Fans, I was playing this video of the credits for Horror of Dracula (1958), one of my favorite films, today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ0KW6IqjxI

I somehow never noticed that it looks as if the cellar door in the Old House, the door to the stairs that lead down to where Barnabas's coffin is kept, seems to have been copied from the crypt door seen towards the end of this little sequence. Plus, the music is AWESOME.

cheers, G.

The could have also been fans of the Omar Sharif/Julie Christie film, Dr Zhivago, from the Pasternak novel. Remember what a big top 40/junkbox hit "Lara's Theme" was?  The theme was introduced in that movie. That may have been where our Lara herself came up with the name.

G.

Gosh, they show new episodes of things during August now?

In the late Bronze Age, when I was a child, the only new material that was aired during the summer were variety specials and "summer replacement" shows--sometimes the latter were various pilots that hadn't gone to series, and they were often very interesting to see.

G.

I thought we'd discussed 1970 PT as a "version of" REBECCA a few times. There are a number of elements that were incorporated into that storyline from the du Maurier novel and the Hitch film.

My personal favorite version of Rebecca is the one done on the BBC in the late 70s with Jeremy Brett and Anna Massey. It ran over here on MYSTERY! I watched it again a year or two ago on youtube. Wonderful stuff. Vivian Pickles who I always love has a great role as a rather fruity county dowager type.

G.

Jasmine posted a video update, I think sometime yesterday afternoon or early evening. Denise has been refusing to cooperate and comply with therapy and care directives from the rehab staff--basically refusing to go to therapy, I think. This means she is due to be discharged and sent home on Friday. Which also means that Jasmine has had to give notice at her own job and begin preparing the house for Denise to live there.

Jasmine has had a lot of medical training and experience and they have most of the equipment already, but they will need a lot of help, particularly in the next two days.

It was a very sad video to watch. Both Jasmine and Josh (Denise's son) are under a huge amount of stress.

I send thoughts of support and care to both of them and, of course, to Denise.

The video is public on Facebook but it's a very sad tape to view. Jasmine reported that Denise is not eligible for MedicAid, and will not be "for a very long time," which means that Jasmine will not be eligible to receive a salary for taking care of Denise at home. (I am just trying to summarize what was said by Jazz on the tape; I don't have training in the Byzantine crenellations of medicaid, care for stroke survivors, etc.)

G.

A short update from last Wednesday:

She had a shower and did pieces of therapy. She walked around, got herself dressed, and is moving her right arm independently more. She's still really mad and being obstinate. (end)

Best wishes,

G.

Since folks can follow Jasmine's reports on Facebook without having to have a profile on the site, I'll stop posting updates now.

Thank you all for your prayers/good thoughts for Denise and her family.

G.