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 **** IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!  DARK SHADOWS 50th ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND UPDATE

****GUEST EDITORIAL
 
 
**** THE DIARIES OF DOCTOR MABUSE, WHICH FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH DIRECTOR AND WRITER ANSEL FARAJ, AND ACTORS JERRY LACY, KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT, LARA PARKER, CHRISTOPHER PENNOCK.
 
**** KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT – NEW BOOK - LAST DANCE AT THE SAVOY: LIFE, LOVE AND CARING FOR SOMEONE WITH PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY
 
SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL DARK SHADOWS NEWS ONLINE UPDATE # 378
April 6, 2016
 
Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
 
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), provides the following news in this ShadowGram Official Dark Shadows News Online Update "Bulletin."
 
 
**** DARK SHADOWS 50th ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND UPDATE
 
As previously announced, the DS 50th Anniversary will be celebrated with a weekend of activities in Tarrytown, New York from June 24-26, 2016 with over a dozen original DS actors participating in person.
 
The DS Official Fan Club/DS Festival has now asked ShadowGram to announce that the Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 events at the DoubleTree Hotel are now sold out and has reached capacity for those two days.
 
However, space remains for the Friday evening, June 24 events at the DoubleTree (between 6pm-12 midnight, followed by late movies until 2am) as well as the Friday morning/afternoon visit to the neighboring Lyndhurst Estate (between 10am-5pm) which served as Collinwood in the M-G-M movies "House of Dark Shadows" (1970) and "Night of Dark Shadows" (1971).
 
Fans who wish to attend either or both of the Friday, June 24 DS events in Tarrytown and have not yet sent the registration form and payment are encouraged to do so immediately while the limited number of spaces are still available.
 
Please send $15 per person for the DS 50th events at the DoubleTree Hotel on Friday, June 24 and $20 per person for the Lyndhurst visit on Friday, June 24 to: DARK SHADOWS, P.O. BOX 92, MAPLEWOOD, NJ 07040.
 
Please note that fans may begin arriving at the Lyndhurst Estate for guided tours of the mansion starting at 10am with tours being conducted every half hour until the final tour at 4:30.  (The previously announced start time was at 12 noon).
 
Fans may bring a picnic lunch or purchase sandwiches, snacks and drinks at the Lyndhurst Carriage House café throughout the day, adjacent to the gift show in the stables complex. Attendees are also free to roam the grounds and gardens of the massive, historic estate and explore the different sites seen in the DS movies.
 
Additionally, fans may attend the Sunday evening, June 26 DS afterglow visit to the legendary Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, approximately 10 minutes from the DoubleTree Hotel. The cost for this private DS tour from 5:30 - 6:30 pm is $10 payable directly to Sleepy Hollow upon arrival at the cemetery or in advance at the special online link: www.showclix.com/event/dark-shadows-private-tour2016
 
Thank you for your understanding and your interest in joining the DS 50th weekend.
 
 
**** GUEST EDITORIAL
 
As many of you know, Marcy had to have serious eye surgery last August which required she be face down for a week.  The recovery period takes several weeks, and during that time she has a difficult time reading or responding to email.  Unfortunately, the problem has recurred and she is once more recovering from the surgery.
 
I’ll be doing the ShadowGram Updates and responding to her emails for the next few weeks. 
 
Kathy Resch
 
 
**** THE DIARIES OF DOCTOR MABUSE, FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH DIRECTOR AND WRITER ANSEL FARAJ, AND ACTORS JERRY LACY, KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT, LARA PARKER, AND CHRISTOPHER PENNOCK.
 
From Ansel Faraj:  “I'm very excited to announce that both DOCTOR MABUSE and DOCTOR MABUSE: ETIOPOMAR are now available on DVD from Alpha Video. The disc includes the Making Of Documentary DIARIES OF DOCTOR MABUSE, which features interviews with myself, and actors Jerry Lacy, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lara Parker, Christopher Pennock, Nathan Wilson, Bahia Garrigan, Kate Avery, Annie Waterman, John C Smith, and Kelsey Hewlett.”
 
From the Press Release:
 
“Alpha Video is proud to announce the release of THE DOCTOR MABUSE COLLECTION. Inspired by the character made famous by director Fritz Lang, the immortal villain returns in two new features  -- Doctor Mabuse and Doctor Mabuse: Etiopomar, starring Jerry Lacy as Mabuse and written and directed by rising filmmaker Ansel Faraj.
 
“In the psychological thriller Doctor Mabuse, the criminal mastermind plots a new reign of terror, with only Inspector Lohmann standing in the way. Infiltrating the demon’s inner circle, Lohmann learns that the cost for defying Mabuse is a fate far worse than death.
 
“The steampunk shocker Doctor Mabuse: Etiopomar uses six interwoven tales to tell the story of the villain’s quest to establish a kingdom for his followers. To create what he calls his ‘Etiopomar,’ Mabuse enlists an army of automatons created by a mad scientist...who will be very familiar to fans of classic German cinema.
 
“Jerry Lacy played multiple roles on the cult gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966-1971). He also essayed an uncanny impersonation of Humphrey Bogart in Woody Allen’s Play It Again, Sam (1972). Starring alongside Lacy are his fellow Dark Shadows alumni Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker as witches Madame Von Harbou and Madame Carrozza, and Christopher Pennock as the villainous Professor Konratz. Character actor Linden Chiles (The Twilight Zone, James at 15) is resourceful Inspector Von Wenk, Nathan Wilson is Mabuse’s nemesis Inspector Lohmann, Bahia Garrigan is femme fatale Christina Novello, Dane Corrigan is the insane Rotwang, and Kate Avery is the beautiful, but deadly, Maria.
 
“Blending film noir, science fiction, comic book fantasy, and German Expressionism, these Doctor Mabuse films are unlike anything you’ve ever seen.”
 
THE DOCTOR MABUSE COLLECTION hits DVD on April 12, 2016.
 
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/1097D.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJUSFBHuPXc
 
 
**** KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT – NEW BOOK - LAST DANCE AT THE SAVOY: LIFE, LOVE AND CARING FOR SOMEONE WITH PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY
 
Kathryn Leigh Scott has a new book out:
 
“Last Dance at the Savoy: Life, Love and Caring for Someone With Progressive Supranuclear Palsy”  by Kathryn Leigh Scott  (Author), Dr. Yvette Bordelon (Foreword)
 
Here’s the description from Amazon:
 
When Kathryn Leigh Scott's husband was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a neurological disease for which there is (so far) no cure, it was a devastating time for both of them, not least because so little is known about the cause or treatment of a disease that affects some 20,000 Americans, a number similar to that of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). Last Dance at the Savoy is both a personal story about Scott's husband, Geoff Miller, the founding editor of Los Angeles magazine, who lived life fully despite having a terminal illness, and a sharing of her insights on dealing with the day-to-day issues of caring for someone with a progressive neurological condition. Scott "often yearned for someone to figuratively take my hand and walk with me through the difficult times; I hope through this book I can reach out to you with encouragement and practical advice." Last Dance at the Savoy includes a resource guide that provides facts about prime-of-life diseases; contact information for support organizations, research studies and clinical trials; where to find handicap products and equipment; and recommended caregiving publications and family conferences. Contains a foreword by Yvette Bordelon, MD, PhD, a neurologist at UCLA whose clinical work involves the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders. A percentage of royalties from Last Dance at the Savoy are donated to CurePSP.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Dance-Savoy-Progressive-Supranuclear/dp/0986245925/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459911587&sr=8-1&keywords=last+dance+at+the+savoy

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