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Dark Shadows : Memories (35th Anniversary Edition)

Dark Shadows : Memories (35th Anniversary Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "Dark Shadows Memories" reviewed by T. Choate
Review: "Dark Shadows Memories" - by Kathryn Leigh Scott
A Review - by Tim Choate

This book is an updated version of the Kathryn Leigh Scott's
1986 book, "My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows."

"Dark Shadows Memories" contains the following:

1. Acknowledgements and A Table Of Contents
2. A Foreword - by Alexandra Moltke (Victoria Winters)
3. My Memories of Dark Shadows - by Kathryn Leigh Scott
4. A Conversation With David Henesy (David Collins)
5. The Dark Shadows Story - by Kathleen Resch
(a synopsis of all the plots)
6. A "House of Dark Shadows" plot summary (the first DS movie)
7. A "Night of Dark Shadows" plot summary (the second DS movie)
8. The Museum of Televion & Radio Tribute to Dark Shadows (03-08-01)
9. The Legend of Dark Shadows - Jim Pierson
10. Behind The Scenes Photo Gallery
11. Episode Guide - by Ann Wilson

Approximately 6 X 9 inches, 302 pages plus 16 pages for the
Acknowledgements, Table Of Contents and Foreward.

Her original book, "My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows"
contained the following:

1. Acknowledgements & Table Of Contents
2. Dark Shadows Memories - by Kathryn Leigh Scott
3. Pictures From The Album
4. The Dark Shadows Story (a synopsis of all the plots)
5. The "House Of Dark Shadows" plot summary (the first DS movie)
6. The Dark Shadows Cast (Performer, Character and Time Period)
7. The Dark Shadow Staff & Crew
8. In Memoriam

Approximately 7 X 9.75 inches, 152 pages. Thick glossy paper.

What's new in "Dark Shadows Memories":

1. Added a Foreword by Alexandra Moltke
2. Slightly revised and updated her Dark Shadows Memories article
3. Added an interview with David Henesy (done via email)
4. Slightly revised the Dark Shadows Story
(a synopsis of all the plots)
5. Edited "The House of Dark Shadows" movie summary (much better)
6. Added "The Night Of Dark Shadows" movie summary
(it was barely mentioned in the original book)
7. Added "The Museum of Television & Radio Tribute To Dark Shadows." There are pictures, a summary and comments made by the Dark Shadows stars at the event. (March 8, 2001)
8. Added a short article by Jim Pierson detailing the many facets of Dark Shadows: the show itself, the merchandise, spanish versions of the episodes, the Sci-Fi Channel adding Dark Shadows to it's schedule and the recent tribute mentioned above.
9. Added "The Episode Guide" by Ann Wilson. It is available as a separate book from Kathryn Leigh Scott's publishing company, Pomegranate Press. It has been edited and included as part of this book, leaving out who did the voiceovers for each episode, ABC-TV's volume number for each episode, and the MPI video volume number for each episode.

The "Dark Shadows Cast" and "Dark Shadows Staff & Crew" listings have been removed along with the "In Memoriam" list but that's because all of that information is now in her book, "The Dark Shadows Almanac."

All of the pictures in Dark Shadows Memories are new - literally hundreds - some in color but her first book, "My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows" was on a much higher quality of paper and that made all of the pictures breathtakingly beautiful. Her new book uses a lower grade of paper and although the pictures look very good, they are still a slight disappointment. But I suspect that the cost of doing a book like that now made using the higher grade of paper out of the question.

In conclusion, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND her new book, "Dark Shadows Memories."

"My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows" is now unfortunately out-of-print. There is always the chance that someone might sell there copy but most likely at a very high price.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "Dark Shadows Memories" reviewed by T. Choate
Review: "Dark Shadows Memories" - by Kathryn Leigh Scott
A Review - by Tim Choate

This book is an updated version of the Kathryn Leigh Scott's
1986 book, "My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows."

"Dark Shadows Memories" contains the following:

1. Acknowledgements and A Table Of Contents
2. A Foreword - by Alexandra Moltke (Victoria Winters)
3. My Memories of Dark Shadows - by Kathryn Leigh Scott
4. A Conversation With David Henesy (David Collins)
5. The Dark Shadows Story - by Kathleen Resch
(a synopsis of all the plots)
6. A "House of Dark Shadows" plot summary (the first DS movie)
7. A "Night of Dark Shadows" plot summary (the second DS movie)
8. The Museum of Televion & Radio Tribute to Dark Shadows (03-08-01)
9. The Legend of Dark Shadows - Jim Pierson
10. Behind The Scenes Photo Gallery
11. Episode Guide - by Ann Wilson

Approximately 6 X 9 inches, 302 pages plus 16 pages for the
Acknowledgements, Table Of Contents and Foreward.

Her original book, "My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows"
contained the following:

1. Acknowledgements & Table Of Contents
2. Dark Shadows Memories - by Kathryn Leigh Scott
3. Pictures From The Album
4. The Dark Shadows Story (a synopsis of all the plots)
5. The "House Of Dark Shadows" plot summary (the first DS movie)
6. The Dark Shadows Cast (Performer, Character and Time Period)
7. The Dark Shadow Staff & Crew
8. In Memoriam

Approximately 7 X 9.75 inches, 152 pages. Thick glossy paper.

What's new in "Dark Shadows Memories":

1. Added a Foreword by Alexandra Moltke
2. Slightly revised and updated her Dark Shadows Memories article
3. Added an interview with David Henesy (done via email)
4. Slightly revised the Dark Shadows Story
(a synopsis of all the plots)
5. Edited "The House of Dark Shadows" movie summary (much better)
6. Added "The Night Of Dark Shadows" movie summary
(it was barely mentioned in the original book)
7. Added "The Museum of Television & Radio Tribute To Dark Shadows." There are pictures, a summary and comments made by the Dark Shadows stars at the event. (March 8, 2001)
8. Added a short article by Jim Pierson detailing the many facets of Dark Shadows: the show itself, the merchandise, spanish versions of the episodes, the Sci-Fi Channel adding Dark Shadows to it's schedule and the recent tribute mentioned above.
9. Added "The Episode Guide" by Ann Wilson. It is available as a separate book from Kathryn Leigh Scott's publishing company, Pomegranate Press. It has been edited and included as part of this book, leaving out who did the voiceovers for each episode, ABC-TV's volume number for each episode, and the MPI video volume number for each episode.

The "Dark Shadows Cast" and "Dark Shadows Staff & Crew" listings have been removed along with the "In Memoriam" list but that's because all of that information is now in her book, "The Dark Shadows Almanac."

All of the pictures in Dark Shadows Memories are new - literally hundreds - some in color but her first book, "My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows" was on a much higher quality of paper and that made all of the pictures breathtakingly beautiful. Her new book uses a lower grade of paper and although the pictures look very good, they are still a slight disappointment. But I suspect that the cost of doing a book like that now made using the higher grade of paper out of the question.

In conclusion, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND her new book, "Dark Shadows Memories."

"My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows" is now unfortunately out-of-print. There is always the chance that someone might sell there copy but most likely at a very high price.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good but not the best DS book ever
Review: A little inferior to the DS Almanac 2000 that came out last year in terms of info. Not as much in this book. There are mistakes also (like in DS Almanac 2000). On page 3 Kathryn Leigh Scott claims her first words ever on Dark Shadows were "You're a jerk..". Actually in the first Dark Shadows ep Scott ever appeared in she first said "Roast beef rare and coffee right". Then she said "You are also a jerk".

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Sadly never mentioned fact
Review: Beautiful Alexandra Moltke (who played Vicki Winters on DS) is 15th to 20th cousins with former German Chief of staff Helmuth von Moltke. Helmuth was Chief back in World War One. Dark Shadows Memories neglects to mention this fact about beautiful Alexandra. Also, this books makes other mistakes, including not mentioning Josette Collins' original maiden last name: La Freniere!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Kathryn Leigh Scott is sexy and talented as an actress...
Review: but her editing abilities leave much to be desired. All her Dark Shadows books are full of mistakes and misinformation.They are not good books!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Dark Shadows: Memories (35th Anniversary Edition
Review: Dark Shadows Memories is a great read for fans of the original 60th's show. It is filled with some wonderful photos or the cast. A rare interview with David Henesy. It also has a full episode guide. Very enjoyable.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Enjoyable, fun read
Review: I found the book enjoyable, especially the David Hennessy interview. He was candid, humorous and insightful into the people he worked with as a child. It would be nice for him to write a book expanding more on his memories + what it was like to be a child actor in NYC in the 60s-70s. It would also be a fun movie idea if you ask me. . .from his perspective, working on this crazy show with actors who 'lived' the life. Observing all the craziness of the fans, the hysteria. . .

I would like to see a future DS book catalogue more of the crazy stories we've heard over the years. This one was a rehash of earlier Memories books and the attempts to explain the DS storylines (convoluted as it was).

R Jamison

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Enjoyable, fun read
Review: I found the book enjoyable, especially the David Hennessy interview. He was candid, humorous and insightful into the people he worked with as a child. It would be nice for him to write a book expanding more on his memories + what it was like to be a child actor in NYC in the 60s-70s. It would also be a fun movie idea if you ask me. . .from his perspective, working on this crazy show with actors who 'lived' the life. Observing all the craziness of the fans, the hysteria. . .

I would like to see a future DS book catalogue more of the crazy stories we've heard over the years. This one was a rehash of earlier Memories books and the attempts to explain the DS storylines (convoluted as it was).

R Jamison

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A Mixed Bag
Review: I have mixed feelings about this book. It's got some lovely photos that I've not seen before; the color ones are especially worth the purchase of the book. However, I strongly feel that this could have been a better effort by Pomegranite Press.

There's an episode guide which contains not only a one or two sentence synopsis of each episode but also a listing of the characters, writer and director involved in each.

The history of the show has been seen elsewhere, but it fits and it's worth the read if you don't happen to have the out-of-print books in which it was first published. I prefer the original version of the history which was written with more awareness of the absurdities to which the show was often subject.

Ms Scott has obviously made some much-needed corrections to her narrative that first appeared in "My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows," but there are still any number of factual mistakes. They detract.

The paper quality and the black and white photos could have been better considering the price of the book.

Still, this has quite a few plums for anyone interested in Dark Shadows or certain facets of television history.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: The question of Alexandra's settled
Review: In a previous DS book (Dark Shadows Companion: 25th Anniversary Collection) conflicting ages for Dark Shadows beauty Alexandra Moltke are given. One page of that book says she was born in 1945 and then it goes on to say how she was 19 (!) in 1966! I wondered for a long time how old the beauty honestly was. This new book seemingly answers my question as there are a couple of pages in the book that are Alexandra's own words and she claims she was 19 on Dark Shadows, which premiered in June 1966, so I guess that makes the beauty born in 1946 (or 1947) and not in 1945, as the old DS book said. If I got nothing else out of this book I at least got the satisfaction of learning Alexandra Moltke's true age.PS I trust this book on her age over the old one because, again, we have her testimony on how old she is and the part in the old book on her age was written by someone else!


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