The cast of Dark Shadows, including Joan Bennett, Louis Edmond, CLarice Blackburn, Grayson Hall, Jonathan Frid, John Karlen, Alexandra Motlke, Nancy Barrett, Robert Gerringer, Joel Crothers, Kathryn Leigh Scott, David Hennesy, and Sharon Smyth
The hiển thị was the creation of a man named Dan Curtis, a TV producer and creator. Initially as a character-driven show, it aired first on June 27, 1966, with Alexandra Moltke's "My name is Victoria Winters. My journey is beginning. A journey to link my past with my future..." While a great beginning, the audience wasn't buying it. The series main attraction was Joan Bennett, a được ưa chuộng movie ngôi sao from the 30's and 40's. She played the mistress of Collinwood, widowed Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.
Curtis intially tried to stay away from Supernatural occurences, at least until the ghost of Josette was introduced. The một giây Supernatural character was Laura Collins, the immortal phoenix. Following the Laura Collins storyline, the series introduced the third Supernatural character, the character that changed the hiển thị forever. Barnabas Collins.
Barnabas Collins, a guilt-ridden, 175-year-old vampire, is released from his chained coffin bởi jewel-seeker, Willie Loomis. Barnabas was initially portrayed as a villian. He was just an evil, maroding vampire. After the introduction of Jonathan Frid in the part, the hiển thị became thêm được ưa chuộng than ever. thêm people started tuning in every afternoon to see this vampire. Barnabas commited several evil deeds in his early episodes, at one point, kidnapping a girl named Maggie Evans, because she resembled Josette, a woman he loved and Mất tích in the 1790's. He tries to turn her into Josette but she escapes and loses her mind.
Barnabas' original plotline was to have him as an evil vampire and kill him off after 13 weeks. He became so được ưa chuộng that they decided to keep him on. The tiếp theo character that was introduced was his partner.
While Holmes had Watson, Barnabas had Dr. Julia Hoffman as his sidekick. She initially came on the hiển thị to investigate what happened to Maggie Evans. The actress who played Julia, Grayson Hall, was the wife of staff writer Sam Hall. Sam Hall decided to write her in as one of the main characters.
Julia Hoffman was in tình yêu with Barnabas and tried to find a way to cure him of his vampirism. The original intention for that was to have Barnabas kill her and then soon he too, be killed.
They became so được ưa chuộng that they were in a sense, the show! They were the main attraction and the chemistry between Frid and Hall was real!
The hiển thị went on to be a Supernatural phenomenon.
There were great actors and great storylines and the hiển thị is just as được ưa chuộng today. Dark Shadows used to be on Sci-fi but unfortunatley, has been taken off. The hiển thị is available on DVD through MPI trang chủ Video. The hiển thị ran for 5 years, from 1966 to 1971. It even sparked two movies, House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows.
Dark Shadows has millions of những người hâm mộ and shows no sign of letting up. Forty years after the hiển thị came on, it is still loved bởi many.
The fanbase of Dark Shadows is gigantic. The spot on Fanpop.com has 85 những người hâm mộ of the show, people of all ages who have one thing in common: the tình yêu for a hiển thị that has lasted for a lifetime.
Dark Shadows was not only a great TV show, but a cult classic. It is loved, respected, and adored.
It has lasted not only for its generation and our generation, but for all time.
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