![]() ![]() The jarring juxtaposition from a busy shopping day during opening hours to the silent darkness of the store after closing creates an unnerving contrast and creates a startling effect which makes the episode one of the more genuinely frightening produced for the series. The set was converted from its previous use as a large newspaper office into the department store set used for the episode. Clemens expertly utilized a number of interesting camera setups and angles, from a close-up Marsha White (Anne Francis) calling for help from the other side of a frosted glass door to high-mounted shots utilized to display Marsha's panicked run through the empty department store. It is the mannequin of Marsha White.ĭirector Douglas Heyes and Director of Photography George T. On the following day, the department manager of the store, the man who helped Marsha with her complaint about the damaged gold thimble, is walking through his department, keeping his workers on task when he passes by a mannequin that causes him to pause and give a double take. She had, in fact, completely forgotten who she really was. The operator asks Marsha if she enjoyed her vacation and Marsha tells him she had so much fun. While the other mannequins follow the departing saleswoman to the elevator, all wishing her a wonderful vacation, Marsha and the elevator operator stay behind. The saleswoman is the next mannequin scheduled to get a month long vacation out into the world of humans and Marsha has set her back a day. Marsha overstayed her vacation and is returning to the store a day late. Recollection eventually dawns on Marsha's face and she remembers everything: she is a mannequin and was given a month to leave the store and live among humans as though she were made of flesh and blood. ![]() The saleswoman holds Marsha at arm’s length and implores Marsha to think, to concentrate and try to recollect why she is here in the department store. The elevator opens at Marsha's approach.Īs the saleswoman leads Marsha through the ninth floor, they pass by several mannequins who, one by one, come to life and climb down from their pedestals. ![]() ![]() Marsha replies, "It's none of your business." The saleswoman finds this response both hilarious and unbelievable. "Miss White? Are you happy?" Marsha looks back at the saleswoman, incredulous that this woman would ask her that question. The saleswoman calls out to her once more before Marsha reaches the elevator. Marsha, now unnerved as well as annoyed, rushes to the elevator. She calls attention to this, stating that she has not given the woman her name nor has she seen the woman around the store. Suddenly, Marsha realizes that the saleswoman has called her by name. As she turns to walk back toward the elevator, Marsha says, "That's odd." To which the saleswoman replies, "What is, Marsha?" Marsha remarks on the strangeness of her experience in the store, the solitary elevator ride, the seemingly empty floor devoted to a single item. Though Marsha clearly finds the whole encounter strange she agrees that this gold thimble is exactly what she is looking for and pays cash for the item. ![]()
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