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SHADOWGRAM NEWS UPDATE # 341
January 5, 2015
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Update Number 341
January 5, 2015
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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), announces the following key breaking news in this Official DS News Online Update "bulletin."
PLEASE NOTE:
DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RECENT DS NEWS, THIS UPDATE # 341 IS THE SECOND OF 2 SG UPDATES POSTED AND DATED TODAY, JANUARY 5, 2015.
SG UPDATE # 340, ALSO DATED JANUARY 5, 2015, WAS POSTED A SHORT TIME AGO.
----------- HERE IS SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL DS NEWS ONLINE UPDATE # 341:
*** * IN MEMORIAM – 2014
**** DARK SHADOWS REMEMBRANCES
**** 2015 DS CALENDAR HAS RARE PHOTOS FROM 1970 & 1971 DS MOVIES
**** DS CARIBBEAN CRUISE – SAILING JAN. 10-17, 2015
**** REMEMBERING DS LOSSES IN 2014
Over this past year, SG Updates have reported the sad passing of 3 members of the DS creative “behind the camera” family, including:
--- The original DS series producer ROBERT COSTELLO, who died at age 93 on May 30, 2014.
Bob made an unexpectedly unique contribution to DS when he posed for the iconic portrait of Barnabas that hung in the Collinwood Foyer. The vampire’s character was created but had not yet been cast, so the portrait initially did not include an actual face. Bob sat for the painting but his face was not used. When Jonathan Frid was cast as “Barnabas Collins,”Jonathan’s own face was added to the portrait.
--- The original DS series / HOUSE OF DS special make-up designer DICK SMITH, who was 92 when he died on July 30, 2014.
Dick created the intricately-realistic old age makeup for Jonathan Frid on the DS series, expanding on his “old Barnabas face” for 1970’s HOUSE OF DS movie, for which he also created the vivid “vampire bite” and other make-up effects.
He is considered one of the greatest make-up artists/makeup prosthetics creators in the entertainment industry. Often called “The Godfather of Special Makeup,” he pioneered the development and use of many innovative techniques, tools, and materials for myriad makeup needs and prosthetic body/face appliances. He willingly shared his knowledge and skills, encouraging and assisting with new and established artists worldwide. Acclaimed and esteemed for his creative skills in aging, horror, and special effects makeup, he was nominated for and won Academy Award Oscars and an Emmy. He was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2011.
--- The original DS series/HOUSE OF DS/NIGHT OF DS/DS 1991 series Writer SAM HALL was 93 when he passed away on September 26, 2014
Sam began writing for DS in 1967, often working closely with Gordon Russell. His wife Grayson Hall played DS’ “Julia Hoffman,” “Natalie,” “Magda,” and other characters, plus “Carotta” in NIGHT OF DS,” He co-wrote both DS movies with DS creator/director Dan Curtis. After DS ended, Sam and Gordon joined the writing team at ONE LIFE TO LIVE, eventually creating what is considered the show’s 1980s “golden era.” Grayson played “Euphemia Ralston” in 1983 and their son Matt also wrote for the show for about a year. Sam and Matt also were writers for the 1991 NBC primetime revival DS series. He was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy Awards and won a Peabody Award.
**** THE PASSINGS OF THE HUSBANDS OF 2 DS PERSONNEL
SG offers condolences on the losses of the husband of a DS actress and the husband of a DS costume designer.
---- ALEXANDRA MOLTKE (DS series Victoria Winters 1966-1968) lost her husband Dr. Alfred Jaretski III, age 94, on 5-29-14.
His influential medical career included his tireless work as a pioneering and world-renowned surgeon, medical researcher, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Surgery and Special Lecturer at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in NYC. He also was a member of a number of professional surgical/medical societies and associations. A cardiothoracic surgeon, his areas of expertise included aorta aneurysm, the anatomy of the thymus gland, and surgical treatment and therapy for myasthenia gravis. Even after his 1992 retirement from the operating room, he continued to be active in academic surgery and medicine until the time of his death. Survivors include his sister, his children, his wife Alexandra, and his stepson and family.
---- MARY McKINLEY-HAAS lost her husband Saul Haas at age 84 on June 21, 2011. Artist and original DS costume designer Mary and Saul were married 50 years. She was responsible for the elaborate period costumes for the final 3 months of DS’ 1841 Parallel Time storyline. Saul was a veteran of World War II and an accomplished interior design expert, Saul attended several DS events with Mary over the years. Additional survivors include their 2 sons and their families.
**** NOTE: The upcoming new SG #124 Official DS Published Newsletter will remember those of the DS family who are now gone.
**** 2015 DS CALENDAR AVAILABLE FROM DS FESTIVAL
The DS Festival offers its 2015 DS Calendar. It showcases the movies HOUSE OF DS (1970) and NIGHT OF DS (1971). Several DS characters were “written out of the TV scripts” so those actors could shoot the films on location in and around Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, NY. The Calendar’s covers and each page feature rare, never-before-seen pictures of the actors on-set in character as well as in more candid moments.
The Calendar is available only by mail-order from the DS Festival. Price is $14.99 (includes postage). Pleas\e send check/money order. Note: The Fest can not accept PayPal or credit cards.
Dark Shadows Festival
P.O. Box 92
Maplewood, NJ 07040
The 2 DS theatrical movies were the first major motion pictures to be based on a daytime TV show. The DS Festival has held several cast/fan reunion events at Lyndhurst. The DS Weekend 6-28/29, 2014 saluted both movies and the 48th anniversary of the daytime series’ debut.
**** DS CARIBBEAN CRUISE WITH DS STARS – JAN. 10/17
SG gives a hearty “BON VOYAGE!” to the 2nd DS Caribbean Cruise, sailing aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Jewel of the Seas. The ship departs San Juan, Puerto Rico this Saturday, 1-10 and makes 1-day stops in 5 islands before returning to port Monday, 1-17.
DS actors MARIE WALLACE, JERRY LACY, KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT and LARA PARKER join approximately 100 fans from across the US and Canada. They will share a variety of onboard DS-related activities, surprise DS events, and optional on-shore activities. On 1-15 they visit Martinique, the island location of the fictional sugar plantation home of DS’ Andre DuPres, his daughter Josette, her aunt Natalie DuPres, and the maidservant Angelique. All attendees will also be taking a bus tour of parts of the island with Lara and Kathryn.
Upcoming SG published newsletters will feature the cruise. May everyone have a “Grand Voyage” indeed!
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