Oh, you'll have a great time!  I saw it twice at the Museum of Modern Art when it was shown in conjunction with a Warhol-themed Sixties show.

Just to let you know, Grayson comes on in the beginning, and then about 45 minutes go by before her next scene.  I think she has four scenes altogether in the movie.  It's a very Sixties jumble of different stories that randomly intersect, sometimes in a very incoherent manner (this sort of thing is where Tarantino got the idea for the structure of Pulp Fiction).

A detail I happened to notice on one of the viewings (it was also shown twice at a film archive here in Boston) is that Grayson's cigarettes in the movie are Marlboros.  I don't know whether this is what she actually smoked in real life.

cheers, Steve

Hi Vlad, Dracula was first associated with the Black Mass in Hammer's 1969 classic "Taste the Blood of Dracula" (now available in a truly gorgeous DVD which *radically* altered my opinion of this film--the photog is simply stunning).  They repeated this theme in subsequent films, notably "Dracula A. D. 1972" and "The Satanic Rites of Dracula."

The sexualization of Lucy's staking is in the original book, in a very sick and twisted way.  Bram Stoker seems to have had some serious issues around his own sexuality.  Granted, in the book they did not stage Lucy's staking in the over-the-top way that it was done in this new movie.  That truly was gratuitous to the point of being laughable.

Although I enjoyed watching it, there were a number of sequences where I had no idea how the actors got through their scenes without falling about in helpless laughter at the idiocy of the proceedings.

I look forward to seeing Marc Warren in future work of a better calibre.  He's in an episode of the new Dr. Who series I haven't had time to watch yet.

G.

I thought there were a couple of amusing scenes in Dameon's storyette.  The idea of someone roaming the halls of Collinwood for all eternity trapped in an Ohrbach's leisure suit is, in and of itself, pretty damn funny.  I also found it amusing that Trask and Bruno basically had a meltdown once they learned Dameon had returned.

I recall that one of those episodes, a black and white filmed kinescope, was missing its soundtrack.  Does anybody know whether MPI was able to restore the sound on the DVD release of that show?

cheers, G.

In the Fall of '69 I watched Strange Paradise on Channel 5.  I think it aired right after DS.

A historic episode indeed:  Robert Gerringer's debut on DS.

I am LOL over Lori's speculation that Sam bought those shirts in bulk!  You have to wonder whether this same was true of some of those ugly dresses they made Julia wear, week after week!

G.

I'm sure everyone is waiting for me to mention, once again, the bra commercial Grayson did in '70 which had her walking around with a clipboard testing various brassieres with that scientific touch for today's woman.

Since it aired a number of times during DS and the master tapes do have the commercials on them, I still don't understand why MPI hasn't give us this as an extra.  It would mean a lot to Grayson's fans.

According to RJ Jamison's fabulous book about her, the notoriously flat-chested Grayson had a merry time ringing up all her buddies crowing to them about getting "A BRA COMMERCIAL!"  I can just imagine her doing this, too...

G.

But who could resist Hoffman, the housekeeper who gave Dame Judith Anderson a run for her money in the "cold, calculated sneer" department?

And Aunt Hannah, with her Psychedelic Witch-a-rama wardrobe?

And Angelexis, in HER Peter Max on acid wardrobe?

And Bruno, who gave new meaning to the concept of Big Hair?

And that orange sports-coat of Quentin's that seemed to have a life of its own?

And PT Roger, who suggested the obscene lovechild of Addison de Wit and Clfiton Webb?

I could go on, but I'll spare those of you who AREN'T fans of this fabulous storyline...

G.

I've been giving my old VHS tapes away to a friend as I've been acquiring the DVDs, but I will probably keep the 3 or 4 tapes that have Grayson Hall on the cover photo (even though the images they chose do quite a disservice to the Divine One's beauty, in my not-so-humble-opinion).

G.