Well I read Alice's Adventures Underground (original title) several times as a child, saw the Disney cartoon and even took a swipe at the Annotated edition that came out in the late Sixties or early Seventies (a jewel of a book)--so, I would think that the "humanoid" characters such as Mad Hatter and Red Queen will be costumed actors, while such beings as the Caterpillar on his mushroom (Gods, I'm already hearing Grace Slick warbling dreamily in the background), the Dormouse, and the White Rabbit will use the latest fancy-schmancy winking-blinking gizmo tech from BeoWOOF (as we call it in the bear community).

I doubt whether I have the stamina for this sort of thing.  But I do find the photo of Depp Hatter very trippy and psychedelic! 

I wonder whether the present-day sequences for Depp Shadows will have a more toned down post-Victorian Goth look, while the 18th cent. flashbacks might experiment with the more trippy way-out stuff that Burton can't seem to get enough of.

Pondering,

G.

Can't someone in the TLATKLS fan club just contact Miss Scott and find out whether she worked on this?

She seems very approachable and willing to talk to sincere fans.

G.

Congratulations to all involved. 

On the cover, is the figure on the stairs with the flashlight by any chance from a scene in the 1991 series where Barbara Steele's Julia is about to "confront the monster in his lair"?

G.

Anita Bolster had a great little role as a sinister housekeeper in a 1940s film I saw last year.  I believe Agnes Moorehead was in it too. 

She had a surprisingly active career--she keeps popping up in various things from the 1940s through the 1960s.

G.

Ooh!  Is the dear Lieutenant happy to see me, or is that a Weapon of Mass Destruction he's got throbbing in his britches??

Happy Remembrance Day, Mysterioso Dahling!

cheers, G.

I know I feel sad anytime I think about never again hearing a Bronx-accented male voice off-camera bellowing at darling Bathia Mapes: "Go to the house!"

I'd pay for a compilation of special moments that MPI's goody-two-shoes DVD staff edited out of the discs...

G.

Ah, DEAR Gregory, finally granted the ideal sanctum for his meditations!

I just LOVE Judith's phone calls to Gregory!  I'm glad they gave her several.  Joan Bennett is Goddess!

G.

Midnite darling, I did PM the MB a couple of suggestions, but that line is a real classic.  And how Grayson played Julia's reaction to the word "blood" is another of the great moments in the Grand Gallery of Julian Delights!

I'm smiling now just thinking of it, in the midst of a dreary, overly busy Friday afternoon.  Thank you for that dear.

xo G.