Of "Dracula"~~~~

Hello My Darklings,

Halloween is going to be wonderful this year----at least for me.   A local movie theater is going to show  the 1931 "Dracula" on the Big Screen!!!!!!!!!   at the end of October!!!    To finally see it properly on the Big Screen!  To get an idea of what kind of impact it really made to movie audiences!!! Oh Darklings I swoon at the thought!

And then----and Then!!!  The next week as part of this Theater's classic movie series they are going to show the First James Bond Film "Dr. No" at the beginning of November, just in time when the New James Bond movie "Specter" will be released.   

OH BE STILL MY BEATING HEART!!!!   It is almost an overload for this Elder Goth.

And what theater will be showing this film???  Well if you live in the San Francisco East Bay Area it's----The Historic Alameda Movie Theater in Alameda.   Yes Darklings I have revealed it's location.

But for those lovely Goths who read my blog and live around here do NOT miss this. 

O.K. yes by today's standards it's corny, it's hokey, but you have to remember it's the Great-Grand Daddy of Gothicness and Vampires.

And if you have a theater near you that will show good clean prints of this film, encourage them to do it!!!    

Oh by still my trembling, beating heart!!!!!  Now if they will show Dracula's Daughter on the Big Screen like I saw it sooooo many many years ago!! 

Later Darklings!!  I must refresh myself!

Of Carla Laemmle R.I.P~~~~

Dear Darklings,

Well if one thing an actress knows is how to make an entrance and a memorable exit.

Carla Laemmel did just that 

 

Carla Laemmle, Actress, Dancer and Niece of Universal Studios Founder, Died today at the age of 104.  She was born on Oct. 20, 1909.

The Hollywood Reporter reported the story in todays issue.  You can find it there plus links to some of her interviews.  She was being watched over by a Great-Niece and had wisely invested her money and lived modestly but well.

One of the last links to Hollywood’s silent-film era, she appeared in ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ as the lead or prima ballerina  and spoke the first line in Bela Lugosi’s ‘Dracula.’  She is the secretary who gets tossed into Renfield's lap by a hard joss of the coach they are in.

Rest in Peace Dear Daughter of Darkness.

Carla Laemmle 1909-2014

It's Bram Stoker's Birthday~~~

Well Darklings,

I have a reason to celebrate, it's Bram Stoker's 165th birthday!

Author of "Dracula", "Lair of the White Worm" and other tingling tales.

My friends called me here at work, and since it's been raining on and off, it will be a perfect night to get together to celebrate.

Later Darklings