by David Selby
CS Volume 18-Episodes 86-90
CS Volume 19-Episodes 91-95
CS Volume 20-Episodes 96-100
CS Volume 21-Episodes 101-105
CS Volume 22-Episodes 106-112*
CS Volume 23-Episodes 113-117
CS Volume 24-Episodes 118-122
CS Volume 25-Episodes 123-127
CS Volume 26-Episodes 128-133*
CS Volume 27-Episodes 134-138
CS Volume 28-Episodes 139-143
CS Volume 29-Episodes 144-148
CS Volume 30-Episodes 149-153
CS Volume 31-Episodes 154-158
CS Volume 32-Episodes 159-163
CS Volume 33-Episodes 164-168
CS Volume 34-Episodes 169-173
CS Volume 35-Episodes 174-178
CS Volume 36-Episodes 179-183
CS Volume 37-Episodes 184-188
CS Volume 38-Episodes 189-193
CS Volume 39-Episodes 194-198
CS Volume 40-Episodes 199-203
CS Volume 41-Episodes 204-208
CS Volume 42-Episodes 209-213
CS Volume 43-Episodes 214-218
CS Volume 44-Episodes 219-223
CS Volume 45-Episodes 224-228
CS Volume 46-Episodes 229-233
CS Volume 47-Episodes 234-238
CS Volume 48-Episodes 239-243
CS Volume 49-Episodes 244-248
CS Volume 50-Episodes 249-253
CS Volume 51-Episodes 254-258
CS Volume 52-Episodes 259-263
CS Volume 53-Episodes 264-268
CS Volume 54-Episodes 269-270; 499;873;915
Special Notes
*No episodes were assigned numbers 109, 110 or 131 due to holiday preemptions.
Episodes 1, 499, 873 and 915 in the MPI Dark Shadows Collector’s Series include the original 1960s commercials as broadcast on ABC-TV.
The following Collector’s Series Volumes contain bonus interview footage: Volume 5: Dan Curtis; Volume 9: Alexandra Moltke; Volume 13: Louis Edmonds; Volume 17: Nancy Barrett; Volume 21: Kathryn Leigh Scott; Volume 25: Clarice Blackburn; Volume 29: Diana Millay; Volume 33: Lela Swift; Volume 37: Dennis Patrick; Volume 41: John Karlen; Volume 45: Jonathan Frid; Volume 49: Jonathan Frid; Volume 53: Sharon Smyth.
Compilations & Special Programs
The Best of Barnabas (MP 6060, issued 1990)
The Best of Dark Shadows (MP 5000, issued 1990)
The Best of Dark Shadows 2 (MP 6258, issued 1993)
Dark Shadows 1840 Flashback (MP 6062, issued 1991)
Dark Shadows Behind the Scenes (MP 6191, issued 1992)
Dark Shadows Bloopers (MP 6293, issued 1993)
Dark Shadows Music Videos (MP 6442, issued 1992)
Dark Shadows 25th Anniversary (MP 6220, issued 1993)
MPI commercial with Kathryn Leigh Scott on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Dark Shadows 30th Anniversary Tribute (MP 7146, issued 1997)
Dark Shadows Vampires & Ghosts (MP 7051, issued 1995)
Dark Shadows Video Scrapbook (MP 7402, issued 1999)
Scariest Moments From Dark Shadows (MP 6061, issued 1991)
Laserdisc
Dark Shadows Behind The Scenes/Scariest Moments/Music Videos (CLV 9800, issued 1992)
Louis Edmonds and Alexandra Moltke during Dark Shadows Behind the Scenes video production (1991).
DVD
Dark Shadows Special Edition (DVD 7402, issued 1999)
DARK SHADOWS MOVIES
The two MGM films based on the series were issued on MGM/UA Home Video in 1990.
House of Dark Shadows (M200437)
Night of Dark Shadows (M201195)
A double laserdisc release (ML 103972) of the two films was issued by MGM/UA in 1993, including the original theatrical trailers and TV commercials for both.
1968 Hallowe’en fun at the Dark Shadows studio with Jonathan Frid, Humbert Allen Astredo, Grayson Hall and Lara Parker hosting young visitors.
Jonathan Frid participates in a Hallowe’en 1969 UNICEF party at the White House.
Shadows Promotions
A PARTIAL LISTING OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVIITES
Publicity Events
Traveling in a chartered Lear jet airplance, Jonathan Frid participated in a week-long Dark Shadows ten-city promotional tour in 1968. An itinerary follows:
Jonathan appeared at the airport in Atlanta, Georgia for photograph taking and autographs, followed by a press conference of approximately 35 high school newspaper editors at the Marriott Motor Hotel, in what local ABC-TV affiliate WQXI called a “Face to Fang Press Conference.” (May 18, 1968)
Jonathan appeared at the airport in Charleston, South Carolina for photograph taking and autographs, including a high school newspaper press conference. A police motorcade to the Pinehaven Shopping Center followed, where Jonathan was mobbed by an estimated 3,000 anxious fans, causing a scheduled autograph session to be cancelled. Three police cars were called in to the rescue. (May 20, 1968)
Jonathan appeared at the airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. (May 20, 1968)
Jonathan appeared at the Lackey Field airport in Birmingham, Alabama for photograph taking and autographs on the runway. At City Hall, Jonathan was presented a key to the city by the mayor. (May 21, 1968)
Jonathan appeared at the Roscoe Turner Field airport in Indianapolis, Indiana for photograph taking and autographs. A high school newspaper press conference was held at Stouffer’s Inn for Jonathan and twenty-five teenagers. (May 21, 1968)
Jonathan appeared at Baer Field airport in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for photograph taking and autographs, followed by an appearance at the Glenbrook Shopping Mall, where Jonathan was mobbed by an estimated 12,000 fans. The roads surrounding the area were jammed and Jonathan was rescued by police and security guards. He also rode in a motorcade for the Three Rivers Festival. (May 22, 1968)
Jonathan appeared at the airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was greeted by more than 5,000 screaming fans. He was driven in a hearse with police escort to a hotel, where fans followed. A press conference for high school newspaper editors was also held. (May 22, 1968)
Jonathan appeared at the airport in Flint, Michigan. (May 23, 1968)
Jonathan appeared in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Hilton Hotel for a high school press conference with eighteen editors. A press luncheon was held the next day at Paul Young’s Restaurant. (May 23, 1968)
Jonathan (billed as “The cool ghoul Barnabas”) appeared at the Devon Horse Show Country Fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was mobbed by enthusiastic fans and rescued by police. (May 25, 1968)
Jonathan appeared at the Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. (1968)
Jonathan Frid, Lara Parker, Humbert Allen Astredo, Joel Crothers and other cast members attended an ABC-TV Press Party at the Warwick Hotel in New York City. (1968)
Jonathan Frid held a press party at the Drake Hotel in New York with his mother, visiting from Canada, as a special guest. Among the attendees were Dan Curtis, Robert Costello, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Alexandra Moltke, Nancy Barrett, Joel Crothers, and David Ford. (1968)
Kathryn Leigh Scott appeared at The Birmingham Antique Show in Birmingham, Alabama. (April 27, 1969)
David Selby appeared at the I Am An American Parade in Baltimore, Maryland. (1969)
Jonathan Frid appeared at Marine World in Mission San Jose, California. (October 25, 1969)
Dark Shadows cast members Jonathan Frid, David Selby, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Don Briscoe, and others appeared in series costume at ABC-TV’s Halloween Party for their daytime shows at Cheetah Night Club in New York. (October 29, 1969)
Jonathan Frid visited the White House for President Nixon’s daughter Tricia’s Halloween Party for underprivledged children. (October 31, 1969)
David Selby made a personal appearance at Harrisburg East Mall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, attracting an estimated 5,000 fans. The appearance was cut short due to the unmanageable crowd. (1969)
Jonathan Frid and
Donna Wandrey appeared at the Minneapolis International Auto Show in Minnesota. (1970)
Jonathan Frid and Nancy Barrett appeared in person at the Palisades Amusement Park to award the Miss American Vampire Contest winner as part of a House of Dark Shadows promotion. (1970)
David Selby in Baltimore for I Am An American parade (1969):Jonathan Frid and Marie Wallace at a press conference (1969).
John Karlen appeared at the Brown Derby in Hollywood to help launch Dark Shadows reruns on local station KHJ-TV (1975)
Jonathan Frid appeared at the Magique disco in New York City to promote Dark Shadows reruns on WNBC-TV Fans in costume were admitted free. Proceeds were donated to the New York Blood Center. (June 10, 1982)
KDFI-TV sponsored a Dark Shadows Blood Drive at the Parkland Blood Bank in Dallas, Texas, and at Northlake College in Irving, Texas, to promote Dark Shadows reruns. Helpers were dressed as vampires and donors received a specially made Dark Shadows T-shirt. (October 31, 1983)
Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker appeared at Waldenbooks in a shopping mall in Cerritos, California to autograph copies of the book My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows. (April 25, 1987)
Jonathan Frid and Kathryn Leigh Scott appeared at Waldenbooks in San Francisco, California on May 1, 1987 to autograph copies of the book My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows. (May 1, 1987)
Jonathan Frid and Kathryn Leigh Scott appeared at Waldenbooks in Beverly Hills, California to autograph copies of the book My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows. (June 5, 1987)
Lara Parker and Kathryn Leigh Scott attended a Dark Shadows Hallowe‘en Party sponsored by KDOC-TV and held at Pinafini’s Restaurant & Bar in Costa Mesa, California. (October 29, 1987)
Jonathan Frid appeared at the annual Video Software Dealer’s Association convention in Las Vegas in August, 1989, to promote the launch of Dark Shadows episodes on MPI Home Video.
The Dark Shadows Festival sponsored by party at the Red Zone night club in Manhattan at 433 West 53rd Street, the former home of the Dark Shadows studio. Several hundred fans enjoyed dancing, cocktails, and hors d’ouvres with Jonathan Frid, Lara Parker, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Roger Davis, Marie Wallace, Diana Millay, Terry Crawford, and Sharon Smyth. (August 31, 1989)
A Dark Shadows Companion Book Signing Party was held at the Hollywood Studio Museum. Attending guests included Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lara Parker, Robert Rodan, Roger Davis, Lisa Richards and Sy Tomashoff. (November 18, 1990)
Jonathan also appeared in Barnabas costume on several TV programs to promote Dark Shadows. See TV publicity appearance listings.
A San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle article mentioned that Frid’s personal appearances attracted as high as 20-50,000 fans.
CONTESTS
Magazines
“Have Dinner With Roger Davis”-Aftemoon TV (1968)
“Win A Date With Vampire Jonathan Frid”-TV Radio Talk (December 11, 1968)
“Win A Date With Jonathan Frid”-Aftemoon TV (December 1968)
“Dark Shadows Scrapbook Contest”-16 Magazine (May 1969)
“Win A Date With Jonathan Frid”-Modern Movies (December 1969)
“Meet Your Fav Contest-David Henesy”-16 Magazine (1969)
“Win Frid’s Record”-(source and date unknown)
Television
“Best Dressed Ghoul”-WZZM-TV, Atlanta, Georgia. (1968)
“Win My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows”-KDOC-TV, Anaheim/Los Angeles, California. (1987)
“Best Barnabas Look-A-Like”-WNBC-TV/Magique Disco. (June 10, 1982)
“Win A Trip to the Dark Shadows Festival”-Kingston, NY.
Runner-up prizes: My Scrapbook Memories of Dark Shadows and subscriptions to ShadowGram. (1990)
Miscellaneous
After becoming Miss Polish America of 1968, Bobbi Ann Woronko won the single Episode 632 role of Nurse Pritchett on Dark Shadows (1968).
“National Miss American Vampire Contest”-Sponsored by MGM in conjunction with House of Dark Shadows. Winner Christine Domaniecki played an 1840 barmaid in Episode 1126. (1970)
Dark Shadows Festivals
Many of the Festival gatherings have offered charity raffles to win lunch with various Dark Shadows actors. Trivia contests have also been conducted in which winners receive prizes of Dark Shadows memorabilia.
Jonathan Frid hosts a 1968 party at the Drake Hotel in New York (left) Nancy Barrett and Robert Rodan: (below left) Joel Crothers and Kathryn Leigh Scott; (below right) Lara Parker and Jonathan; (bottom) Alexandra Moltke and Jonathan.
More party shots: Jerry Lacy and guest Thayer David, guest, Orson Bean, Dan Curtis, Grayson Hall; Joel Crothers, Jonathan, Ron Sproat and Rich Little,
Jonathan Frid on The Mike Douglas Show (1968); Michael Stroka on The Dating Game (1969).
TV & RADIO APPEARANCES
National Network, Cable & Syndicated Programs
The Mike Douglas Show (Joan Bennett: September 14, 1967)
The Merv Griffin Show (Joan Bennett: September 25, 1967)
The Mike Douglas Show (Jonathan Frid: July 16, 1968)
The Dick Cavett Show ABC-TV (Jonathan Frid: 1968)
The Tonight Show NBC-TV (Lara Parker: 1968)
The Dating Game ABC-TV (Robert Rodan: January 11, 1969)
The Merv Griffin Show (Jonathan Frid: March 27, 1969)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Present the ABC Super Saturday Club Special (Jonathan Frid, September 4, 1969)
The Dating Game ABC-TV (Michael Stroka: December 1969)
The Dick Cavett Show ABC-TV (Jonathan Frid: 1969)
The Tonight Show NBC-TV (Jonathan Frid: 1969)
The Generation Gap ABC-TV (Jonathan Frid: 1969)
The Tonight Show NBC-TV (Lara Parker: 1969)
The Mike Douglas Show (Joan Bennett: January 30, 1970)
The Mike Douglas Show (Joan Bennett: August 5, 1970)
The Dick Cavett Show ABC-TV (Jonathan Frid: August 1970)
The Dating Game ABC-TV (Joan Bennett: October 5, 1970)
The Virginia Graham Show (Jonathan Frid: October 1970)
The Movie Game (Joan Bennett: November 1970)
The Virginia Graham Show (Joan Bennett: November 1970)
Girl Talk (Jonathan Frid, Joan Bennett, Grayson Hall: 1970)
What’s My Line (Jonathan Frid: 1970)
The Virginia Graham Show (Grayson Hall: 1970)
The Tonight Show NBC-TV (Jonathan Frid: 1970)
The Tonight Show NBC-TV (Lara Parker: 1970)
The Joey Bishop Show ABC-TV (Jonathan Frid: 1970)
The Joan Rivers Show (Joan Bennett: 1970)
The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (Jonathan Frid: 1970)
United Cerebral Palsy Telethon (Jonathan Frid: 1970)
The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (Jonathan Frid: 1971)
United Cerebral Palsy Telethon (Jonathan Frid: 1971)
Entertainment Tonight (Jonathan Frid: 1982)
Soap World (1983)
Entertainment This Week (Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott: November 16, 1986)
Hour Magazine (Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott: November 20, 1986)
Entertainment This Week (Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott: January 31, 1987)
