I had never heard of "Blood and Roses" nor seen a Vadim film, but your description is intriguing ... I checked imdb and found that it is loosely based on "Carmilla."  Sounds luscious!  There are no merchandising links for either VHS or DVD format, unfortunately.  I wish there were another movie channel that aired films not owned by Turner.

I have always had a fascination for the sets of DS and the irreplaceable ambiance that they always provided to the show.  Kudos to Sy Tomashoff and the fantastic set decorators and lighting folk that made it all possible.

There were some beautiful sets.  One I really loved, which could be added to this thread, I haven't mentioned yet because I can't think of what it's called.  It's the place where Barnabas hides out when he travels to 1897 - I don't have an episode guide to consult (I tried an online summary, but it wasn't mentioned), but I thought it was connected to a church, something like a parsonage or manse.  Anyway, the colors, lighting, and set all worked together beautifully.  It was such a neat idea to have Barnabas living there.

she also had a small role in roman polanski's incredibly creepy film "the tenent".

I have the DVD of The Tenant but I've never watched it.  I didn't even know Shelly Winters was in it!

Ooo, thanks for posting that picture, petofi - and for making it downloadable! 

Not to drive this into the ground, but that picture MB posted looks very similar to Rose Cottage.

I've been watching my tape with some of the episodes featureing Rose Cottage.  Was interested to hear Barnabas say "it's on Cumberland Road, just outside Collinsport."

 

 

A debate between the Impaler and the ultra, ultra-conservative Pawlenty ought to be entertaining ...

Unfortunately these minority party candidates don't seem to get invited to the big debates.

When I mentioned the "bizarre home of Charles Delaware Tate," I meant, of course, his home in 1970 (or whenever the present day story line was taking place).

Although my memory of a lot of specifics about storylines is fading alarmingly, my reference to "1849" was a typo for "1840."

Quote from: Vlad on January 12, 2006, 06:08:05 AM

So I'm not sure if Flora's home was Rose Cottage, but I think these were two different places.  I remember something about "the old Magruder place," whence I developed the theory that Flora Collins was born Flora Magruder.  I loved the interiors of that home (didn't Desmond live there, too) but can't remember if we ever saw the exterior.  Does anyone remember seeing the exterior?

It was Rose Cottage and yes, Desmond lived there as well.    They would show the exterior quite often.

Thanks for helping refresh my memory.  I wish I could see these episodes again, but my tapes are in storage.  I have about 3 tapes with me in my apartment, and I popped one in late last night.  In an amazing coincidence, considering what I had posted above about Rose Cottage and "the old Magruder place", the second episode on my tape (which I haven't viewed in at least a couple of years!) was the one were Barnabas discovers where/what Rose Cottage is - he tells Julia, quote, "it's the old Magruder house".

And yes, I clearly remember the exterior of the house, with its white pillars.  But I didn't remember that it was Flora and Desmond's home.  Wish I could put it all together in my mind, but I'd just have to see this entire sequence again.  Something to look forward to at a future date!  (This factored into my conclusion that Flora was a Magruder who married a Collins.  But another explanation for  them living in a house Barnabas refers to in the present day as the "old Magruder house" could be that it was sold to another family (named Magruder) sometime after the events of 1840.  Nevertheless, I do find it curious that Flora Collins is regarded by DS fandom to have been a blood Collins.  Not too likely, since Desmond's last name is Collins.  Unless she bore him out of wedlock.

I was going to come back here today and mention the house on Little Windward Island, though Andre DuPres has done so.

I imagined that house so vividly in my mind because I worked on a story that I never finished that's set there.  I could not accept the exterior shots of the house as truly being Angelique and Sky's home, which the exterior shots showed as a shabby wood shack.  No way!  Somehow, someone goofed and got the wrong shots!

OK, no longer talking about places where I'd personally like to live, but here are a couple of pretty spacious - but spooky - homes:

- Dr. Lang's house, where Adam was created

- the bizarre home of painter Charles Delaware Tate

I mentioned Rose Cottage from 1849 ... but what I really loved was Flora Collins' home.  My memory is hazy after only a few years I'm afraid, as in another thread where I mistakenly thought that Daphne Harridge and the children were calling back Quentin, when it was Gerard.  So I'm not sure if Flora's home was Rose Cottage, but I think these were two different places.  I remember something about "the old Magruder place," whence I developed the theory that Flora Collins was born Flora Magruder.  I loved the interiors of that home (didn't Desmond live there, too) but can't remember if we ever saw the exterior.  Does anyone remember seeing the exterior?

Besides the ones I voted for (Collinwood and the Old House, present day, to which I belatedly add the house by the sea and the old mill), the one I thought of right away that isn't on the list:  Rose Cottage.