Revisiting more of how Scene 174 is scripted:

And continuing with Scene 184 but using Grayson's version of the script because 1) DC's script doesn't change Samantha to Laura, and 2) for some very odd reason, his script is missing the last two lines on page 85 (The Curse Of PomPress strikes again!!):

Then suddenly remembering her dream, she calls out.

And that's when today's first quote -

Page 85/Scene 184 - Tracy: 'Quentin!...Quentin!...are you here?'

- comes up, followed in the script by:

As the ECHO OF HER VOICE DIES OUT, she stands there,        terrified, not knowing what to do.  There is a long        moment of silence and then from O.S., the SOUND OF        QUENTIN'S VOICE.

And that's when today's second quote -

Page 85/Scene 184 - Quentin: 'So you came to spy on us, Laura.'

- comes up - and that's where page 85 ends in DC's script - but in Grayson's script it continues with:

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL - TRACY'S P.O.V.        In complete   darkness, it is impossible to see where

And then both scripts pick up on page 86 with:

184    CONTD                                      CONTD   184        he is.  Then the SOUND OF HIS FOOTSTEPS can be heard.        Finally, Quentin emerges from the blackness into a        shaft of moonlight, his limp more marked than ever.        He moves toward her, his eyes burning with hatred.

End of scene - but certainly not end of sequence.

And when it comes to differences in the dialogue, after Tracy delivers today's first quote, which she actually says as "Quentin!...are you here?" with the second "Quentin!..." dropped, before too long she continues with an unscripted -

"Quentin!..."

- and another -

"Quentin!..."

- and we actually hear Quentin's voice ask "Did you come to spy on us, Laura?" - and after that, in more unscripted dialogue, Tracy calls out -

"Where are you?"

- as we see Quentin through the mists - followed by Tracy calling out -

"Quentin..."

- and then -

"Where are you?"

- again.

And when it comes to the differences in the descriptions and directions, after Tracy calls out asking if Quentin is there, unlike how the script indicates that she simply stands there, terrified, not knowing what to do, it's when she actually walks along the edge of the murky water, though, as mentioned in the previous post, she's herself and not at all trance-like - and then when she stops walking, she calls out to Quentin again (and I love how, as can be seen above, DC uses her reflection in the pool) - and when Quentin calls out, as can be seen in today's second capture, the camera shows Tracy and her reflection and some of the building -

- but then the camera zooms back to show -

- how huge and empty Tracy's surroundings are - and because we initially see Quentin through the mists when Tracy initially asks where Quentin is, we don't actually see her P.O.V. of the other side of the pool until after we hear the sound of his footsteps -

   And as far as "today's" quotes go, they were from May 19th this time around.

 

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...

   And as far as "today's quote" goes, it was from May 18th.

 

Backtracking a bit -

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

Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on May 05, 2023, 12:26:09 AM

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

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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.)