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Collinwood - Julia brings Grant in. He looks around, shaking his head, grinning. I must say, I'm impressed, says Grant--I really wouldn't mind being a Collins, but nothing rings a bell. I'll take you upstairs, she says. He glances around and spots Barnabas' portrait. Are you beginning to remember something? she asks. I recognize him as the man who visited me in the hospital, says Grant--why is he dressed like this in the portrait? It's not the same man, says Julia, it's one of his ancestors--come upstairs.
As you've probably already figured from today's graphic, today's quote -Page 59/Scene 119 - Laura: 'Gabriel, don't you realize how I've dreaded this moment? But we've both known it had to come...'
- was dropped from the scene in the film.
And when it comes to any differences in the dialogue, even if it today's quote was a part of the scene at some point, we'll never know if anything was different about it because it doesn't appear in any version of the film.
And when it comes to any differences in the directions and the descriptions, there aren't any of either in the script for this section.
And still no notes in DC's script for this scene. But there will be some for the quotes coming up tomorrow...
Picking up Scene 119 where we left off, with today's first quote -Page 59/Scene 119 - Strack: 'Where is the witch now?'
- coming up, followed by today's second quote -Page 59/Scene 119 - Laura: 'Where she always is -- in the tower, "posing" for my husband.'
- coming up.
And when it comes to any differences in the dialogue, both quotes are actually delivered exactly as scripted.
And when it comes to any differences in the directions and the descriptions, there aren't any of either in the script for this section. However, DC has a note in his script that before Strack asks where the witch is, Gabriel crosses to the other side of Laura and Strack, and that does indeed happen even though we're still only seeing the adults' legs on screen because the camera -
- is still focusing on Sarah listening.
Here's the first of what I'm sharing that's associated with Scene 119 -
- it's part of an article from the December 1971 issue of TV Dawn to Dusk entitled CATCHING UP WITH...The Dark Shadows Cast, which mostly focused on NoDS and shared five moments from the film, two of which (the seance and Quentin with Charles' skeleton) aren't in the film - and anyone who collected NoDS articles back in the day is aware that it was the only article to feature that shot of Gabriel, Laura and Strack - In fact, it was the only article to feature Diana Millay...
And it's too bad that they identified Diana Millay as "Diana Hilay" because other than that goof the article was very accurate...
In Scene 119, after Laura brings up that a decision must be made, as we've seen in the slideshow, Gabriel is scripted to say -
Page 59/Scene 119 - Gabriel: 'You've already made it for me.
Why else would the good Reverend Strack be here?'
- but I like how for the first part he actually says, "I think you've already made that for me." - I don't know if it was Chris Pennock's or someone else's idea to add the "I think," but it was an excellent move because it softens Gabriel's line. It changes it from a statement of fact to an assumption, and that works much better because, given the way the scene plays out, it's made clear that Rev. Strack and Laura want Gabriel to give his permission for their plans (even though, as Laura states flatly, they will carry out things without him)...
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