With its brilliant illusions of physical movement, it might almost be a literary offshoot of Vorticism. Ridge, born in Dublin in 1873, was a painter as well as poet, and her receptivity to avant garde developments in the visual arts is clear in Manhattan. We're running through all 156 of the original Twilight Zone episodes, and we're not doing it alone! Our friends at Film School Rejects have entered the Zone as well, only on alternating weeks.In this poem from her first collection, 1918’s The Ghetto and Other Poems, Lola Ridge captures the excitement of a dynamic modern city and insinuates a political critique into her investigations of the visual dynamics of “gold”. Bummer!Ĭatching up: Episodes covered by Twitch | Episodes covered by Film School Rejects On the Next Episode: A man returns from a hunting trip to discover that "no one can see or hear him," because he's dead. He also appeared in the new The Twilight Zone in 1986. After The Twilight Zone, he also appeared in The Outer Limits, The Time Tunnel, and Star Trek. He worked initially in radio and on stage, receiving offers from Hollywood after a key role in "Detective Story." IMDB lists more than 160 films and television shows on his resume. He joined the Navy in 1937, at the tender age of 17 his interest in acting was piqued early, but he did not pursue a career until after World War II. The Trivia: With his iconic performance as Doc Ostrow, Leslie Nielsen's loyal friend in Forbidden Planet, Stevens assured himself a place in cinematic heaven. The episode is well-staged and directed by Montgomery Pittman. Stevens lowers the timbre of his voice as Dane, speaking a bit more slowly and snapping out his words with an edge. Stevens underplays nicely, first as a tremulous "bum," then as the self-confident, mean-spirited Dane, a man who has no hesitation about pushing around his girlfriend nor challenging his boss, a murderous sort who brooks no rebellion. There's no specific morality lesson, other than, perhaps, an ancient one: "Thou shalt not steal, especially from a dead man who happens to be a gangster with a grudge." The story, and its resolution, doesn't have a particular "wow" factor, but it's well put-together in its inevitability. The pace is deliberate, yet it feels tightly-woven. The Goods: The episode, written by the prolific Charles Beaumont, develops slowly but surely. He boldly enters the dead man's apartment and orders around his girlfriend (Florence Marley), displaying a level of arrogant hostility.īut when he takes off the shoes, his personality reverts from Dane, tough-guy gangster, to Nate, frightened homeless man. He takes a few more steps, examines himself in a mirror, straightens up his posture, and begins walking with confidence. The man's spiffy-looking shoes attract the attention of a homeless man named Nate Bledsoe (Warren Stevens), who snatches them off the corpse.Īs soon as Nate walks away from the alley, his new shoes draw the interest of two fellow Bowery bums, but he resists their overtures. The Plot: Shadowy-looking men unceremoniously dump a dead body in a Bowery alley. The Twilight Zone, Episode #83: "Dead Man's Shoes" (original air date January 19, 1962) Warren Stevens ( Forbidden Planet) stars as a homeless man who steals a snazzy pair of loafers off a fresh corpse, only to find himself inhabited by the soul of a gangster.
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