History Recap / TheTwilightZone1959S1E4TheSixteenMillimeterShrine

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Barbara is visited by former leading man Jerry Jearnden, who comes to her as an old-but-content man running a chain of grocery stores. Rather than teach her how she could potentially be happy in her current state like Jerry (living life to the fullest despite having lost their fame and youth), the visit only makes Barbara ''more'' frightened of growing old and obscure, prompting her to further isolate herself.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Jerry Hearndan. Once a handsome leading man, now an average looking old timer with grey hair and glasses. While Barbara is clearly shaken to see how he looks now compared to their glory days, he doesn't seem especially bothered by his appearance or his lost fame.

* LovingAShadow: Barbara remembers her lead actor Jerry Hearndan as being a handsome Casanova who swept her off her feet. When she meets him years later as an old man, she comes up to a picture of his younger self and sadly muses to herself: "''He's'' the one I was expecting..."

* NostalgiaFilter: Somewhat downplayed when Barbara has a clear recollection of her dislike for International Studios head Marty Sall. Played straight when she remembers Jerry Hearndan as being a dashing Casanova who was just as passionate about acting as she was. Sadly, despite what she remembers about the actor, he's now an aged, humble man who contently owns a chain of grocery stores.
* ProsceniumReveal: The first scene is Barbara having an emotional farewell with her man, a soldier going off to war. It's soon revealed to be a scene from ''Farewell Without Tears'', one of Barbara's old movies

* IWasQuiteALooker: Jerry Hearndan. Once a handsome leading man, now an average looking old timer with grey hair and glasses. While Barbara is clearly shaken to see how he looks now compared to their glory days, he doesn't seem especially bothered by his appaearance or his lost fame.

->'''Creator/RodSerling''': 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.

->'''Creator/RodSerling''': 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.

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Aging film star from the 1930s Barbara Jean Trenton (Creator/IdaLupino) 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 (Creator/MartinBalsam) 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 shocked by what she sees on the screen. Danny comes over and sees on the screen the front hall of the house, filled with movie stars and Barbara Jean as they appeared in the old films. He pleads with her to come back, but 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..."

* DramaticDrop: The maid drops her tea tray when she comes into the projection room and realizes Barbara has entered the movie.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Barbara was given a visit by Jerry Jearnden, who came to her as an old but content man running a chain of grocery stores. Rather than teach her how she could potentially be happy like Jerry (living life to the fullest despite having lost their fame and youth), the visit only makes Barbara more frightened of growing old and obscure, prompting her to further isolate herself.
* {{Foil}}: Jerry Hearnden is one for Barbara. While Barbara is tortured by her lost youth and fame, he appears to have largely moved on and isn't upset about the loss of his fame or looks and now lives a happy, successful life, running a chain of supermarkets in Chicago.
* GloryDays: Barbara's despair that the days when she was young, beautiful, and famous are now long over becomes so profound that she ends up entering the world of her films, where she can re-live her glory days indefinitely.
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: In particular, Barbara really disliked the International Studios head Marty Sall.
* ImmortalityField: The Movie Land turned the symbolism of movies preserving a moment forever into reality, essentially giving Barbara an endless life when she moved there.
* IRejectYourReality: It becomes increasingly clear how unstable Barbara is when she tells Danny to call up her old co-stars, only for Danny to remind her that one has been dead five years and the other two have long since retired.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Jerry Hearndan was once a handsome leading man but is now an average looking older man with grey hair and glasses and Barbara is clearly shaken to see how he looks now compared to their glory days. He doesn't seem especially bothered by it or by his lost fame.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While Barbara is offended that the International Studios head Marty Sall wants to cast her in a new movie as a mother, it's not like someone her age could really play a younger role, even if they tried.
* KickTheDog: When she turns her nose up at the role, Marty really twists the knife about how Barbara is just a washed up has-been, and any part she'll ever get will just be "charity". This sends her running out the door in tears.
* LadyDrunk: Barbara is bitter and disappointed and drinking at 11 am.
* LovingAShadow: Barbara remembers her old male lead actor Jerry Hearndan as being a handsome Casanova who swept her off her feet. When she meets him years later as an old man, she comes up to a picture of his younger self and sadly muses to herself: "''He's'' the one I was expecting..."
* MediumAwareness: An odd InUniverse version. After Barbara goes into movie land, she's definitely aware that she's in movie land, as she can hear Danny calling to her from the real world and throws her scarf at him.

* NostalgiaFilter: Somewhat downplayed when Barbara has a clear recollection of her dislike for the International Studios head Marty Sall. Played straight when she remembers the lead actor Jerry Hearndan as being a dashing Casanova who was just as passionate about acting as she was. Sadly, despite what she remembers about the actor, he's now an aged, humble man who contently owns a chain of grocery stores.
* ProsceniumReveal: The first scene is Barbara having an emotional farewell with her man, a soldier going off to war. It's soon revealed to be one of Barbara's old movies ''Farewell Without Tears''.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In response to Marty Sall's rather harsh comment, Barbara's agent Danny sincerely hopes that one day Sall will know what it's like to be past his prime and be figuratively kicked in the mouth.
* ShowWithinAShow: Barbara Jean Trenton starred in ''Farewell Without Tears'' in 1933 and ''A Night in Paris'' in 1934.

* TrappedInTVLand: Barbara voluntarily retreats to Movie Land, where she can escape the ravages of time that have left her old and largely forgotten in the real world.

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Barbara Jean. It's not just that she misses being a star; she won't even take supporting parts, angrily refusing one.
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* {{Foil}}: Jerry Hearnden is one for Barbara. While Barbara is tortured by her lost youth and fame, he appears to have largely moved on and isn't overly upset about the loss of his career or looks and now lives a normal life, running a chain of supermarkets in Chicago.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Jerry Hearndan was once a handsome leading man but is now an average looking older man with grey hair and glasses and Barbara is clearly shaken to see how he looks now compared to their glory days. He doesn't seem especially bothered by it or his his lost fame.

Aging film star Barbara Jean Trenton (Creator/IdaLupino) 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 (Creator/MartinBalsam) 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 shocked by what she sees on the screen. Danny comes over and sees on the screen the front hall of the house, filled with movie stars and Barbara Jean as they appeared in the old films. He pleads with her to come back, but 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..."

Aging film star Barbara Jean Trenton (Creator/IdaLupino) 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 (Martin Balsam) 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 shocked by what she sees on the screen. Danny comes over and sees on the screen the front hall of the house, filled with movie stars and Barbara Jean as they appeared in the old films. He pleads with her to come back, but 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..."

* IWasQuiteALooker: Jerry Hearndan was once a handsome leading man but is now an older man and Barbara is clearly shaken to see how he looks now compared to their glory days.

* VagueAge: Barbara Jean's exact age is never stated. Ida Lupino was forty-one years old at the time but Barbara is talked about as though she were considerably older and one of her old co-stars looked to be in at least his mid-fifties.

* {{Foil}}: Jerry Hearnden is one for Barbara. While Barbara is tortured by her lost youth and fame, he appears to have largely moved on and isn't overly upset about the loss of his career or looks and now lives a normal life.

Aging film star Barbara Jean Trenton (Creator/IdaLupino) 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 (Martin Balsam) 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 shocked 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. He pleads with her to come back, but 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..."

* {{Foil}: Jerry Hearnden is one for Barbara. While Barbara is tortured by her lost youth and fame, he appears to have largely moved on and isn't overly upset about the loss of his career or looks and now lives a normal life.