Director James Sheldon explains a scene to young actor Billy Mumy during taping of Twilight Zone episode # 58, “Long Distance Call”. It aired March 31, 1961 and is one of the six videotaped episodes of the original Twilight Zone series.
On June 26th, 1942, a prototype of the Grumman F6F Hellcat took to the skies for the first time. Initially conceived of as an improved version of the Grumman F4F Wildcat which had been in service since the 1930s. The plane was designed with its greatest opponent, the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, in mind.
The Hellcats were credited with destroying 5,223 aircraft while in service with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Navy‘s Fleet Air Arm. They remained in service as late as 1954 as a night fighter.
Peter Lorre (László Löwenstein) (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964)
Character actor who played roles in Casablanca (1942) and The Maltese Falcon (1941). At age 17, he began his acting career on stage, working with famous artist and puppeteer Richard Teschner.