Congrats on your scoop with that still, MB!

I think their pose and respective expressions speaks volumes about their famous onscreen "chem"...

G.

I'm afraid I almost literally laughed out loud when I read today's script excerpt.  First I imagined Roger delivering the line while literally fondling his own hair.  Then I wondered about the appropriateness of a grown man "rumpling" a fourteen year old's hair.

An interesting moment... well, that's one way to describe it... in our journey through this beleaguered screenplay.

Thanks, MB!

G.

I'm intrigued by the thought of a world where Jeff Clark is an up and coming young artist. And vampire Barnabas Collins, who at this point has barely been out of his coffin six weeks if that, is somehow in a position to "recommend" an unknown artist to a prestigious gallery.  I suppose he could have done it if he had made a trip to the gallery, dropped a huge amount of money on a few pictures, and then told the amazed owner that he knew of a young painter who was going to be "hot."  I'm still having trouble envisioning this.

I'm quite sure however that you are bang on the mark in your scenario regarding the great director's thought process in chopping this scene.  I've wondered how long the cut he originally delivered to MGM was.  My impression is that material such as the current scene wasn't even in the original delivered edit, but doubtful we will ever know for sure...

G.

I don't remember having any real sense of what Barn had done FOR Jeff in my viewings of hoDS over the years.  What I do remember is that I figured that part of the story out thanks to the Dan Ross book.

Evidently there was another earlier scene involving Jeff and Barnabas which hasn't survived in ANY existing recension of the screenplay.  Jeff mentions that the two had already met when they're introduced to one another at the Ball.

Researchers have attributed Roger Davis's abrupt departure from the daytime series to all the material he had in the movie that was cut. Reportedly, Davis tossed his head, cocked his chin, snapped at Dan:  "Well, if that's the way you feel about me... GOODBYE."  And, as the saying goes today, flounced dramatically from the room, to a scattering of applause, while a certain ingenue blew kisses. 

G.

I remember it having been an even smaller ad than that, but yes, those were the images on it.  I think it was edited so you just saw Nancy's face, not the stake (possibly due to how graphic the image is--it was somewhere in the Deep South, for sure, and in 1970 there were more stringent rules about what could be shown in various places, as you recall...).

If you own the hoDS pressbook--which I have never seen--I would think the ad would have been in there. 

Best, G.

Interesting to reflect that at this point in the story, Julia is completely misinterpreting Barnabas's behavior with her, while Barnabas himself is not really comprehending the nature of Maggie's "interest" in his company.

And it all ends in tragedy...

I definitely don't feel that AS FILMED, Maggie is in Barn's thrall at this point.  It's just a replay of the material from the original 1967 storyline with Vicki.  She is fascinated and charmed.  And she has not a clue that he's romantically hot for her.  Between that and her choice of Jeff Clark as a boyfriend, you really have to wonder about this version of Maggie...

G.

Sorry about the goof--the quoted post was written by Mad Margaret.  Somehow, her name got cut off when I copy & pasted.

G.

This is a very cool 30 minute radio show about the cult phenomenon around CHILDREN OF THE STONES, a 1977 serial shot at a village inside the stone circle of Avebury in England.  There are a number of themes DS fans would find of interest, including how occult themed TV shows you watched as a child can change your life (for the better, IMO).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n1rbx

I think the recording will only be available for a month or so.  I found it really fascinating.  The entire serial was on Youtube last time I checked.

G.