One of my favorites is when actor Booth Templeton flees the theater through the backstage door after being embarrassed by his cruel new director ... and finds himself surrounded by a crowd applauding him for his latest performance -- in 1927. He's gone back thirty three years in time.
share"A World of Difference" when Arthur Curtis is in his office and suddenly hears someone yell "cut!". Suddenly he finds himself on a sound stage and his "office" is a movie set.
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share Actually my second choice was "Stopover in a Quiet Town." It almost tops "A World of Difference."
Bob and Millie Frazier wake up in a strange house after a night of partying. Nothing is real. The phone is a prop, the food in the refrigerator is plastic, the grass outside is made of paper, etc. They wake up in a totally artificial world.
Bob and Millie in bed together (seeing as this was the era of couples sleeping in separate beds -- a la "The Dick Van Dyke Show" -- this sight must still have qualified as racy at the time),only their heads peeking out of the covers, beautifully sets the audience up for a perfectly ordinary first scene. But then our couple peels back the covers to reveal they still have their evening attire on -- which is weird. Not only their clothes but their footwear is still on as well. I like how the creepy music kicks in as Millie reaches for her still-clad foot whilst getting out of bed ... "Person or Persons Unknown"'s David Gurney's entrance into "TZ" is very similar to Bob and Millie's.
Another entrance into "TZ" I love is Martin Sloane's: you can see his walk towards Homewood reflected in a vending machine mirror.
Lt. Decker flies into the zone whilst piloting a 1918 Nieuport 28 biplane (although, apparently, this particular plane was not actually flown by the Royal Flying Corps).
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