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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-01 (Monday)
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On 4/2/2024 6:03 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 4/2/2024 8:43 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler  <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>> The Twilight Zone S5E25 'The Masks' - DVR

This is one of those episodes you know exactly which one it is based on 
the name.

>>> A dying man forces his heirs to wear masks at a Mardi Gras party to
>>> receive their inheritance.  (Comcast)
>>> Wealthy Jason Foster is dying and he invites his greedy heirs to a Mardi
>>> Gras party where they must wear the masks he specially had made for them
>>> or else be cut off from their inheritance.  (IMDb)
>>
>>> Trivia:
>>> This was the only episode of the series to be directed by a woman, Ida
>>> Lupino. She previously played Barbara Jean Trenton in The
>>> Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (1959), which also made her the only person to
>>> star in one episode and direct another.
>>> This was Robert Keith's final acting role before his death on December
>>> 22, 1966 at the age of 76.
>>
>> At the time, the list of female directors was quite short. There was
>> Ida, and, uh, I forgot. She was a terrific actress but wasn't going to
>> get leading roles in bigger budget movies, so she talked her way into
>> becoming a director. She briefly had her own production company. She was
>> quite good on radio but most of her appearances were highly abridged
>> movie adaptations.
>>
>> Should I bother to ask why he didn't just leave his fortune to deserving
>> charities during his lifetime and minimize the estate he left? Nothing
>> requires you to leave money to adult relatives.
> 
> Because then it wouldn't have been a Twilight Zone episode, of course.
> 

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