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Calendar Events / Announcements '03 II / Re:Grayson on Night Gallery
« on: January 05, 2004, 06:15:27 PM »
Night Gallery was a wonderful series, although it frequently led to sleepless nights when I watched it as a 13 year old. I well remember Elsa Lanchester's wonderful turn in Green Fingers--simply superb. They don't make TV like this anymore. I still cringe whenever I recall the earwig story. It was played with such subtlety, and wonderful whispers of the dark secrets of African Witchcraft.
Grayson's episode was filmed, I believe, in early August 1970. She was given a few days off DS to do this, which is why she disappears for a bit (after being on nearly every day for about 4 weeks!) soon after the return from 1995. She had to take a redeye flight back from "the Coast" and stumble into the studio to tape an episode the day she came back from doing Night Gallery. The episode was first shown almost exactly 23 years ago--around Dec. 31, 1970.
She was told that the wig she wore in this had been worn by Rita Hayworth previously--I'm not sure in which film. I've always thought that she kept that wig and wore it as Carlotta in NoDS but perhaps DC sprang for one of a similar cut. It certainly did frame her face with an elegant, haunting beauty.
G.
Grayson's episode was filmed, I believe, in early August 1970. She was given a few days off DS to do this, which is why she disappears for a bit (after being on nearly every day for about 4 weeks!) soon after the return from 1995. She had to take a redeye flight back from "the Coast" and stumble into the studio to tape an episode the day she came back from doing Night Gallery. The episode was first shown almost exactly 23 years ago--around Dec. 31, 1970.
She was told that the wig she wore in this had been worn by Rita Hayworth previously--I'm not sure in which film. I've always thought that she kept that wig and wore it as Carlotta in NoDS but perhaps DC sprang for one of a similar cut. It certainly did frame her face with an elegant, haunting beauty.
G.