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Topic: Collinsport, Maine


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  Dark Shadows. Who is Dark Shadows? What is Dark Shadows? Where is Dark Shadows? Definition of Dark Shadows. Meaning of ...
Originally conceived with a gothic twist on the usual afternoon soap, Dark Shadows plodded along during its first year garnering a small following who were weary of the everyday love libations offered by the plethora of other soaps of the time.
Set in the small fishing village of Collinsport, Maine and revolving around the rich and powerful Collins empire, Dark Shadows developed several mysterious kernels during its initial offering.
As each of the mysteries began to come to light in Collinsport, the producers struggled to hold the interest of its steadily declining audience.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Dark_Shadows   (716 words)

  
 DARK SHADOWS FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Set in the fictional small fishing village of Collinsport, Maine, the series revolved around the rich, powerful Collins family, owners of a fishing fleet and cannery.
In 1967, Laura Murdoch Collins returns to Collinsport after a lengthy separation from Roger, with the vowed intent of reclaiming nine-year-old David.
Although Laura the Phoenix would return to plague the Collinses, she would be overshadowed by the popularity of three characters debuting in 1967-68: the reluctant vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan_Frid), the beautiful witch Angelique (Lara_Parker), and the brooding Quentin Collins (David_Selby).
www.askacouple.com /el:Dark_Shadows   (2022 words)

  
 Maine Books: Adult Fiction Set in Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A month's vacation on the Maine coast with her son, her lover, Ward, and her sister's family is supposed to be an idyllic period of sustenance and calm, but for Laura, it turns into the ultimate test of her ability to trust herself and others.
In Maine, 1820, a young woodcutter is lost in a blizzard and seeks refuge in a recluse's isolated cabin.
Karen, a college anthropology professor in Maine, lives in a house that is haunted by the ghost of Blessing Carmichael, who mourns her beloved Aimee (to whom Karen bears a striking resemblence).
www.waterborolibrary.org /maineaut/setinmaine3.htm   (5852 words)

  
 Dark Shadows Journal | Dark Shadows on Location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The main building and its grounds are now owned by the National Trust, and are open to the public throughout the year.
Essex,Connecticut was the locale used for the town of Collinsport.
The town's Griswold Inn was used for the Collinsport Inn and the town Post Office was used for the town Police Station.
www.collinwood.net /location   (603 words)

  
 Guess who's back, Rissa's back...Rissa's gonna kill her sister for the use of Eminem on her page...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Larissa Jennings was born in Collinsport, Maine, on February 13, 1954, the second of two daughters to be born to Brian and Annie Jennings on that cold, wintery day.
Daphne was torn from her lover Josiah Davidson by her fiancé, Johnston Cummiskey, and Josiah was almost killed by Johnston’s jealousy as the ship sank.
When Lydia returned to Collinwood, possessed by the spirit of her jealous ex-boyfriend, Larissa and Howie proved that the two are a forced to be reckoned with, kicking that boy’s spirit’s ass into kingdom come.
www.megspace.com /arts/tezu50c/About_Larissa.html   (990 words)

  
 Who's Who: Dr. Peter Guthrie
It was early in 1967 that he received a call from an acquaintance of many years, lawyer Frank Garner.
Frank told him of several strange occurrences at a house called Collinwood in Collinsport, Maine.
Returning to Collinsport to get his tape recorder, he didn't know Laura had discovered his plans.
www.angelfire.com /bc/eaglehill/wwgthrie.html   (1230 words)

  
 The Real Lydia Jennings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lydia Jennings was born in Collinsport, Maine, on February 13, 1954, the first of two daughters to be born to Brian and Annie Jennings on that cold, wintery day.
Lydia did quite a lot in the community, but it was her "death" in 1977 that made Larissa come out and take her place.
Everyone in Collinsport did, but soon Larissa proved to be just as important, and eventually became equally loved, in Collinwood and Collinsport.
www.megspace.com /arts/tezu50c/About_Lydia.html   (1295 words)

  
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She was just twenty-two, a pretty girl with flawless skin and great brown eyes, doe-like and full of wonder, and a cascade of glossy auburn hair that fell around her shoulders in gleaming curls.
He and Carolyn Stoddard, the richest little heiress in Collinsport, probably this side of Maine, had snared him with her big blue eyes and snared him good.
Her masses of dark hair were swept up and piled high atop her head, revealing the long, white curve of her neck and the sweep of her shoulder.
www.fortunecity.com /lavender/candyman/626/shadows/wall1.txt   (7841 words)

  
 New York Post Online Edition: tv   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
While the original "Dark Shadows"' was a low-budget, fl-and-white production, sources told The Post yesterday that the new one will be "highly stylized" using vivid lighting and colors to communicate tension and fear.
Like the original, the new version will focus on the mysterious Collins family, who live on a creepy estate in Collinsport, Maine.
It will feature the family's infamous "cousin" from England, Barnabas, a 200-year-old bloodsucker who was first introduced in the second season of the original series.
www.nypost.com /tv/18389.htm   (418 words)

  
 Dark Shadows Journal | About the Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
On 27 June 1966, those words began the journey of a young governess to the remote coastal town of Collinsport, Maine, which for the next five years would be the home of the assorted supernatural forces inhabiting the world of ABC-TV's Dark Shadows, the first gothic soap opera.
In the coming years, the residents of Collinsport would be victims to werewolves, witches, and warlocks, even the Devil himself.
Amongst the most popular supernatural characters were Angélique (Lara Parker), a beautiful vengeful witch who gave the vampire curse to Barnabas, and Quentin Collins (David Selby) a Byronic teen idol afflicted with the werewolf curse.
www.collinwood.net /info   (1051 words)

  
 List of fictional cities A–M - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bree, the main settlement of Bree-land, just east of The Shire in J.
Collinsport, Maine - the setting for the soap opera Dark Shadows
Limbo Town - hidden deep beneath New York's subway system, Limbo Town's residents are the descendants of the people who fled Croatoa; from Grant Morrison's Klarion the Witch Boy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_fictional_cities   (4389 words)

  
 Black Arts, 101 Part 4
Captain Edward Tucker of the Maine regiment stood outside.
She was leaving Collinsport, to marry a young doctor from Miami.
I'm a lawyer for the town of Collinsport.
www.dsfanfic.com /marcos1/ba04.htm   (875 words)

  
 Default : Dark Shadows - Reunion (DVD)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Covering episodes 210-250 in the series, this 4-disc set continues the saga of Barnabus Collins, a 200-year-old vampire living on his family`s manor estate in Collinsport, Maine.
Covering episodes 331-371 in the series, this 4-disc set continues the saga of Barnabus Collins, a 200-year-old vampire living on his family`s manor estate in Collinsport, Maine.
Collinsport Inn waitress Maggie wants the friction between her father, Roger and Burke to stop.
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 Term paper on Willie Loomis
In 1967, Willie Loomis was looking for missing jewels at Eagle Hill Cementary in Collinsport, Maine and went to the mosulem and opened a coffin with locks and he released a vampire named Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) who would be his slave and servant.
That same year after Maggie Evans was captured, and put a trap by Sheriff George Patterson (originally played by Dana Elcar) and Doctor Dave Woodward played by Robert Gerringer and he was caught and shot.
He was taken into the Collinsport Hospital in which he was in a coma and later insane.
www.termpapertopic.org /wi/willie-loomis.html   (175 words)

  
 The Victoria Winters Web Site
In 1966, portrayed by Alexandra Moltke, the character's line "My name is Victoria Winters..." introduced the world to an eerie coastal village called Collinsport, Maine, and an atmospheric mansion called Collinwood.
Eventually, Vicki was featured in a series of Gothic novels, and she even achieved immortality on a Viewmaster reel.
In later episodes, she became the love interest of a vampire, she traveled through time to meet the man of her dreams, and more than a few times she uttered her trademark line, "I don't understand..."
www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/9516/vwelc.html   (770 words)

  
 Dark Light -- 19
She had called all over Bangor, Maine, where Reva had said Barnabas Collins was from.
It wasn't until she called the Collinsport Tribune, a weekly newspaper in Collinsport, that Harley found something.
Harley just said that she had the names of two men living in the town of Collinsport, Maine who might have some information on Barnabas Collins.
www.dsfanfic.com /flashman/dl19.htm   (1346 words)

  
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The Collinsport Inn is The Griswold Inn in Essex, CT. The Blue Whale was The Black Pearl in Newport, R.I..
He also dates the Bosses daughter, and shortly after we all arrive at Collinsport, he is given a desk job as a "checker" in the main office.
Stokes and Julia had imported a dozen mongoose to Collinsport, the Leviathan storyline would have progressed quicker!) The image of the entwined, multi-headed serpent is a common on the Naga stones and appears extensively in the frieze work of the ruins of the ancient university of Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh.
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 Dark Shadows on DVD | Jonathan Frid John Karlen Kathryn Leigh Scott Buy Shadows DVD Video
Covering episodes 736-775 in the series, this 4-volume set continues the saga of Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), a 200-year-old vampire living on his family's manor estate in Collinsport, Maine.
Covering episodes 495-533 in the series, this 4-disc set continues the saga of Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), a 200-year-old vampire living on his family's manor estate in Collinsport, Maine.
Covering episodes 413-453 in the series, this 4-disc set continues the saga of Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), a 200-year-old vampire living on his family's manor estate in Collinsport, Maine.
www.tv-series-on-dvd.com /dark-shadows.shtml   (896 words)

  
 Spec 16 Magazine Summer 1968   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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In the tiny fishing village of Collinsport, Maine - within the ominous walls of an old mansion of Widow's Hill - strange things are always happening!
The house is the setting for ABC-TV's daytime spook-opera, Dark Shadows - and the actors and actresses who thrill and chill us each week are pretty interesting people.
members.aol.com /abarnabas/spec.html   (465 words)

  
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In the Collinsport hospital Dr. Julia Hoffman smiled as her dearest friend came to see her.
Despite Maine being chilly even in July, this was an almost un-natural chill.
The blonde woman was beautiful by any standards as she walked the dimly ltalleys of Collinsport.
www.thevalkyrie.com /stories/tyval/worlds01.txt   (1316 words)

  
 Dark Shadows
The original story bible, "Shadows on the Wall," came from the creative partnership of writer Art Wallace and television producer Dan Curtis.
With the departure of Alexandra Moltke, Victoria's relationship with the Collins family would never be fully resolved -- although it is implied she was an illegitimate daughter of the family's matriarch, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (played throughout the series by actress Joan Bennett).
Plans for another revival series have been bruited about in TV Guide.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/dark_shadows   (1266 words)

  
 Reverand Trask Sucks Club
You might have been told that the Reverand Trask had quite a hand in the Salem witch trials before he was called to service in Collinsport, Maine in the late 1700s.
During his time in search for a witch at Collinsport, he stupidly accused the wrong woman and almost got her killed.
Barnabas Collins became a vampire because of a curse placed upon him by the real witch (Angelique), who was right under the Reverand's nose all the time but he couldn't see her.
theavengerstrikes.tripod.com   (613 words)

  
 "Dark Shadows" (1966)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Plot Outline: The rich Collins family of Collinsport, Maine is tormented by strange occurrences.
User Comments: Detailing a tormented New England family's continuing involvement with ghosts, witches, werewolves, vampires, and other fearsome creatures, this was certainly unlike any other daytime TV soap opera ever made (more)
Wells, the clerk at the Collinsport Inn (1966, 1968) (original cast)
us.imdb.com /Title?0059978   (502 words)

  
 Dark Shadows
Fans continue to hold yearly conventions, write their own Dark Shadows fanzines, collect memorabilia, and lobby the entertainment industry.
Set in Collinsport, Maine, the original series focused on the tangled lives and histories of the Collins family.
Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (well known classical Hollywood movie star Joan Bennett) presided over the ancestral estate, Collinwood, along with her brother Roger Collins (Louis Edmonds).
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/D/htmlD/darkshadows/darkshadows.htm   (1015 words)

  
 Carnival Dreams
About the rickety carnival equipment children ran to and from their parents, food was consumed and rejected, love was promised and denied.
Sounds of bells, whistles and laughter surrounded the citizens of the tiny town of Collinsport, Maine.
Joshua was visiting his favorite cousin in an attempt to escape the dreariness of his life as a college professor at the University of Maine.
www.juliahoffman.com /carnival.htm   (2582 words)

  
 Persona Non Grata
Underage or not, Tommy could already swill with the best of them, and I had a hunch he was feeling pretty dry after a week at the school.
Collinsport was a strange, gloomy place where everything looked old, even the newer buildings crowded in between Colonial relics.
The main business was a fish cannery that ran a fleet of boats from the rocky coast.
www.jordanna.net /librarie/xmen/fiction/persona.htm   (3669 words)

  
 USA TV - The DA to Dean Martin Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Intended to be that way from the start the series began with Victoria Winters arriving in the town of Collinsport, Maine to act as a governess for David Collins at the family home of Collinwood.
The show really picked up with the arrival of Barnabas Collins on 14 April 1967, Barnabas just happened to be a centuries old vampire of course and with his coming the show began to move into the realms of time travel with for months sometimes the action shifting to the 1700's.
The group, whose main focus was the Dawson of the title, had this habit of coming over like world weary thirtysomethings, especially in their modes of speech.
www.memorabletv.com /usad1.htm   (2238 words)

  
 Dark Shadows   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Far down the coast from Collinsport, Maine is Windcliffe Sanitarium, a residence and hospital for the mentally ill members of wealthy New England families.
It was also the main thing she remembered about the first Laura Collins, this Laura's aunt, expressive eyes that could be inquisitive and innocent one moment and then suddenly become all-knowing and all-seeing the next.
When Eleanor first came to Collinsport, her husband Ambrose had warned her about the eccentric Collinses on the hill and the strange things they were always talking about.
www.springsofwater.com /darkshad/dr/drall.html   (21913 words)

  
 Collinwood May 2001
The captions are based on scenes and dialogue from the series and are merely my interpretations of the locales.
The series takes place in the fishing village of Collinsport, Maine, located a one hour drive from Bangor.
The Collins estate was built overlooking the highest sea cliff in Collinsport, known as Widows' Hill.
www2.bc.edu /~kuchar/collinwood/collinwood01.htm   (626 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Fictional city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Camelot, Britain - the castle of King Arthur.
Capital City, USA - Capital city of the state where Springfield, USA is located in The Simpsons.
Haven - corrupt city in Simon Green's Guards of Haven.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fictional-city   (2958 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: DVD: Dark Shadows: V11 Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In the first episode, Moltke, as the innocent but compelling governess, was traveling by train to Collinsport, Maine.
The scene opens with a now historic audio prelude that began,"My name is Victoria Winters." The use of an audio prelude performed by a cast member continued throughout the entire series.
This collection of episodes also interjects a werewolf for the first time to the deadly perils of life in Collinsport, a creature that would remain a staple with the series almost as long as vampires and evil curses.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00016MCAE/imdb-jp-23   (924 words)

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