During the question-and-answer after her paper, someone directly asked if she had ever travelled back in time herself. Have any of my fellow DL'ers rewatched this? In early 1966, Frid, at that point a resident of New York City, had plans to move to California to become a teacher. He resides in Panama City, Panama, His youngest son, Diego . On the surface, he seemed like this charming gentleman who had lived his life in England, but beneath that, there was indeed the need for blood, which was initially quenched by cows(! Funny how gay old Roger just could not hold onto a woman. Keith Prentice, who was also in "The Boys in the Band". Dark Shadows News Page: David Henesy Checks In. Hard to believe she had a Oscar nom. Wallace McBride comments, Dark Shadows functions on a lot of different levels simultaneously. When asked during the audition why she thought she'd be right for the part of Roxanne she said "because I have short hair." He played Humphrey Bogart in one of the Woody Allen films I think - Jerry Lacey. Like Twin Peaks many years later, the mystery was the entire point, so it doesnt bother me at all that we never got an answer to that question.. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. The biggest hams on the show (in a good way) were Jerry Lacy as Reverend Trask and (of course) Grayson Hall (in any of her roles). I bought it. Together they operate a . Not only the impact that the character had on the show, but the impact that the character had on the pop culture and all of horror storytelling going forward., When Jonathan joined the show, he continues, nobody could actually tell him how to play a vampire. David Henesy has since walked off the show, and refuses to return until Mark Allen is off the show. David Henesy makes his first ever Dark Shadows related appearance and they all share some interesting stories. "When that was over I think Quentin killed me on that one some time passed. And it all moves much faster once you have Julia Hoffman and Angelique in the story. Following are reflections on the original 1966-71 Gothic soap, compiled by I had a crush on the kid who played David. They had a fake arm on the bottom of the box; it looked like it held the box. David Henesy was born on 20 October 1956 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA. He looks 40. I watched the movie for the first time a couple of years ago and enjoyed it. If this hasn't already been stated there is a Dark Shadows channel (DS 24/7) on Pluto TV. Astredo may be a straight actor, but he did the part with extra ping! David Henesy. Star-Ledger staff writer Mark Voger, who has been pursuing cast interviews since 1990. And we knew that there was something special about what we were doing.". But because Jonathan did the work of trying to find relatable ways to play that part, the viewers picked up on it before the writers did. R121 - You can tell from outer space. It had atmosphere. "I found that was helpful," Selby said. It seemed so great then and apparently thats going to have to be enough. Look! Entertainment is hard work statistically speaking, its almost impossible to make anything thats not forgotten by the end of the week. And that cheap, fake wig they put on the housekeeper character. Tad Collins (1065-1165) "I won't say that we thought we were going to be some legend in our own time, but we felt it, yes," the actress said. Dark Shadows Star John Karlen Dies at 86, See What Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Looks Like Now, embraced the fact hed always loved gardening, Psycho Actress Janet Leigh Invites Us Into The Shower And The Hitchcock Classic. (I mean the original movie from 1970.). It was a soap opera and so there were long stretches of the day-to-day run where nothing much happened, and even as kids we could tell they were just dragging things outHere's a nice clip where the busybody housekeeper, Cousin Abigail, in a sequence set back in the 19th Century, catches Barnabas emerging from his coffin at sundown. It seemed random to me. "He definitely believed it," Lacy said of the character. R116 - If it's available in the UK, check out TubiTV.com. The ones with A. Moltke (V. Winters) stand out, along with one with Joan Bennett, and ones with Lara Parker. Actually, the episodes are 22.5 minutes each, not an hour. Hello. and the iPad when black. He just kept going; he was amazing and kept finding audiences in all these little towns, she warmly recalls. Not sure who the dad was supposed to be however. I thought Barnabas was a creepy old man when I was young and I still do. "Again, not carrying the load, I always had time to relax, have a good time. Born John Herbert Frid on December 2, 1924 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, which is where the idea of acting first came to him. Things did reach a point where the network (ABC) was getting ready to cut it off, giving Curtis just six months to turn things around. David Henesy (born October 20, 1955) played David Collins, the young Daniel Collins, Jamison Collins, Daniel Collins (PT), and Tad Collins in the original Dark Shadows. It was the time of The Beatles and I was getting almost the same kind of treatment they were.. I'm doing a tour of classic soaps on Youtube (everything from Santa Barbara to Guiding Light to Knots Landing to The Colbys) but haven't got around to watching Dark Shadows yet. In terms of the theater, I like the inner drama rather than the outward manifestation. The show was at it's peak when it went back into the past the first two times . Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month. Something my friend made a point of telling Jonathan and embarassing me slightly when Frid came back into the room,. Karlen considered "Dark Shadows" to be a career break. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Too bad they didn't write her out for the duration of her pregnancy and then bring her back. It seemed like one brick per episode. "Dark Shadows" came the reply. Does anybody remember 'Quentin's Theme' was a 45 single? I don't remember much about the film or the light meal he'd prepared , but I do remember the thirty minute or so conversation about everything but DS, with him asking if I could see about getting his one man show into the town I lived as I knew someone who worked at the Performing Arts Center. The Leviathan storyline saw the first ratings decline, but it was the parallel world plot that really killed it. Anyway, if Amazon ever restores DS to the lineup, I'll go back to watching it again. She stood out from all the other women in the cast. It seemed like there was always something going on to me. I just remember it being very atmospheric. And speaking of the stars on DS, Laura the Phoenix was played by a "known" B-actress named Diana Millay. R84 I bought it too! Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). R69 John Karlen who played Willie Loomis was in his mid 30's when he started on the show. Because of the pandemic, she had to give her paper virtually. I knew it couldnt last. But I get it, I think the show saw it's highest ratings during that story. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." Episode 1179/1180: Communication with the Dead. What are we doing?' I had a crush on Donna Wandrey, who played Roxanne. I wonder if it holds up better. I was just annoyed by the inconsistencies in the plot and how they'd "retcon" things like crazy. He was always nice, right from the beginning; he was never really bad. 3535. Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins and David Henesy as David Collins on 'Dark Shadows' (courtesy Dan Curtis Productions) . He was very frail and not wearing any pants just pink boxers and dress shoes. David began his Dark Shadows career at the age of nine debuting in the fourth episode of the series and remaining throughout the duration of the program. Is David from Dark Shadows still alive? And the predator doesnt question his own nature, Dawidziak points out. It Was Pretty Disgusting! She was that quality that was really the opposite of Angelique, who was evil, who was jealousy the witch who was able to control the situation as she chose to. Look at Bela Lugosi, the poor man. Looking around the room didn't notice anything to give a clue as to who our host was until I got to the wall the couch was up against. In 1991 Dan Curtis Productions revived the Dark Shadows series as a one-hour night time soap opera for NBC. On the set of Dark Shadows, our stage manager gave David the all-important task of holding the slate to mark Episode #67, recorded February 26, 1967. Frid and Dark Shadows co-stars David Selby, Lara Parker and Kathryn Leigh Scott were flown to England to appear in the 2012 Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movie version, but that was a disaster. The shows ratings skyrocketed, the writers introduced a wide variety of other supernatural beings to torment the Collins family, vast amounts of merchandise were inspired by the show and there were two feature films, House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Night of Dark Shadows (1971). Sorry to hear that as it's then that the series gets campier, with a bit of a true 60s vibe. Frid collaborated with the show's writers to make Barnabas a tragic, romantic figure. The entire set of shows can be found on the internet, if you know where to look. I loved the laying on of hands Quentin tried on Jamison. He said he did regret being type-cast oh and he did tour with Marion Lorne in Tea and Sympathy (and he directed a play that I can't remember now.) And then he settled in his home country, in Hamilton, Ontario, and did his one-man show and other engagements, doing readings mostly, and he did some of the fan events, and he hired local guys to help him run a website into his 80s I believe. And it lasted a hell of a lot longer than I thought it would. At the end they used to just point the camera at an empty set and run the credits. The 'Crown' Jewels' of the show is when Victoria Winters is whisked back to the year 1795 by way of a seance and we find out how Barnabas Collins became a vampire. That dumbass Vee from SON is a Dark Shadows expert, or so the annoying prick thinks. He was riding his bike down Crown Street, when all of a sudden, a tall blonde man jumped out from . . I'll miss the black-and-white when it switches to color later in 1967. The show had debuted in 1966 and came to a close in 1971 with a total of 1,225 episodes (remember, it aired five days a week). for your pointless bitchery needs. I can look back on myself in that film and I like whatever I did. I used to rush home to watch it as a kid. It's funny how Louis Edmonds was so flaming in real life, but always played the most straight-laced conservative characters. Time was not so kind to some of the others. He also played Andre DuPres in the 1795 storyline. "We had a blast," Nickerson said of working with Henesy. The kid gets to shine in the story as well. And then he returned home to Canada, before relocating back to New York in the early 1980s. I was kind of like a dark Santa Claus, he suggested with a laugh. Given how popular both Dark Shadows and Jonathan Frid were at the time, its a little surprising that the actor didnt parlay that success into something more. The fun begins when Barnabas arrives. "We got the clue when the reception, immediately, was totally overwhelming," Millay said. What impressed me was how sexless it was compared to modern soaps. Then I was getting promoted at work and he was getting close to 70, and he said, I think Im going to retire back to Canada. So for the first time ever he bought a house up there and embraced the fact hed always loved gardening., OLeary, whose friendship with Frid lasted until the end of his life, adopted a child and moved to Los Angeles, while he enjoyed a retirement that still allowed him to perform his show in Canada, which is where his last stage role took place in the form of 2000s Mass Appeal. It sure was different for its time. Is Willie Loomis supposed to be young? Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. I had only just got to Barnabus's debut when bastard Amazon U.K. pulled the show from Prime and made it a cost-option. Everything I've seen said they had to cut the storyline short because Diana Millay was pregnant. His roles varied, ranging from The Rivals Sir Anthony the Absolute to Father Barrett of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Dr. Sloper in The Heiress and Richard III among many Shakespeare parts. Together they . I'm in the U.K., though, so it might be different here. That was something the actor playing Barnabas had to remember all the time. DARK SHADOWS alumni Lara Parker, David Selby, Nancy Barrett, Marie Wallace, James Storm, Roger Davis, Sharon Smyth, Christopher Pennock, and Kathryn Leigh Scott will all be taking part in a live presentation on Halloween night, moderated by Ansel Faraj and Jack Fields. In real life, Ford was married to Nancy Barrett for two years during the run of Dark Shadows. I thought Victoria was a more interesting character than Barnabas and I liked her relationship with Elizabeth. Will I see it as high camp now? Dawidziak points out that the actor actually did know one thing: He knew how it was going to end, which was with a big piece of lumber sticking out of his chest, because they were going to kill him off. Grayson Hall as Dr. Julia Hoffman chews the scenery with a relish that needs to be seen to be believed. It's my comfort viewing. What scared me was Barnabas lie; that he was pretending to be something he wasnt. And let's not forget that the actress who played Victoria Winters was also Claus von Bulow's mistress and testified at his trial. The ghost of Gerard Stiles had caused the . David Collins (4-1109) I'm sure that David has run into Burke Devlin; his plane crash landed on the way to his dinner meeting in Panama at David's restaurant! I remember seeing the re-runs on scifi - where Barnabus just walks through a mirror and everyone is completely different - same actors playing different roles. however, i'd be willing to re-watch now that i'm "older.". "The press, of course, made it up to be just a guy with a couple of fangs biting everybody.". Also helpful for Selby was the way Quentin was styled. I would have loved to see Hall meet Barnabas . "She was clearly very rich. Like one whole episode of a character sitting in a chair whimpering about how Barnabas would do this or that. Laura Collins was a Phoenix. After a few minutes I was hooked again. I agreed and we biked over to the Village. Later incarnations of the show fixed it by just making Victoria the reincarnation of Josette, but I would like to see where the original show was planning to go with that story. Episode 937: The Predator. One of my favorites to date. I pay enough for streaming, so I'll have to go without until/if it comes back. Each episode was always Barnabas plotting a power grab, but neither side winning or searching for some answer that never materialized. I've been watching this, for the first time, over the summer. "Oh, no!" "You and he have always been in league with one another!". "You know, actors sometimes don't get a chance to play a real mustache-twirling villain like that," said Jerry Lacy, who played the bad reverend. Henesy eventually left acting as he grew up, and currently lives in Panama City, Panama with his wife, Carolina Rodriguez. A tribute to David Henesy who portrayed David Collins on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. "We could do that, because she wore Jungle Gardenia (brand) perfume, which is extremely intense. Kate Jackson and some others had their start there. Love the DS bloopers. I do know that later on Laura returns to do battle with Angelique, which should be interesting. It was hanging off my arm! And there are a lot of people who still are. Recalled the actress: "When I first went in and was contracted to do Eve, I had no idea that there'd be any other part. "It was my first soap opera," the actor said. She was Dr. Julia Hoffman. Ignore the sappy Cat Stevens track on the clip: I always heard he was gay-bashed, and was never the same again, R19. Remember the Dream Curse. I had a dream not long ago that a very elderly woman was giving a paper at a conference on time travel. I recommend it strongly to anyone who finds Dark Shadows fun. They got there, says OLeary, and there was no script. ^There are a lot of filmed interviews with the actors from DS on youtube, and most of them are really interesting. Irresistible. As the fan mail poured in, Frid made his public appearances and Dark Shadows was virtually everywhere, with the actor attempting to gain an understanding of just why people connected with the character the way that they did. Not the best pic, but you get the idea. The mother, whod been waiting on line for an hour or two, said, Sonny, Ive had you in line for two hours so you can tell Barnabas exactly what you want to tell him. Finally, he figured that the only way he was getting out of there was if he told me, so between tears he said, I like you. Talk about love-hate. The fang business with Barnabas I never thought that I created fear, I always felt foolish doing that part of it, but the horror part I liked was the lie. Theres nothing more horrible than looking someone in the eye who is tell you a lie and you know its a lie. Anyway the show is campy in a way, but that over-the-topness is really what makes the show so much fun to watch. Queen David just mentioned Barnabas and gave Loomis the idea to break into the crypt. As an actor, the first thing you want to know is, How am I supposed to play this? Well, how do you tell somebody how to play someone whos been locked in a coffin since the 1790s? I remember snippets from when my mother watched it when I was knee high to a grasshopper. You just accept that as part of the job. 4, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 48, 50, 53, 58, 59, 68, 70, 73, 74, 77, 79, 82, 83, 84, 86, 90, 93, 98, 100, 101, 102, 108, 113, 114, 115, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 130, 132, 135, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 147, 150, 151, 155, 159, 162, 163, 165, 166, 173, 176, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 201, 205, 208, 212, 223, 224, 240, 241, 253, 256, 267, 268, 284, 288, 292, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310, 311, 313, 315, 316, 318, 320, 324, 325, 326, 327, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 337, 342, 344, 348, 350, 352, 363, 364, 489, 492, 495, 497, 511, 539, 540, 541, 598, 609, 639, 640, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 656, 657, 659, 660, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 684, 685, 686, 688. The flip side was "At The Blue Whale" (the waterfront bar in Collinsport) What a little Queen I was. Karma for embarassing me I suppose. R114 She was taken in by a scoundrel - but Barnabas got him in the end. Just who in the hell was she. More importantly, can I change? It was unfortunate. And their appearance was of the blink-and-youll-miss-it variety. I'm watching the entire series for the first time, and I'm up to Tom Jennings' vampiric turn (God he was hot). Google Dark Shadows Every Day. I was forewarned that this would happen, and it did. You could smell her way before you ever saw her. How wrong they were. Biography. As Carolyn, Barrett got to wear groovy hair and fashions. I first heard of Dark Shadows on DL. Julia cried, her hand to her mouth. Another option is to invest in a VPN that allows you to change nationality and access sites from other countries as they appear to their locals. Who's sexier in the short trunks at the beach - Jonathan or Louis? There was one child, before he even got into the tent, who was just screaming and terrified. "There was something about (Jenny's) vulnerability that really was endearing to me." There's Maggie Evans!' I still enjoyed it a lot. I always felt the guy who played Willie Loomis (John Karlen) was the best actor in the whole bunch. I do, but I dont miss the work, he admitted. (The actor died in April at age 87. Daniel Collins (431-456) Outside of Dark Shadows, Ford is perhaps best known for the role of John Hancock in the musical 1776 which . site without all this bureaucratic nonsense, David was a great actor. As OLeary told him, Its your voice and all your facial expressions that bring all these characters from the page to life for the audience.. it wasn't my thing. The show also is much less confusingly organized than it is on Amazon Prime. When "Dark Shadows" introduced its version of the Frankenstein monster, Adam, a mate soon followed. The side that is capable of anger and resentment and bitchiness and manipulating other peoples' lives, which is really fascinating and challenging. I also knew I couldnt make a career out of being a star, because I would have to make a commitment to the occult, he continued. "He had the long frock coat, which I thought was wonderful, and he had the sideburns," Selby said. "The variety of emotions and the complexity of Barnabas made him the most interesting character I've ever played, including Shakespeare. I was getting a little bored with it, I suppose, but everyone got bored with it. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. But may give it a look. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. R71, I'm still able to watch it through Tubi for free. The role was originated by Alexandra Moltke on the ABC series from 1966 to 1968. How did the cast and crew learn that the phoenix storyline resonated with viewers? It's my evening pandemic watching. It never occured to me to ask for an autograph for my brother. ), but would come to include victims of the humankind. I watched about 6 or 7 episodes and became bored with it. So Jonathan just did what actors do: he built an interior life., Though early on it seemed he didnt need too much of that interior life in the sense that Barnabas was intended to be a part of the show for just three months, at which point theyd move on to another character. Don't forget Denise Nickerson, the child actress who was later immortalized as the gum chewing Violet Beauregarde In "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.". R91, I feel the same way about Elizabeth. I pay enough for streaming as it is! As Carolyn Stoddard, Nancy Barrett got to play a free spirit in the stuffy Collins family. You know the rest of the story. And then the other side, which is the pure side, the virginal side. I was too busy when it was all happening to make sense of it, but Im having a good time with it all now.. To me the weak spot was always Jonathan Frid's Barnabas. Everybody was laughing about how often Jonathan Frid would forget his lines. But at least those nerves worked for Barnabas, because the character was a nervous wreck. That was how we did it. ', I found it on YouTube as "Dark Shadows: Original Series from 1966 to 1971". Another mystery of Collinwood solved. Campy, with supernatural elements. R83 - Neither one appeals to me, but I suppose I would have sooner done Louis than Jonathan. I watched a few episodes when the revival came out in the early 90's - i was interested in the source material. Every time the show went up another notch, I figured it was peaking and that it would start to go down. We were almost like a summer stock group. The wild plots, Grayson Hall, the very many gay actors, the flubs, the microphones hanging over their heads ("Mike Shadows"). Then there was his role as a mute butler in the 1973 TV movie The Devils Daughter and Oliver Stones directorial debut, Seizure (1974). I swear I once saw partially dressed Thayer David walk across the set as the credits were running, then hustle away as he realized the camera was on. The first 250 episodes go extremely slowly, so you are advised to start when Barnabas arrives and the show transforms from a gothic soap into a monster mash. David's aunt is Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. "Trask held you prisoner?" says Quentin, from his prison cell. My name is Victoria Winters. David became a restaurateur, serving New York-style food at his restaurant, La Posta, in Panama City, Panama. He died and had himself buried in his Dracula cape. The characters purposely lead themselves into trouble and then whine about it. All rights reserved (About Us). Cleverly, they brought the show to variousDark Shadowsconventions, which turned out to be a great way to work out the kinks, though there the presentations would include Barnabas-related material, which would ultimately be removed from the show when performed elsewhere. Hall was originally from Mississippi so Loomis spoke with a gentle Southern accent. Clutching a Bible and pointing the finger of guilt, witchhunter Rev. Fango fans of several generations know what a formative experience the TV series Dark Shadows was for them as children, but perhaps no childhood was as shaped by the series as David Henesy's. Mr. Henesy was with the show from its first week on the air in 1966 to the end of 1970, some 1160 episodes later (filming the feature film House of Dark Shadows earlier that year). R17, Grayson was wonderful, but I think Lara Parker was equally a draw for me. "There are no such things as heroes and villains, you know, and Barnabas was neither hero nor villain," Frid said. As 19th-century ghost Quentin Collins, David Selby didn't have much to say at first. After Moltke left to raise a family in 1968, actresses Betsy Durkin and Carolyn Groves briefly replaced her for only a handful of episodes, before Victoria was written out completely. It wasnt the ordinary soap opera and they went through all the horror stories three or four times; we were repeating ourselves. She said in an interview that when she showed up to audition for a role on DS all the other girls who showed up to audition had long hair. It was always campy - it is a daytime soap about vampires and witches.but god love em for takning chances. Its too much hard work. R38 Yes, and my understanding is that if you want to watch the early episodes before Barnabas came along, you have to specifically type in "Dark Shadows: The Beginning." Well, we were taping, so we had to do it over. I think it could have been much better. Hello and thank you for registering. Were still talking about Dark Shadows for the same reasons were still talking about Casablanca, Star Wars, and The Twilight Zone they all have a lot of gears working in unison that sing to us on levels deeper than just personal. Fandoms tend to crop up around these kinds of properties because they provoke a shared experience thats transcendent, and we gather together to try to prolong that experience.
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