tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post7916117713902077781..comments2024-03-27T10:44:12.502-04:00Comments on GREAT OLD MOVIES: GRAYSON HALL: A HARD ACT TO FOLLOWWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-30701548903422255332014-05-23T11:52:03.392-04:002014-05-23T11:52:03.392-04:00It's definitely on my list to watch again. Ben...It's definitely on my list to watch again. Ben Cross was a fine actor and I remember him saying in an interview that the show was his last shot at becoming really famous, although he's had a successful career nevertheless. Gordon-Levitt has certainly turned into a fine actor. And I've always been a big Barbara Steele fan. I remember being disappointed when the 90's show was canceled. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-90322553408378336792014-05-23T11:41:12.976-04:002014-05-23T11:41:12.976-04:00Oh, yes, I also love the early 90s remake--Ben Cro...Oh, yes, I also love the early 90s remake--Ben Cross is a brilliant Barnabas, Barbara Steele is well-cast in the Julia Hoffman role, and you'll also see a very young Joseph Gordon-Levitt as David Collins! I remember the series was cancelled before it ended because of the start of the first Iraq War; it was permanently preempted by the primetime nightly overage of the war. Did not get to see the series in its entirety until I caught the whole thing recently on Hulu.com<br />angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-87358695949251803002014-05-21T13:11:39.163-04:002014-05-21T13:11:39.163-04:00You captured it, all right -- the "I don'...You captured it, all right -- the "I don't know" business with the furrowed brow and all, I mean. I have DVDs of every episode of the show but after watching half or so of the first before-Barnabas season just never found the time to get back into it -- of course things really kicked into gear when Barnabas joined the show. Someday I have to find out on just which discs there's the Adam and Eve storyline, which I remember enjoying, but don't ask me which season, which month, which disc, or anything else. I also have the remake with Barbara Steele and Jean Simmons on DVD and maybe one of these days I'll get around to that. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-25785298180729533522014-05-20T14:29:38.592-04:002014-05-20T14:29:38.592-04:00I am a huge fan of the original Dark Shadows, and ...I am a huge fan of the original Dark Shadows, and the hypnotically compelling speaking voice of Grayson Hall as Dr. Hoffman. I laughed out loud at your comment about the number of times she would be forced to say, "I don't know" at all of the mysterious medical maladies at Collinwood. "What could be causing this excessive loss of blood, Dr. Hoffman?" Answer (after a pregnant pause, with intensely furrowed brow): "I don't know." I look forward to reading this biography; her coworkers adored and revered her as a hip and "cool" member of the older generation, in a time when no one trusted anyone over 30...according to Kathryn Leigh Scott's Dark Shadows memoirs. angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.com