bobod
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Post by bobod on Sept 29, 2016 10:21:45 GMT
Dark Shadows fans of Joe Lidster and Matthew Waterhouse might be interested in a Doctor Who short story released today. Only £2.99. Details are here and it's being discussed here.
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Post by barnabaslives on Sept 30, 2016 2:54:03 GMT
It's an amazing story and a stunning performance by Matthew, in my opinion, and well worthwhile. I enjoyed very much hearing it this morning (even though I'm apparently somewhat touchy and eccentric about issues of longevity). Perhaps the most amazing thing about the story is what it affords Adric after all he was tragically cheated out of and how gratifying that is to hear. Really well done all around!
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Post by cschell on Sept 30, 2016 23:29:33 GMT
Dark Shadows fans of Joe Lidster and Matthew Waterhouse might be interested in a Doctor Who short story released today. Only £2.99. Details are here and it's being discussed here. Ooh, thanks for the reminder. Purchased and downloaded.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 21:12:00 GMT
Ever wondered what Tony Peterson is doing now? Well, he's changed his name to Harrison and stars in a web-film available to watch on YouTube. Or in other words, the wonderful Jerry Lacy plays a character very like his Dark Shadows detective and meets no less than ... well, that would be telling! Just enter THE LAST CASE OF AUGUST T. HARRISON into YouTube and it's free to watch. Very low budget, but worth a look
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Post by gljohnson17 on Oct 14, 2016 18:31:26 GMT
Does anyone follow Kathleen Cody on Facebook? She's been posting some serious political viewpoints.
I was sad that I had to unfriend and unfollow her... such is life I guess.
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Post by silverednickle on Oct 18, 2016 22:27:52 GMT
On the other end of the political over posting is Chris Pennock. While I understand having the ability to express one's political views and wanting to educate your fans, I already have enough politically active friends on both ends to keep me up to date on the latest reasoning from both sides, haha.
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Post by gljohnson17 on Oct 24, 2016 1:36:51 GMT
True. Mr Pennock share as well and his political philosophy iis kbowny... But the beautiful KC actually demonizes the entire US progressives.
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bobod
Chancellery Guard
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Post by bobod on Oct 28, 2016 9:33:12 GMT
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Post by barnabaslives on Oct 28, 2016 9:39:41 GMT
Absolutely amazing deals on the full cast Dark Shadows dramas!!
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Post by Trace on Nov 20, 2016 1:56:52 GMT
Many of you may recall that Hermes Press released 5 beautiful hardcover volumes collecting every Gold Star comic book (plus the cool DS Story Digest and a "Best of..." volume) in the Dark Shadows range in the 1970s. They are all gorgeous works, and really did the original comics justice. At the same time, they announced that they were collecting the entire run of newspaper comic strips (with color Sundays) and it quickly went up for preorder on Amazon. Well, that was in 2013 or 2014 and it's never been released. Hermes has always said it was still very much in the works but that they were having trouble locating some of the color Sunday strips. Now, it appears it may finally be coming! It's available again for preorder--the price stated is $50US, but that will go down by the time of its release. They always do. I have waited patiently a long time for this...dare I hope this time it's for real? Anyway, I wanted to bring this to the Board because some of you have recently started to explore all the various DS parallel universes! The current Hermes books (the Gold Key comics and story digest) are just one more--as is the forthcoming newspaper strip! All of them, with some better than others of course, offer wonderfully fanciful tales and some great artwork. Do check them out! Here's a link to the new book: Dark Shadows Newspaper Strip Collection
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 7:07:25 GMT
I bought the bluray of Fritz Lang's Man Hunt yesterday, just out from SignalOne in the UK - not only is Joan Bennett the female lead but there's a 25 minute documentary about her on the disc, focusing mostly on her Noir-work in this and Woman In The Window etc, but still perhaps of interest to DS fans.
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Post by kimalysong on Jun 20, 2017 12:20:33 GMT
I bought the bluray of Fritz Lang's Man Hunt yesterday, just out from SignalOne in the UK - not only is Joan Bennett the female lead but there's a 25 minute documentary about her on the disc, focusing mostly on her Noir-work in this and Woman In The Window etc, but still perhaps of interest to DS fans. Ironically I actually know Joan Bennett best from her Noir and classic film work
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Post by Trace on Jun 21, 2017 0:05:55 GMT
She was a legendary beauty of the silver screen era. Brian Kellow's The Bennetts: An Acting Family is a great read.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jun 21, 2017 2:54:52 GMT
I bought the bluray of Fritz Lang's Man Hunt yesterday, just out from SignalOne in the UK - not only is Joan Bennett the female lead but there's a 25 minute documentary about her on the disc, focusing mostly on her Noir-work in this and Woman In The Window etc, but still perhaps of interest to DS fans. Woman In The Window is one of the key film noirs.
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Post by Barnacle Crawlins on Jun 21, 2017 23:29:51 GMT
I bought the bluray of Fritz Lang's Man Hunt yesterday, just out from SignalOne in the UK - not only is Joan Bennett the female lead but there's a 25 minute documentary about her on the disc, focusing mostly on her Noir-work in this and Woman In The Window etc, but still perhaps of interest to DS fans. Ironically I actually know Joan Bennett best from her Noir and classic film work Ditto. Noir is one of my main genres (I actually write hardboiled fiction; trying to collect it all into a collection of short stories at the moment). No one has mentioned 'Scarlet Street' yet. That is another great Film Noir also starring (one of my favourite actors) Edward G. Robinson. I am not sure which I like best but it is at least of comparable quality to 'Woman In The Window' and doesn't have as much of a cliched (now, not then) ending, so it is well worth a watch. It didn't inspire the best 'Dark Shadows' plot though; "The Pen".
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jun 21, 2017 23:41:51 GMT
Ironically I actually know Joan Bennett best from her Noir and classic film work Ditto. Noir is one of my main genres (I actually write hardboiled fiction; trying to collect it all into a collection of short stories at the moment). No one has mentioned 'Scarlet Street' yet. That is another great Film Noir also starring (one of my favourite actors) Edward G. Robinson. I am not sure which I like best but it is at least of comparable quality to 'Woman In The Window' and doesn't have as much of a cliched (now, not then) ending, so it is well worth a watch. It didn't inspire the best 'Dark Shadows' plot though; "The Pen". That is a good point about Scarlet Street. Lang was such a versatile & gifted film director it is sometimes easy to forget he was one of the greatest of film noir directors. The two film already mentioned and The Big Heat, which is one of my favorite two or three Lang movies and easily in my top ten noir films.
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Post by kimalysong on Jun 21, 2017 23:47:40 GMT
Ironically I actually know Joan Bennett best from her Noir and classic film work Ditto. Noir is one of my main genres (I actually write hardboiled fiction; trying to collect it all into a collection of short stories at the moment). No one has mentioned 'Scarlet Street' yet. That is another great Film Noir also starring (one of my favourite actors) Edward G. Robinson. I am not sure which I like best but it is at least of comparable quality to 'Woman In The Window' and doesn't have as much of a cliched (now, not then) ending, so it is well worth a watch. It didn't inspire the best 'Dark Shadows' plot though; "The Pen". Oh yeah I would definitely rank Scarlet Street above Woman in the Window. Scarlet Street was actually a remake of a French film called La Chienne (which I've been dying to see but have missed out on so far) As for Joan Bennett she also starred in a Max Ophuls Noir called the Reckless Moment . This was also one of James Mason's earliest Hollywood films. But I also love Noir. Here in the States we have a film noir shown every Sunday morning on TCM. One of my favorite parts of the week. Please tell us more about your book when it's finished. Edit: Big Heat is my favorite American Lang film. Great stuff. The scene with the hot coffee.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jun 21, 2017 23:51:31 GMT
Ditto. Noir is one of my main genres (I actually write hardboiled fiction; trying to collect it all into a collection of short stories at the moment). No one has mentioned 'Scarlet Street' yet. That is another great Film Noir also starring (one of my favourite actors) Edward G. Robinson. I am not sure which I like best but it is at least of comparable quality to 'Woman In The Window' and doesn't have as much of a cliched (now, not then) ending, so it is well worth a watch. It didn't inspire the best 'Dark Shadows' plot though; "The Pen". Oh yeah I would definitely rank Scarlet Street above Woman in the Window. Scarlet Street was actually a remake of a French film called La Chienne (which I've been dying to see but have missed out on so far) As for Joan Bennett she also starred in a Max Ophuls Noir called the Reckless Moment . This was also one of James Mason's earliest Hollywood films. But I also love Noir. Here in the States we have a film noir shown every Sunday morning on TCM. One of my favorite parts of the week. Please tell us more about your book when it's finished. Edit: Big Heat is my favorite American Lang film. Great stuff. The scene with the hot coffee. I think La Chienne is available to stream on the Criterion Film Struck service.
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Post by kimalysong on Jun 22, 2017 0:04:18 GMT
I don't have Film Struck Right now I can't justify the cost when I barely have time to watch the movies I record off TCM.
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Post by Barnacle Crawlins on Jun 22, 2017 0:06:45 GMT
Ditto. Noir is one of my main genres (I actually write hardboiled fiction; trying to collect it all into a collection of short stories at the moment). No one has mentioned 'Scarlet Street' yet. That is another great Film Noir also starring (one of my favourite actors) Edward G. Robinson. I am not sure which I like best but it is at least of comparable quality to 'Woman In The Window' and doesn't have as much of a cliched (now, not then) ending, so it is well worth a watch. It didn't inspire the best 'Dark Shadows' plot though; "The Pen". Oh yeah I would definitely rank Scarlet Street above Woman in the Window. Scarlet Street was actually a remake of a French film called La Chienne (which I've been dying to see but have missed out on so far) As for Joan Bennett she also starred in a Max Ophuls Noir called the Reckless Moment . This was also one of James Mason's earliest Hollywood films. But I also love Noir. Here in the States we have a film noir shown every Sunday morning on TCM. One of my favorite parts of the week. Please tell us more about your book when it's finished. Edit: Big Heat is my favorite American Lang film. Great stuff. The scene with the hot coffee. Great film! Lee Marvin, Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame all give some of their best performances in it also. Mine is either any of those films, 'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt' or 'While The City Sleeps' although the latter is tainted by my doubts about the perpetrator of the real "Lipstick Killings" that William Heirens was convicted for (under somewhat dubious circumstances). Dana Andrews is one of my favourite actors and he's great in both of them.
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