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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: August 14, 2021, 06:32:00 PM »
Today I want to share two more magazine blurbs that still refer to the film as Curse of Dark Shadows - and the real reason I'm sharing both is that apparently it seems as if some magazines had absolutely no qualms or misgivings about what appears to be taking press releases, copying them word for word, and presenting them as their own.
What's also interesting about these - or should it be this, considering that the wording is identical - is that unlike the previous blurb I shared in Reply #23 which indicates release in "August or September," which just so happened to prove to be accurate, here release is indicated as "late fall - hopefully before or around Thanksgiving." And the truth is many magazines indicated that later time as the most likely release frame, which is one reason I was actually quite shocked when it became obvious the film would initially open on August 4th. But more on that later in the month.
Also, something else worth mentioning while we're on the subject of release is that back in the day when films opened regionally instead of across the entire country on the same day, as they do today, the official release date often coincided with when a film opened in New York City or Los Angeles. So even though NoDS played in New England throughout most of August and it played in other parts of the country, including Los Angeles, in September, its official release is often considered to be October because it opened in NYC that month. But still, it had already played in a whole lot of areas of the country before Thanksgiving...
From John Willis' Screen World:
And a better version of the still:
(Click here for a 700X540 version)
(I probably should have posted something different today because if I'd waited a few days, the Drawing Room scene depicted in the still would have been in full swing in the slideshow. But hey, instead it's a preview. )
What's also interesting about these - or should it be this, considering that the wording is identical - is that unlike the previous blurb I shared in Reply #23 which indicates release in "August or September," which just so happened to prove to be accurate, here release is indicated as "late fall - hopefully before or around Thanksgiving." And the truth is many magazines indicated that later time as the most likely release frame, which is one reason I was actually quite shocked when it became obvious the film would initially open on August 4th. But more on that later in the month.
Also, something else worth mentioning while we're on the subject of release is that back in the day when films opened regionally instead of across the entire country on the same day, as they do today, the official release date often coincided with when a film opened in New York City or Los Angeles. So even though NoDS played in New England throughout most of August and it played in other parts of the country, including Los Angeles, in September, its official release is often considered to be October because it opened in NYC that month. But still, it had already played in a whole lot of areas of the country before Thanksgiving...
From John Willis' Screen World:
And a better version of the still:
(Click here for a 700X540 version)
(I probably should have posted something different today because if I'd waited a few days, the Drawing Room scene depicted in the still would have been in full swing in the slideshow. But hey, instead it's a preview. )