******************************************************************* ShadowGram Online Dark Shadows Updates List Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" Update List An Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM < ShadowGram@aol.com > Number 82. August 13, 2002. ******************************************************************* Hello, Dark Shadows Fan, ShadowGram (SG) announces the following breaking news for Dark Shadows (DS). * ShadowGram Premiere Announcement: JOHN KARLEN (Willie, Carl, William H. Loomis, Desmond, Kendrick, NODS' Alex) is recovering at home following hospitalization for a diabetic attack. If you would like to send him a get-well card, please do so now, so they can be forwarded as soon as possible. Send cards to: John Karlen, c/o Marcy Robin - ShadowGram, P.O. Box 1766, Temple City, CA 91780-7766. * JOANNA GOING (1991 DS' Victoria, Josette) has signed to star in HOME ALONE 4, planned for broadcast on ABC's "The Wide World of Disney" next season. * ShadowGram Premiere Announcement: Dan Curtis Productions tells SG: The next live online chat is planned with DAN CURTIS during the week of Sept. 9 on MPI's website, www.darkshadowsdvd.com Plans call for "question submissions to be taken in advance." The site will update. The transcript of this chat session will be published in an upcoming issue of Kathleen Resch's "The World of Dark Shadows" fan magazine. (Previous online chats with John Karlen and Kathryn Leigh Scott also will be in upcoming issues.) Info: Kathleen Resch at Kathleener@aol.com or send SASE to P.O. Box 1766, Temple City, CA 91780-7766. * The second boxed set of episodes - "Dark Shadows DVD Collection 2" - is being released on Aug. 27. It continues with 40 more complete shows, Episodes #251-290 (original airdates 6-12-67 to 8-5-67): Barnabas seeks to make Maggie into his lost love Josette, but the ghost of his sister Sarah helps the kidnapped woman escape. He turns his attention to Victoria. Liz reveals what happened at Collinwood 18 years before, and her blackmailing suitor Jason is murdered by Barnabas. Julia arrives at Collinwood, then discovers the vampire in his coffin. Note: The original Episode 260 video master is lost and "a filmed kinescope copy is utilized." (DVD liner notes) Bonus interviews: Disc 1 - Dan Curtis (Creator/Producer) Disc 2 - Nancy Barrett (Carolyn) Disc 3 - Dennis Patrick (Jason) Disc 4 - Alexandra Moltke (Victoria) Until 8-27, pre-orders at $59.98 are available with a free bonus gift of a DS Clipboard. Order through video/DVD retailers or from MPI at http://www.darkshadowsdvd.com or 800-777-2223. (Clipboard through MPI direct-order only) * The third boxed set of episodes - "Dark Shadows DVD Collection 3" - should be released Sept. 25. It will include the next 40 unedited shows, Episodes #291-330 (original airdates 8-7-67 to 9-29-67): Julia begins the experiments to cure Barnabas of vampirism. Burke courts Victoria and becomes suspicious of the jealous Barnabas. Sarah's ghost appears to more people, though not to Barnabas, who agonizes over her death centuries before. Collection 3 bonus interviews: Jonathan Frid (Barnabas), Sharon Smyth (Sarah), Louis Edmonds (Roger), and director Lela Swift. * MPI releases the "Dan Curtis Macabre Collection" on DVD on 8-27. Individual DVDs or in a 4-disc set include "award-winning productions of 4 immortal horror legends, each with an all-star cast." Premiering on DVD are his adaptations of DAN CURTIS' DRACULA, THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, and THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.(MPI Press Release) Individual DVDs are $14.98 each. The boxed set is $49.98. Order from retailers or from MPI (contact info above). * MPI also releases the first half of Dan Curtis' monumental 1980s miniseries WAR & REMEMBRANCE on DVD in late October. * As SG Update #81 announced, the 2003 Dark Shadows Festival will be held in NYC next Aug. 8-10. The hotel location and reduced room rates for attendees will be announced on this List soon. The upcoming print issue SG #97 will update the 2003 Fest, the DVD releases, and all the DS news. This postal-mail DS Newsletter issue also will highlight the recent 2002 Fest in Anaheim, Calif., featuring details and many guest photos. Thank you. Marcy Robin ShadowGram Editor / Publisher Marcy Robin, P.O. 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