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« on: December 02, 2023, 10:11:50 PM »
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Stokes offers him a sherry, and Tony accepts. Stokes says the cross is probably not authentic and he'll need it for a few days to test it. Tony agrees. It's used for protection against witches, says Stokes. Stokes pours the sherry, and Tony surreptitiously takes out the ring containing the poison. Stokes says he's going to get some cheese, which helps him sleep, and excuses himself to get it. Tony says he'd like some, too, and after Stokes leaves the room, empties the powder in the ring into Stokes' glass. When Stokes returns, he finds Tony examining the cross, saying he's fascinated by it--his wife thinks it's real gold. Tony's back is to the professor while he's talking to him, and Stokes urges him to come drink his sherry."To your antique gold Coptic cross," toasts Stokes, "may it turn out to be antique and gold for your wife's sake." They drink, Tony draining his glass in one gulp. While Stokes is prattling on about the cheese, Tony grabs his throat and begins to convulse. "Professor!" cries Tony, before falling to the floor, unconscious.
... I want to share the photo -
- I used for yesterday's graphic -
As far as I'm aware, the only place it was ever published was as part of a NoDS article in the Dec. '71 issue of 16 Magazine. And in fact, back in the '90s Darren Gross couldn't locate a copy among the NoDS stills available to him. But he may have located a copy since...
In upcoming days I'll be sharing what I used to create other Scene 87 graphics (including one that's brand new to this version of the slideshow) and one that I didn't use...
The werewolf leaps at Beth, who screams, but can't bring herself to kill the man she loves, even in this dangerous form. It knocks her to the ground, which attracts the attention of Edward and Barnabas, who are nearby on the same path. Barnabas beats the werewolf off with his cane, forcing the creature to retreat. Barnabas asks Edward, "Have you ever seen this creature before?" No, Edward assures him. We must take Beth back to the house, says Edward, before it returns. Jamison is in the woods! Beth informs them, hysterical. Barnabas wants Edward to return to Collinwood, but Edward doesn't want Barn left alone--we need a gun, and I need your help with Beth.I have my cane to protect me, says Barnabas. The wolf, back on his boulder, watches, growling low in his throat.
Setting up Scene 87, which DC has broken up into Scenes 87A and 87B in his script:
87 INT - GALLERY - NIGHT 87A
Tracy, Claire, Alex are looking at the half-finished
portrait as Quentin stares at the portrait of
Angelique on the wall.
87 CONTD CONTD 87
And that's when today's quote -Page 37/Scene 87A - Quentin (O.S.): 'It looks like he was going to add some other people.'
- comes up.
And there's absolutely nothing to get into when it comes to differences with the dialogue, the descriptions, or the directions because, sadly, even though this scene was shot, it doesn't appear in any version of the film. But one thing that is interesting is that even though the scene isn't indicated as a rewrite in DC's script, his version begins with dialogue for Quentin (the above quote) and Alex (coming up tomorrow) that does not appear in Grayson's script's version of the scene.
Picking up from yesterday with today's quote -Page 37/Scene 87A - Alex: 'I wonder why he never finished it... yeah, it's amazing, isn't it? So evil here...so prim over there. The double life of Angelique Collins. I wonder what Charles Collins knew that the others didn't.'
-coming up in DC's script. However, as I'd mentioned yesterday, the dialogue for Scene 87 begins differently in Grayson's version of the script. The first lines are given to Alex and his lines appear like this:
ALEX
Fascinating. So evil here ...
so prim over there. The double
life of Angelique Collins.
So, along with Quentin being given the lines to open the scene, Alex' original lines are expanded upon in DC's script to bring up more questions. Unfortunately though, when it comes to whether or not there may have been even more differences with what Alex actually says, we'll never know because, as I also said yesterday, even though Scene 87 was shot, as evidenced by the still used in today's graphic -
- it doesn't appear in any version of the film.
And it's also worth pointing out that the end of Scene 87 is different in DC's script in more ways than one. But we'll get into that once we reach that point in the scene...
Continuing with Scene 87, we pick up with yesterday's quote, made in response to Alex' musing about Angelique -Page 37/Scene 87A - Claire: 'Here he goes. Another plot for another book --'
- and then today's quote -Page 37/Scene 87A - Alex: 'I've been doing some research.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
QUENTIN
What did you find out?
But we'll have to wait until the next installment in the slideshow to find out what Alex has found out - but one interesting thing about what he learned is that it does answer a question posed earlier with regard to something Alex said in Scene 59.
And when it comes to DC's script, he added a couple of notations to this section. One indicates that after Claire's lines the camera would pan to include Quentin (recall that his line, which opens the scene, is designated as being delivered off screen). And the other indicates that after Alex' line Scene 87B is to start, even though DC doesn't break things up into 87B until later in the scene, so who knows? But other than those things there's absolutely no way to know if other changes might have been made because, as has already been mentioned, Scene 87 doesn't appear in any version of the film.
Moving on with Scene 87, today's first quote -Page 37/Scene 87A - Alex: 'The servant-girl legend is just that. And after seeing this, my vote goes to her. She'd make some ghost.'
- comes up...
...