In the "It's a Good Life" segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie, the main character is named Helen Foley and is also a schoolteacher.
The character of Helen Foley was named after a teacher Rod Serling had in high school.
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1960) (USA) (TV) (original airing).
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (in association with).
Van Allen James (sound effects editor uncredited).
Franklin Milton (sound credited: Frank Milton).
Klune (assistant director credited: Don Klune) Keogh Gleason (set decorator credited: Keogh Gleason)
Rod SerlingĀ (executive producer: Cayuga Productions).
Morgan Brittany as Little Girl uncredited.
Rod Serling as Narrator (voice only) uncredited.
James Daly stars in " A Stop at Willoughby". It's a transportation to what we think is one of the most unique stories we've ever presented. This old-fashioned railroad car is about as extinct as the dinosaur, but next week, it takes us to a little village that is not only a place, but a state of mind. Miss Helen Foley, who took a dark spot from the tapestry of her life and rubbed it clean-then stepped back and got a good look at the Twilight Zone." Preview for Next Week's Story " Miss Helen Foley, who has lived in night and who will wake up morning. She tells the little girl she has a beautiful smile, and advises her to never lose it. After talking to the police and returning to her apartment, Helen hears a young girl's voice singing the same tune as Markie. Helen manages to run into the hallway and push Selden down the stairs to his death. Selden returns and confesses to killing her, and he is afraid that Helen is starting to remember and he has decided to try and kill her. She tells Helen that she is Helen herself, and that she is there to force her to remember her mother's murder. She then realizes that she and Markie are one and the same. When she mentions Markie, Selden tells her that was her nickname as a child and shows her an old photo of herself. Helen witnessed the crime, but has blocked it out. He claimed to be the first to find her murdered mother's body. The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy holiday film directed by Henry Selick (in his feature directorial debut) and produced and conceived by Tim Burton.It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of 'Halloween Town' who stumbles upon 'Christmas Town' and becomes obsessed with. The man is Peter Selden (Shepperd Strudwick), who worked for Helen's mother when Helen was a child. The man arrives at Helen's door, and Markie runs out the back way. The little girl seems to know Helen, and tries to jog her memory about a man she saw earlier that day. Despite her stoic appearance, she is humming the tune of a nursery rhyme. School teacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl named Markie (Terry Burnham) on the stairs outside of her apartment. A little girl will lead her by the hand and walk with her into a nightmare." Episode Summary She will understand what are the properties of terror. But in a moment this woman, Helen Foley, will realize fear. And these are the improbable ingredients to a human emotion, an emotion, say, like - fear. Episode Details Opening Narration "Month of November, hot chocolate, and a small cameo of a child's face, imperfect only in its solemnity.