When he signed your memorabilia, did he offer you the choice of writing either Barnabus or Jonathan Frid but not both? I remember this when I met him in San Francisco. He was doing the play Arsenic and Old Lace here with Jean Stapleton, if I recall correctly. I also really appreciated him and felt he was a genuinely lovely man. Channing Thomson
On Apr 19, 2012, at 7:53 PM, MnTwister wrote: > I was lucky to attend a Dark Shadows convention in NYC in the World Trade > Center Marriott where the entire cast (except Frid) was there. There were > several thousand people and it still goes on every year. I am planning to > attend this year, sad because Jonathan Frid was to be there. But I did get to > see him, I drove from Minnesota to Kentucky where he was doing an Edgar Allen > Poe meeting and was lucky to get time with him backstage (after writing ahead > about it). He was a kind man and signed 3 or 4 pieces of memorabilia and gave > me a signed (to my name) 22 x 38" poster (duplicate of course) of the > painting near the Collinwood front doors. It hangs proudly in my home theater. > > > > Ditto!!! I was one of those kids also? School was out at 3:00 pm. and I ran > home to prepare for the next episode at 4! > irv > > > > I am deeply saddened by this news. I was one of those fans who ran home from > school to watch Dark Shadows. I owned the entire 200 VHS collection, and then > purchased the entire collection on DVD and have watched it through 3 times > now, all 1225 episodes. Thank goodness his fantastic work is available for > everyone to see. What a strange coincidence that this happens when the new > film comes out, at least he was offered a cameo. Jonathanfrid.com has alot of > great photos and was run by him until his death, for those who enjoyed his > work. I have a feeling he was not happy with the trailer for the new film, as > most fans are not. Rest in peace Jonathan! > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
