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Generic Other

(28,979 posts) Sun Feb 6, 2022, 02:56 AM Feb 2022

Rod Serling's daughter tweets about burning books

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"You cannot destroy truth by burning pages."

Twilight Zone: "The Obsolete Man" 1961

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Rod Serling's daughter tweets about burning books (Original Post) Generic Other Feb 2022 OP

K&R, great example! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #1

Rod Serling was 5' 4" in height PSPS Feb 2022 #2

Well, I was a kid and he seemed small to me, but he definitely had a presence Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2022 #8

Cheers to Random Thoughts, wherever you are. Brother Buzz Feb 2022 #4

Speaking of Burgess Meredith ... PSPS Feb 2022 #6

I miss Burgess Meredith. Haggard Celine Feb 2022 #5

Heine Quotation bmichaelh Feb 2022 #7

Rhiannon12866

(205,230 posts)

1. K&R, great example!

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 03:46 AM

Feb 2022

BTW, I went to summer camp with Rod Serling's other daughter. I remember when her parents came to visit, he got a lot of attention. He was a small very tan man in a bright yellow sweater and died way too young.

PSPS

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2. Rod Serling was 5' 4" in height

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 04:19 AM

Feb 2022

He was one of those guys who was born to be a writer. The stories just gushed out of him like water out of a fire hose. The typewriter had trouble keeping up! He served in the Army during World War II and his experience in battle in The Philippines affected him, and his writing, for the rest of his life.

It was his movie "Patterns" that propelled him into the stratosphere:

Rhiannon12866

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3. Well, I was a kid and he seemed small to me, but he definitely had a presence

Reply to PSPS (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 04:23 AM

Feb 2022

And he was there just like any Dad, to see his daughter ride in the camp horse show.

Thanks for the background, I've seen The Twilight Zone, but wasn't aware of this movie.

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Chin music This message was self-deleted by its author.

Brother Buzz

(36,416 posts)

4. Cheers to Random Thoughts, wherever you are.

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 04:47 AM

Feb 2022

PSPS

(13,591 posts)

6. Speaking of Burgess Meredith ...

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 05:52 AM

Feb 2022

He did a lot of films during World War II. Here's one for US troops who were flooding into England at the time. This is to familiarize them with English culture.

Haggard Celine

(16,844 posts)

5. I miss Burgess Meredith.

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 05:47 AM

Feb 2022

He played so many great, quirky roles. I don't know if we have anyone today who compares to him. He's one of those people who could play an accountant and still keep you mesmerized. Not that any director would ever waste him in such a role. Anytime I see him in an old movie or show, I have to keep watching it.

bmichaelh

(381 posts)

7. Heine Quotation

Reply to Generic Other (Original post)

Sun Feb 6, 2022, 05:59 AM

Feb 2022

The German poet, Heinrich Heine in 1836, wrote:

Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine

Which has been translated sometimes as:

Wherever books are burned, they will in the end burn people.

Also, there is a book burning scene in the 1940 film The Mortal Storm starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullivan.
This was a film that Hitler banned from Nazi Germany.

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