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May 17, 2022 · This is the story bible for the ABC gothic soap Dark Shadows. It was published in 1995 by Pomegranate Press.
Jan 4, 2014 · So, it’s not shocking that a look back at Art Wallace’s “bible” for DARK SHADOWS differs in a great many ways from the show it quickly became. Overall, the outline and character sketches presented in Wallace’s long-out-of-print SHADOWS ON THE WALL feel like the show’s first year.
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Writer Art Wallace was hired to develop a story outline for Dan Curtis’ proposed series. Curtis' idea for the series came from a dream about a beautiful young woman riding on a train, with her destination being a brooding old mansion. Given the task of fleshing out Curtis' initial vision, Wallace fashioned the document which would serve as both a g...
In constructing the series bible Art Wallace drew heavily from one of his previous works, an original teleplay entitled The House, which had been seen as an episode of NBC-TV’s Television Playhouse, broadcast on September 8, 1957. The Housewas set in a New England fishing village where middle-aged Caroline Barnes has lived the life of a recluse sin...
Characters that feature in the story bible who would appear in the show as televised are: 1. Victoria Winters 2. Burke Devlin 3. Elizabeth Collins Stoddard 4. Roger Collins 5. David Collins 6. Carolyn Stoddard 7. Joe Haskell 8. Maggie Evans 9. Sam Evans 10. Bill Malloy 11. Frank Garner 12. Constable Carter 13. A character named Walt Cummings corres...
The bible summarizes the originally planned storylines for the first two 13-week story arcs. It does not mention any supernatural elements. The first arc chronicles Burke Devlin's attempt to prove that Roger Collins framed him for a manslaughter charge. The second deals with Walt Cummings' plot to blackmail Elizabeth Collins Stoddard into marriage ...
Once the first two story arcs had concluded, Art Wallacesuggests that the next plot strands would be: 1. The rehabilitation of David Collins. (David’s character, and attitude towards his father, undergoes a significant change for the better once his mother arrives in episode 123) 2. The appearance of Roger's alcoholic wife, Laura Collins, to claim ...
In 1995, Pomegranate Press issued Art Wallace's Shadows on the Wall. It was reproduced in facsimile fashion directly from the original typed version (including typographic errors, et al.). It is now out of print.
Mar 16, 2024 · 1954 “pilot”: The Web, episode “The House” by Art Wallace Inspired Jason Maguire arc, and later incorporated into Shadows on the Wall; included on Master of Dark Shadows Blu-ray. 1957 “pilot”: The Goodyear Playhouse, episode “The House” by Art Wallace
Apr 2, 2021 · Writer Art Wallace developed Curtis’s vague idea into a 91-page series bible entitled Shadows On The Wall. This bible became a gothic soap opera, wherein slightly oddball orphan Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) came to work in the town of Collinsport, for the charming yet unsettling Collins family, at the big old house of Collinwood, high ...
May 11, 2012 · Shadows on the Wall: The original title for Dark Shadows when it was in series bible form, as devised by Art Wallace, under the guidance of Dan Curtis, who had experienced a dream in which...
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Feb 11, 2023 · This is Art Wallace's rough draft for the "Dark Shadows" story bible. It contains crossed out portions of text that were not included in the document published by Pomegranate Press. These deleted passages provide insights into Art Wallace's thoughts and plans as he wrote the story outline.
