Just finished listening... truly fascinating!  It was cool to hear the clip of David Selby talking about re-looping his dialogue, too.

I think your point about Dan Curtis having anxiety around being perceived as somehow "arty" with the original cut of NoDS was very perceptive.

I'm surprised that the fans involved seemed unaware of the historical phenomenon of the double feature with horror movie marketing, which I'm sure had a lot to do with Aubrey's demand that it be cut down to a 90 minute (or close) length.

Best, G.

I think Angelique's spell (or "Working" as it is technically called) did affect Vicki's mind, although the writing and direction failed to clarify just what was going on.

G.

Fans, a friend just pointed me towards David del Valle's current blog:

http://delvallearchives.blogspot.com/

If you scroll down, the current entry dated March 4 and a recent entry from February contain material of interest to DS fans.  March 4 is David's review of Barbara Steele's new indie film, The Butterfly Room, while if you scroll down a bit further you'll see a photo of David with Ms. Steele and, further still, a memorial tribute to Jonathan Frid with some personal memories from David.

Best, G.

I've seen footage of Donna on Hullaballoo in the past.  What a fabulous showcase of talent and FUN that was.  The talent sweepstakes series of today, the various idols and whatnots, don't come close to the entertainment the variety shows of the 1960s used to bring into American living rooms.

My favorite of the backup dancers was Lada Edmunds Jr.  She's the gal with the huge spiky red mane who seemed to be in constant energetic animation when she danced.  Her technique was very freeform and I doubt whether the more formally trained dancers approved.  Lada did a film after Hullaballoo, and had a record out, but sadly her career went nowhere--hope she had a happy life anyway.

G.

It really looks as if Julia's having a liquid dinner...

You're really making me regret that the HBC Julia wound up being barely above a cameo appearance here.

G.

MB, these captures are a hoot!  I'm enjoying this more than I did actually watching the movie.  And you're achieving what I had thought was completely impossible--making me want to sit through the movie again!  Although I still cringe at the thought of having to sit through a lot of it anytime soon.

HBC is such a hoot.  I wish more of her deleted scenes had been released.

I don't remember anything being said, anywhere, about the Depp Shadows' Elizabeth's husband.  Can you refresh my memory?
 
G.

Cool.  And there's a photo of Jessica Chastain modelling a white frock at the soiree, too.

Clearly, it was the night of the duelling Carolyns!

cheers, SRS