Hey gang,
Did you ever notice that when camera is shooting out through the iron cellar door of the Old House, from the top of the basement landing, that when, say, Barnabas turns to walk down the stairs to the basement, he usually turns to his right (our left from the camera angle)?
However, sometimes Mr. B., as he walks onto the basement landing, he will turn to his LEFT instead (our right from the camera angle)? I guess there must be a "dual stairway" that takes you down to the basement. I don't think that the Dark Shadows actors/technical crew could ever make that kind of mistake, don't you agree? Of course, regardless of the "turn on the basement landing," the DS actor always comes down those stairs as if he/she made a "right turn" (our left) at the top of the stairs!
Sincerely,
Bob the Bartender, who will now e-mail master carpenter Norm Abrams of "This Old House" to see if a "dual basement stairway" is plausible, if not feasible.