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I can't help but wonder if this discussion has somehow attracted the attentions of sinister persons, with evil intent.
In any case, I told my husband to skip the Waterman pen this year, and think "Tiffany earrings" instead. No point putting him in harm's way.........
KDOC is skipping Vestoff's two-parter for the time being.
It is little known that the origin of Barnabas Collins lay in a desperate attempt by TPTB to come up with something as popular as the Silver Filigree Fountain Pen storyline. But sadly, even with the renown of Barnabas, the show never regained the pop-cultural cachet it held during that fabulous Autumn of 1966.
I heard that Jackie Susann planned a sequel to Valley of the Dolls, Summit of the Silver Pen, but ABC brass got wind of it, played hardball and threatened to sue.
The long-believed-to-be-lost print of the 1967 feature film, Pen of Dark Shadows, MAY have surfaced in the lower depths of Forrest J. Ackerman's 16 mm film collection. Watch this space for further details.
A bubblegum card set based on the pen (not the storyline, JUST the pen in different 'poses') was in the works back in the 60s.
All the cards vanished the day they went to the printer. No trace of the cards was ever found. Recently, a Dark Shadows: The Silver Filigree Pen video game was planned, but the game developers all died under mysterious circumstances... Drowned, they did. Ayuh.
PS - Silver filigree pen avatar anyone?
Hmm...Barnabas' cane is pretty notable/symbolic too ... what of Julia's trusty medallion?
I'd love to see a couple of captures of the fabulously talented Virginia Vestoff on that show. Hope it was a good role for her.
On the other hand, don't even get me started on the mighty phallic symbolism of the silver filigree pen
I KNEW we weren't really talking about a stupid pen !!!!!!!!!!!!
As to the pen...I don't know, I just don't know. I only know (to quote Julia) about *afgan*, for I've never seen the pen plot.
i think when i first watched the storyline i sort of actually got into it.