Long Live Walter Jameson

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“Long Live Walter Jameson”

The Twilight Zone episode

Scene from Long Live Walter Jameson

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 24

Written by

Charles Beaumont

Directed by

Tony Leader

Guest stars

Kevin McCarthy : Walter Jameson
Edgar Stehli : Prof. Samuel Kittridge
Estelle Winwood : Laurette Bowen
Dody Heath : Susanna Kittridge

Production no.

173-3621

Original airdate

March 18, 1960

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"Long Live Walter Jameson" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

1 Opening Narration
2 Synopsis
3 Closing Narration
4 Trivia
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Opening Narration

“

You're looking at Act One, Scene One, of a nightmare, not restricted to witching hours or dark, rainswept nights. Professor Walter Jameson, popular beyond words, who talks of the past as if it were the present, who conjures up the dead as if they were alive. In the view of this man, Professor Samuel Kittridge, Walter Jameson has access to knowledge that couldn't come out of a volume of history, but rather from a book on black magic, which is to say that this nightmare begins at noon.

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[edit] Synopsis

Walter Jameson, a professor, has the gift of eternal youth, and is engaged to a young woman named Susanna Kittridge. The woman's father, Samuel Kittridge, discovers the truth after recognizing his future son-in-law in a Civil War picture. After his request to share Walter Jameson's immortality is refused (Walter does not know how to share his gift with others), he refuses permission for his daughter's wedding. In spite of this, Walter and Susanna make plans to marry. However, Walter is shot and killed in his office by an elderly woman, apparently one of his many wives and consorts through the years (portrayed by Estelle Winwood), whom he had abandoned when she grew old and frail while he remained young. Professor Kittridge enters the room in answer to the gunshot, where he sees Walter on the floor dying. Upon his death, Jameson's body turns to dust.

[edit] Closing Narration

“

Last stop on a long journey, as yet another human being returns to the vast nothingness that is the beginning and into the dust that is always the end.

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[edit] Trivia

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The scenes of Walter Jameson's aging was performed by using an old movie-making trick. Age lines were drawn on actor Kevin McCarthy's face in red make-up. During the beginning of the scene, red lighting was used, bathing the scene in red and hiding the age lines. As the scene progressed, the red lights were turned down and green lights were brought up. Under the green lights, the red age lines were prominent. The lighting changes were unseen by the audience because it was filmed in black-and-white. The ultimate result is the appearance of a complete make-up change with no cuts to the scene.