume that Horace has been permanently transported back to his miserable past. In the Twilight Zone version, the story continues on: Laura leaves the apartment to find Horace, who magically transforms back into an adult and vows not to live in the past any longer. -Wikipedia
Again I'm feeling less interested in the stories than I might have thought I would be. Oh well, huh.
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