Friday, June 22– All Day! Mom would be delighted, and slightly mortified, but delight would win out.
Here’s the first group up:
The Drawing Room (Home of the Dark Shadows podcast)
On the latest installment of The Drawing Room podcast, Chrissy recites her poem, Ode to Hoffman, 1967, which celebrates Grayson Hall’s contribution to the early episodes of Dark Shadows. The poem is also available to read at the website.
http://collinsport.net/?p=413
Barnabas & Company
S. R. Shutt shares her thoughts on the artistry of Grayson Hall, playfully inspired by Wallace Stevens’ short verse cycle, Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird.
http://barnabasandcompany.com/blog/
The Collinsport Historical Society
Jonathan Frid was the face of Dark Shadows, but Grayson Hall was it’s soul. Even though nobody ever made action figures or board games baed on her characters, Dark Shadows wouldn’t have been the same without her. Plus fan art, vintage newspaper clippings about Hall’s stage career and more throughout the day!
http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/search/label/The%20Grayson%20Hall%20Blog-a-thon
The Performance Art of Grayson Hall: Life On Two Levels
Using lines from her Oscar-nominated film Night of the Iguana as thematic bookends, Frank Jay Gruber discusses the differences between Grayson Hall’s film and television performance styles, and why each is distinct and memorable.
http://thewearyprofessor.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/the-performance-art-of-grayson-hall-life-on-two-levels-2/
The Collins Foundation
“If you have to choose between real and interesting, choose interesting.” According to Patrick McCray, Grayson Hall gives us both in Dark Shadows.
http://collinsfoundation.net/2012/06/21/grayson-hall-dsxp/
The Classic Movie Lady
At age 13, this blogger’s favorite actress was Grayson Hall … and she had never seen Dark Shadows.
http://classicmovielady1985.tumblr.com/
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June 22, 2012 at 10:27 am
Randy
Just finished watching the entire original Dark Shadows in it’s enitirety, having vague memories as a wee kid. When Grayson Hall first appears as a rather course “doctor/psychiatrist” it was just another character. As Grayson evolved into Julia and her relationship and sagas tending to Barnabas, I became engaged with her without even knowing it. As the show moved onward I became engrossed with Grayson’s incredible ability to play so many varied characterizations, including the unforgettable “Magda”. Perhaps the greatest nod I can pay to Grayson/Julia is how I moved from intitially seeing her as the frumpy (for lack of a better word) doctor to a very attractive and always engaging core baseline of the show. Yes I said attractive-there was both an innate acting quality that Grayson brought to the show along with an outward attractiveness that become more and more evident as the show moved it’s way onward!
I say bravo to Dr. Hoffman (Magdo, Julia and all the rest)!
June 22, 2012 at 10:42 am
Matt Hall
The entire original Dark Shadows? Wow.
Nice words on Mom.
What next? Everest? Proust? The entirety of Little Nemo in Slumberland?
Actually, that last would totally rock.
~M
December 23, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Richard
Hello Mr Hall, Im a longtime collector of Dark Shadows Memorabilia, props, photos, autographed items etc…The late Mr Frid over the years helped me with my collection.I’m looking for memorabilia concerning Grayson Hall particularly Autographed items.Do you or any relitives have any items, Thanks Rich
December 31, 2012 at 1:19 am
Matt Hall
I actually have some stuff I’m thinking of auctioning off– weird things, like clothing, that are very specific, and might have specific meaning to specific people. Perhaps as a charity thing, or partially so.
June 22, 2012 at 8:32 pm
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January 15, 2013 at 7:29 pm
Richard
Thank you for replying Mr Hall,when you put anything up for sale please contact me at dogs162002@yahoo.com Thank you Richard