Hi Arashi,

if you have the chance, some day you should read The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by Lovecraft.  It includes some flashbacks to the 18th century that are far more historically realistic than what was attempted on DS--the closest link, I think, apart from a Professor Stokes-like character who gets involved, is that it was an inspiration (via the film adaptation, The Haunted Palace) for the film Night of Dark Shadows.

I personally find Lovecraft's fiction quite addictive.  The Lurker at the Threshold and The Thing on the Doorstep are great yarns both of which have a DS sort of atmosphere about them.  I guess you'll either love it or hate it.  It's difficult to be indifferent to HPL!

G.

The wonderful, the magnificent, the incomparable Thayer David.  Truly favored and a sad exemplar of the truth of the ancient proverb that the Greeks had--"those whom the Gods love die young."

I wish whoever owns the rights would give a proper release to Thayer's Nero Wolfe film.  It is one of his finest roles and deserves to be more widely known.

G.

Thanks for explaining!  I'd missed that there were new shows this time around.

Lovely shot of Magda with Sandor in today's series... as it happens, I pulled out some Magda shows to watch earlier today for a Sunday treat.

G.

So, you're discontinuing the slideshows?  I'll miss them, but I do appreciate how much effort it has taken to keep them going all this time.

Thanks,

G.

That phrase, about the "unholy union" going on in Maggie's blood, really gave me the creeps back when I first saw the show in the 1976 syndication.

The cool, calculated cruelty with which Frid says the line "You knew nothing of the kind" contrasts brilliantly with the facade he puts on for the good dr.

To Alondra--hard to believe it because he looked so youthful, but I believe that John Karlen was 34 when he did these shows.

And to Lori--I was around back in the Sixties and some doctors did have ashtrays like that in their offices.  It's hard to believe just how casually people would light up in almost any setting back then.

G.

Hey Taeylor, great to have another Grayson-lover among us! She's my fave as well.  Hell, I've been known to say, and without much hyperbole, that Grayson Hall is my RELIGION!

If you get the chance, be sure to check out R J Jamison's book about Grayson's life.  See www.graysonhall.net for more info (and some GORGEOUS photos)!

I definitely recommend Grayson's early Sixties B-movie, Satan in High Heels. It was meant to be a "European art-film filmed in New York" and Grayson definitely gives it that Euro edge of sophistication... even though when it was filmed, she had never set foot outside the US!

G.

Hi Elizabeth47,

I agree with you 100 percent about Humbert's characterization as Nicholas Blair.  His vivid, dry, supremely witty scenes are one of the top reasons why 1968 is my personal favorite storyline.

I particularly enjoy Astredo's scenes opposite Grayson Hall and Lara Parker, but he seems to have had a knack of making anyone opposite him on screen shine.  Even Craig Slocum!

Welcome to the Boards,

G.

Happy Cheap Insufferable Pig Day, everyone!

G. (who will quietly celebrate, alone, his very own festival of Jeb's Delicious Secret Personal Naga Day)