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If you don't want to know the circumstances surrounding today's entry in this slideshow, then don't read any further...




[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #1080 (1970) - Liz - 'Carolyn, I MUST insist that you stay away from Sebastian.'

From  "#1080/1081: Robservations 08/26/03: Return of Roxanne!"
I sincerely wanted my horoscope done--your reasons for wanting to see Sebastian are quite different, adds Liz haughtily, and have nothing to do with your horoscope. Carolyn looks away and claims, it isn't true.  His name is Sebastian Shaw and always has been, insists Liz.
How do you know that? asks Carolyn. I see no reason to believe anything else, says Liz--In the first place, you heard him tell you he wasn't Jeb, in the second place, if he was Jeb, why wouldn't he admit it to you? He may not know it himself, suggests Carolyn. What on earth does that mean? asks Liz, annoyed. Shortly after Jeb died, says Carolyn, I had a dream--in it, I saw Jeb and he told me he would come back to me one day--he said I might not be able to understand, and when it did, I would know it. That was just a dream, insists Liz. And Sebastian's appearance in Collinsport is just a wild coincidence, says Carolyn, irritated, I just don't believe it. You have no choice but to believe it, says Liz, because that's all it is, a wild coincidence, and obviously, an unfortunate one--I must insist you stay away from Sebastian. Are you forbidding me to see him? demands Carolyn. No, I'm thinking what's best for you, says Liz, let's leave it at that. Carolyn's lip curls with determination; she plucks the business card from the desk blotter, goes to the phone, and dials. She asks to speak to Sebastian Shaw. Please.

The Robservations references the quote almost perfectly...

And as with Eps #75, #256, #762 & #912 earlier this month, Ep #1080 is another example where Midnite serendipitously happened upon an ep that hadn't been quoted from before.
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Revisiting how Scenes 182 & 183 and the beginning of Scene 184 are scripted:

And now working up to today's scene:

                                              CUT TO:

182    EXT - WOODS - NIGHT                                182

       as Tracy walks, trance-like, TOWARD CAMERA.

                                              DISSOLVE TO:

183    EXT - SWIMMING POOL - NIGHT                        183

       as Tracy ENTERS the building.

184    INT - SWIMMING POOL - NIGHT - HIGH ANGLE           184

       Tracy is a small figure as she ENTERS the darkened
       building.  Then, still trance-like, she walks along
       the edge of the murky water toward the back of the
       pool.

       TRACY - LOW ANGLE

       as she walks TO CAMERA, then stops.  SLOWLY TRUCK
       IN ON HER as she begins to realize where she is.
       Then shaking her head as if to clear her mind, she
       begins to look around.


And that's when today's quote -

Page 85/Scene 184 - Tracy (frightened): 'What am I doing here?... What?...'

- comes up.

And when it comes to possible differences, so little of what's scripted above is seen in the film as it currently stands, so it's hard to know what might have been different. And an interesting thing is that what's missing from the film isn't on the list of unrecovered scenes - but given the way things play in the film, it's hard to imagine that much of what's missing could be in the 129 minute version. For example, after we see Tracy tossing and turning in bed with Angelique's eyes superimposed over her in Scene 178A, in the film things immediately cut to -


- the outside of the swimming pool with Angelique's eye superimposed over it - and soon a trance-like Tracy is seen -


-approaching - and as she begins -


- to ascend the stairs, she suddenly stops -


- and appears to regain her senses - after which she moves to go -


 - inside - whereupon things cut to the inside -


- but shot from a low angle - and soon Tracy -


- appears, shot from that same angle. There's no Scene 182 of Tracy walking trance-like in the woods and moving toward camera (however, there's a definite cut in the background music and a noticeable shift in Angelique's image when things transition from Tracy in bed to the outside of the swimming pool building, so Scene 182 may exist in the 129 minute version and it could be another case where it's possible that something was simply cut for time during the marathon editing) - and at no time is the interior of the swimming pool or Tracy shot from a high angle - nor is Tracy seen, still trance-like or otherwise, as she walks along the edge of the murky water toward the back of the pool - nor is there a slow truck in on her as she begins to realize where she is (especially considering that in the film she appears to have already realized where she is before she enters) - nor does she shake her head as if to clear her mind - nor does she ever deliver today's quote. In fact, tomorrow we'll begin to get into exactly what Tracy does actually do upon entering the building...

 [pointing-up]  And as far as "today's quote" goes, it was from May 18th.

 [nods]
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Calendar Events / Announcements '24 I / Re: Scream, Blacula, Scream
« Last post by Uncle Roger on Today at 02:18:28 PM »
I remember Thalamus Rasulala/Jack Crowder as police lieutenant Jack Neal during the early days OLTL. The character was very similar to the more familiar Lieutenant Ed Hall, played by Al Freeman, Jr.
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Backtracking a bit -

... as I alluded to in the above post, Darren included this on his Restoration site:

Sadly, when it comes to Scenes 171, 171A, 171B & 171C:

Quote
The following is a list of scenes that are still lost and which are not present in the 129 min version recovered in 1999.

...

INT.2ND FLOOR CORRIDOR. Quentin runs from the bedroom. INT.FIRST FLOOR STAIRWAY. Carlotta comes upstairs, notices Quentin.

INT.FIRST FLOOR CORRIDOR. Carlotta nods to Gerard who exits.

Though I may be misinterpreting that Scene 171B is lost because the first two scenes listed above are Scenes 171 & 171A, but the third listed is Scene 171C. Did Darren simply forget to include Scene 171B on the lost list? Possibly. Though one thing that is known is that Scene 171B is not on the recovered list. So who knows?

...

It would be quite nice IF Scene 171B is in the 129 minute version of the film, but given that, as I said, it's not on the recovered list, I have my doubts.

...

- while searching old posts to make sure no one had already posted about the similarities between DS and the Blacula films, I came across this '04 comment from Gothick -

Just a short note to say that of the programming at the Festival, by far the highlight for me was Darren's presentation of the footage he has recovered from the missing half hour (plus) of Night of Dark Shadows.

...

Among the missings scenes, I enjoyed ... another cat-and-mouse scene between Carlotta and Tracy, and, for us Grayson fans, another scene between her and Quentin as well.

...

- and it would seem to indicated that Scene 171B is indeed in the 129 minute version of NoDS because it's pert of the only sequence in the script between Carlotta and Quentin that isn't in the film - though why it isn't on the recovered footage list is anyone's guess - and it's funny that I don't remember seeing it at all - but then there were so many recovered scenes presented that day...

(And BTW, the recovered "cat-and-mouse" is what transpires in Scenes 47 through 50.)

 [nods]
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I guess that they all had “bad hair days” as new distaff members of the living dead?  [easter_huh] [easter_undecided]

And, come to think of it, the newly-arisen vampire, Roxanne Drew, also looked like she was doing her best Phyllis Diller impression, what with that decidedly wild and unkempt hair style of hers.  [easter_shocked] [easter_evil] [easter_wink]

PS Can you imagine if the “distinctively” coiffed Aunt Hannah Stokes had become a vampire? Oy vey!!!   [easter_shocked] [easter_evil] [easter_grin]
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A question I forgot to pose (probably because it's not related to the point I was making): What in the world is it about female vampires that when a woman dies and rises as a vampire, suddenly every hair on her head seems to be tease up to within an inch of its undead life?! Some of Scream, Blacula, Scream's female vampires, far from looking scary, look ridiculous. And it's not just a phenomenon linked to the '70s because it even continues today (though thankfully not in shows like Interview with the Vampire).
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Oh, MB and Gerard,

You’ve cited one of my favorite 1970s horror films, “Blacula,” starring the late, distinguished Shakespearean
actor, William Marshall. I mean, after only one year after Dan Curtis had pulled the plug on the beloved “Dark Shadows,” we DS fans were somewhat provided with some consolation by the release of this terrific vampire film. “Blacula” did help to take away some of the sense of loss when DS went into daytime television history.

And, in addition, to Mr. Marshall, there were some other wonderful actors, who were just beginning their acting careers in this film, like Denise Nicholas, Vonetta McGee, the late Gordon Pinsent and the late Thalmus Rasulala as Dr. Gordon Thomas, an LAPD pathologist, who investigates the strange and grizzly murders in Los Angeles. Dr. Gordon Thomas reminded me both of psychic investigator Dr. Peter Guthrie and the redoubtable Professor T. Elliott Stokes on DS. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised to see Mr. Rasulala in this exciting film because I had just seen him as El Gallo, the pirate/narrator, in the long-running off-Broadway musical, “The Fantasticks,” at the Sullivan Street Playhouse when Mr. Rasulala was then known professionally as Jack Crowder. Believe me, Mr. Rasulala could sing very well in addition to being a fine dramatic actor.

No doubt, Vicky, Carolyn, Mrs. Stoddard, Roger and, especially Burke Devlin, would have enjoyed watching Mr. Marshall at the Collinsport Cinema in his role as the distinguished Prince Mamuwalde, vampire extraordinaire!
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Calendar Events / Announcements '24 I / Re: Scream, Blacula, Scream
« Last post by Gerard on Today at 01:05:54 AM »
On my cable package, there is a collection of movie channels that belong to STARZ that are included, rather than a subscription.  They play both Blacula and Scream, Blacula, Scream on a regular basis.  I saw the former in the theater, but, for some reason, never saw the latter on the big screen.  I finally saw it on TV on some local late-night monster movie show.  Now, it's repeated quite frequently on the afore-mentioned STARZ affiliate.  (Usually, both films are aired back-to-back.)  When it rains, it pours.

Gerard
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