I´m so glad I could see another performance of Mr. Sterling Hayden. As I wrote about other films he made, I think he was a better actor than he tought about himself. Thank you very much for posting. I wish I could have met him - I´m sure he was a great man - you can see it on his interviews here on UA-cam. And his two books are amazing too. The episode above made my Sunday better! Thanks again.
I watched this classic television play more than once on A&E's GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION a long time ago and I loved it! I still do! It is a different kind of science-fiction story enhanced by the remarkable performances of Sterling Hayden and Julie Adams, and centering upon the theme of escaping to a beautiful utopian land on another world! One has to admire that music score with the soprano as well! In fact, every now and then, I was trying in vain to locate Points Beyond on video streaming channels and the Internet. Therefore, it is ironic that I was recently searching for another television show on UA-cam, and PRESTO!, this showed up! Thank you very much for posting this episode! :-)
This was in the Alfred Hitchcock book "Stories My Mother Never Told Me", wow it was made into this show. I read that book many years ago, this was a very haunting story.
For some reason, David Swift decided to graft a subplot of a tired and cynical cop trying to win back his ex-wife- who wants nothing to do with him. As I've stated, Finney's original short story is more intense.....and packs more of a wallop at the very end.
There's somewhat of an in-joke at 11:03. The "Colony House" is actually footage of one of the dwellings found in "Shangri-La"- from Columbia's 1937 version of "Lost Horizon"!
Based on Jack Finney's short story, "Of Missing Persons"- but David Swift added some other elements to the story for this episode. Here's the original: www.101bananas.com/library2/missingpersons.html
@@louranzofletcherprods - Not that we've seen, but we are thinking about adding commentary tracks to some of these shows for new uploads. Our "Anthology TV" playlist already has several Tales Of Tomorrow episodes with new commentary tracks -
JOEY CROWN: "You say you're not a ghost. You're not dead." GABE: "No, I'm not dead. Neither are you, Joey." JOEY: "I'm not?" GABE: "By no means." JOEY; "But....what about the people in the bar? The girl in the ticket booth, and the people in the streets?" GABE: "They ARE dead. *They're* the ghosts. They just don't know it, that's all. Sometimes to make it easier, we have to work it that way. We let them go on in a life that they're familiar with. They never know for a long while. But that's why they couldn't hear you. *You're* the one that's alive.......Right now, you're in a kind of a limbo, Joey. You're neither here nor there. You're in the middle. *Between* the two. The real and the shadow. Which do you prefer, Joey?" Rod Serling, "A Passage For Trumpet", "THE TWILIGHT ZONE" {May 20, 1960}
This is the metaphor I got out of it: For a lost and hopeless world, the salvation of Christ and the promise of Heaven is that same beacon of light Julie's character found. Her husband went along with it, but she truly had faith. Her faith was what saved her. When Christ returns, His believers will be gone in the blink of an eye. For someone like Sterling's character, without faith, he'll be 'left behind.' The fact of getting no second chances is akin to how important our decision on earth is--if we choose to accept Christ or not. After death, there are no second chances. That's what I got out of it as a Christian myself. Unlike this alien planet though, heaven is for real. Then again, so is hell. Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved. ❤
I´m so glad I could see another performance of Mr. Sterling Hayden. As I wrote about other films he made, I think he was a better actor than he tought about himself. Thank you very much for posting. I wish I could have met him - I´m sure he was a great man - you can see it on his interviews here on UA-cam. And his two books are amazing too. The episode above made my Sunday better! Thanks again.
The eiree chorus singing in the background, sounds like a precursor to Harry Lubin's themes from One Step Beyond.
I picked up on that, too.
Thank you for this BetaGems Lost Media . Very original story . I love the actress. Plays a vulnerable fragile woman really well .
I watched this classic television play more than once on A&E's GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION a long time ago and I loved it! I still do! It is a different kind of science-fiction story enhanced by the remarkable performances of Sterling Hayden and Julie Adams, and centering upon the theme of escaping to a beautiful utopian land on another world! One has to admire that music score with the soprano as well! In fact, every now and then, I was trying in vain to locate Points Beyond on video streaming channels and the Internet. Therefore, it is ironic that I was recently searching for another television show on UA-cam, and PRESTO!, this showed up! Thank you very much for posting this episode! :-)
This was in the Alfred Hitchcock book "Stories My Mother Never Told Me", wow it was made into this show. I read that book many years ago, this was a very haunting story.
Wow, that's why the story seems familiar - thanks!
For some reason, David Swift decided to graft a subplot of a tired and cynical cop trying to win back his ex-wife- who wants nothing to do with him. As I've stated, Finney's original short story is more intense.....and packs more of a wallop at the very end.
I just love Julie Adams, she is very convincing
The 'CREATURE', thought so too😏…………
Excellent
There's somewhat of an in-joke at 11:03. The "Colony House" is actually footage of one of the dwellings found in "Shangri-La"- from Columbia's 1937 version of "Lost Horizon"!
Yes, and these fortunate individuals were going to their own Shangri-La on another world! :-)
Great story.
Leave the poor woman alone! She's going through a crisis! There are so many of these great shows to watch.
His cop instincts got the best of him. He didn't CHANGE !
I get the impression none of them were going anywhere until Hayden left the barn.
Based on Jack Finney's short story, "Of Missing Persons"- but David Swift added some other elements to the story for this episode. Here's the original: www.101bananas.com/library2/missingpersons.html
Wow, thanks!
You're welcome. I've always felt Jack Finney's original story was more intense than Swift's adaptation.
@@betagemslostmedia607 hey long time no see, do you have any more episodes of this
@@louranzofletcherprods - Not that we've seen, but we are thinking about adding commentary tracks to some of these shows for new uploads. Our "Anthology TV" playlist already has several Tales Of Tomorrow episodes with new commentary tracks -
@@betagemslostmedia607 how many episodes of Alcoa Goodyear theater do you have
awesome.
Our universe is totally different than you think. There is no start or end. You will live forever. A heaven or hell: but you will never know it.
JOEY CROWN: "You say you're not a ghost. You're not dead."
GABE: "No, I'm not dead. Neither are you, Joey."
JOEY: "I'm not?"
GABE: "By no means."
JOEY; "But....what about the people in the bar? The girl in the ticket booth, and the people in the streets?"
GABE: "They ARE dead. *They're* the ghosts. They just don't know it, that's all. Sometimes to make it easier, we have to work it that way.
We let them go on in a life that they're familiar with. They never know for a long while. But that's why they couldn't hear you.
*You're* the one that's alive.......Right now, you're in a kind of a limbo, Joey. You're neither here nor there. You're in the middle.
*Between* the two. The real and the shadow.
Which do you prefer, Joey?"
Rod Serling, "A Passage For Trumpet", "THE TWILIGHT ZONE" {May 20, 1960}
20:57, A ZIV Tune, TC-159, from Reel S-14, track # 18.
Sterling Hayden did some fine work. Unfortunately, this is not an example of it.
Had Finney's story been adapted more faithfully, I can assure you Hayden would have been better.
Gotta have faith?
This is the metaphor I got out of it: For a lost and hopeless world, the salvation of Christ and the promise of Heaven is that same beacon of light Julie's character found. Her husband went along with it, but she truly had faith. Her faith was what saved her. When Christ returns, His believers will be gone in the blink of an eye. For someone like Sterling's character, without faith, he'll be 'left behind.' The fact of getting no second chances is akin to how important our decision on earth is--if we choose to accept Christ or not. After death, there are no second chances. That's what I got out of it as a Christian myself. Unlike this alien planet though, heaven is for real. Then again, so is hell. Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved. ❤
In written form I prefer Finneys..
The third level.
Poor Sterling. He should get another job. Like handling the complaints desk of a big department store. !
He who endures till the end; WILL BE SAVED!.MATTHEW 24:13
I wonder at the end if he was drinking pure grain alcohol and rainwater?