The Twilight Zone: The Trade-ins
06:30 am - 07:00 am, Wednesday, November 12 on Syfy HDTV ()
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The Trade-ins
Season 3, Episode 31
An elderly couple want to have their bodies rejuvenated, but can afford the process for only one of them. John: Joseph Schildkraut. Marie: Alma Platt. Vance: Noah Keen. Farraday: Theodore Marcuse. Young John Holt: Edson Stroll. Receptionist: Mary McMahon. Rod Serling is the host.
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1962
English
HD Level Unknown
Sci-fi
Anthology
Suspense/thriller
Cult Classic
Cast & Crew
Joseph Schildkraut
(Actor)
.. John Holt
Alma Platt
(Actor)
.. Marie Holt
Noah Keen
(Actor)
.. Vance
Theo Marcuse
(Actor)
.. Farrady
Theodore Marcuse
(Actor)
.. Farraday
Edson Stroll
(Actor)
.. Young John Holt
Mary McMahon
(Actor)
.. Receptionist
Terence De Marney
(Actor)
.. Gambler No. 1
Billy Vincent
(Actor)
.. Gambler No. 2
David Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Attendant
More Information
Did You Know..
Joseph Schildkraut
(Actor)
.. John Holt
Born:
March 22, 1896
Died: January 21, 1964
Died: January 21, 1964
Trivia:
The son of esteemed actor Rudolph Schildkraut, he trained for the stage under Albert Basserman -- his father's rival. Accompanying his father on tour, he went to the U.S. in 1910 and remained till 1913; there he enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Back in Germany, Schildkraut joined his father in the Berlin stage company of Max Reinhardt and quickly rose to stardom. He moved to the U.S. in 1920; within a year he was a major matinee idol on Broadway. Meanwhile, having appeared in a small number of German films, he began playing suave leading men in American silents; by the mid 1930s he had moved into character roles, often villainous. He remained a busy screen actor (between stage roles) until 1948, when he took a decade off from movies; he returned to the screen to reprise his stage role in the film version of The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), following which he appeared in only two more movies. For his portrayal of Captain Dreyfus in The Life of Emile Zola (1937), he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. He authored an autobiography, My Father and I (1959).
Alma Platt
(Actor)
.. Marie Holt
Noah Keen
(Actor)
.. Vance
Born:
October 10, 1924
Theo Marcuse
(Actor)
.. Farrady
Born:
January 01, 1919
Died: January 01, 1967
Died: January 01, 1967
Theodore Marcuse
(Actor)
.. Farraday
Born:
August 02, 1920
Edson Stroll
(Actor)
.. Young John Holt
Trivia:
Attractive, dark-haired leading man Edson Stroll was born in Chicago in the mid-'30s and arrived in Hollywood just in time for television to have eaten away at most of the opportunities he might otherwise have had. Possessed of a deep voice to go with his good looks, he appeared in Westerns and adventure shows such as Tombstone Territory and Sea Hunt, plus a pair of Twilight Zone episodes, "The Eye of the Beholder" and "The Trade-ins," and the Elvis Presley vehicle G.I. Blues, in an uncredited role. He finally started getting leading parts in films in 1961, but those were in a pair of Three Stooges features, the too-opulent-for-its-own-good Snow White and the Three Stooges (playing Prince Charming) and The Three Stooges in Orbit. From there, his being cast as Gunner's Mate Virgil Edwards in the sitcom McHale's Navy -- playing the resident lothario of Ernest Borgnine's motley crew -- must have seemed a step up. He was never in another feature film, though he has since turned up in episodes of Simon & Simon and Murder, She Wrote, among other series, and as of 2003, was a top voice artist in Hollywood.
Mary McMahon
(Actor)
.. Receptionist
Terence De Marney
(Actor)
.. Gambler No. 1
Born:
March 01, 1908
Billy Vincent
(Actor)
.. Gambler No. 2
David Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Attendant
