In the recent Deep Discount sale, I bought set 17 and it finally arrived last night (I think they ran out because the DS sets are so popular there). That set includes two of my all time favorite Grayson episodes. The first one is her last day in 1897 and I was *stunned* by how beautifully her gorgeous greeny-grey mutton-chop sleeve dress "read" on the DVD. and the lovely Arts and Crafts movement style drop earrings (looks like blue glass) with matching cameo brooch complements that gown so exquisitely. Plus, her hair was beautifully styled that day, too. I was in Heaven.
More to the point, I then switched to the last show on disc 3 of this set which is another fave rave (Grayson actually utters the expression "...diVINE...!" on camera!!), with its Grayson-in-stereo moment of Julia doing her silent screen vamp routine to the voices of Magda and Pansity tuning in from 1897. AND Carolyn shows up wearing what seems to be a miniskirt version of Maggie's legendary patchwork quilt skirt. In this case it's not quilted fabric but what seems to be a lightweight print (dacron, maybe???). I love these scenes with Carolyn and Julia. Julia is all angst and foreboding and Carolyn is larking about with "oh, that new antique shop downtown is just divine ... will you just CHILL, Julia honey?" Great stuff.
There was a very odd thing on the beginning of the first episode of disc 1 in this set (can't recall the number, but among other things you see a CLASSIC shot of what's left of poor, misbegotten Miss Wanda Paisley). On the shot of the Great House as Selby was reading the opening monologue, it looked as if there was a clear plastic sheet sitting over the recording camera with the words DARK SHADOWS scrawled on it. I noticed this when the titles cut rolled, too--presumably the same cam. Anyone else ever notice anything like this?
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