Showing posts with label Night of Dark Shadows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Night of Dark Shadows. Show all posts

Monday, October 16, 2023

FAREWELL, LARA PARKER

I've always had a thing for Angelique Bouchard, and that's because you made her so impassioned. It was hard not to think of Dark Shadows' witch as anything but genuine, though she was an inordinately pretty one, at that.

You shared the character in the second Dark Shadows movie, Night of ... , as well reprising the role for audio dramas and even penning several novels that propelled Dan Curtis' mythology even further. 

In writer/director Ansel Faraj's "The Job Interview," you joined your Dark Shadows' costars Kathryn Leigh Scott, Christopher Pennock and John Karlen to create a funny, gothic tale, as well as making a strong impression in Faraj's revived, Mabuse saga and the equally expressionistic, Theatre Fantastique, both of which feature Dark Shadows' Jerry Lacy.

You were also Laura Banner in the moving prelude of The Incredible Hulk pilot, in addition to making appearances for Kolchak: The Night Stalker (as the witch, Madelaine); The Six Million Dollar Man; Galactica 1980; Manimal; Highway to Heaven; The Highwayman; Kung FuEmergency; Remington Steele; The Rockford Files; Hawaii Five-O; Kojak; Police Woman; Quincy; Baretta; Switch; Rooster; Race with the DevilHi, Mom!; Airport 1975Save the Tiger; StrandedThe China Lake Murders; and Washington: Behind Closed Doors; plus affluent stretches on Jessica Novak, Capitol and One Live to Live

You meant a lot to me ... to a lot of people. In fact, for most of us, Ms. Parker, you were like family. Your departure breaks our hearts, but within our hearts, you'll be eternally kept. 

Monday, February 24, 2020

GOODBYE, ROBERT (BOB) COBERT...


You injected haunting moods into Dan Curtis' "Dark Shadows" (the classic serial, movies and remake series), plucking lush, melancholic chords that once heard, never left our collective consciousness.


Your distinct compositions gave great flavor as well to other Dan Curtis productions: "The Night Stalker"; "The Night Strangler"; "Kolchak: the Night Stalker"; "Trilogy of Terror"; "Trilogy of Terror II"; "Dead of Night '77"; "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde '68"; "Dracula '73"; "Frankenstein '73"; "The Picture of Dorian Gray '73"; "The Turn of the Screw" '74"; "The Norliss Tapes"; "Burnt Offerings"; "Scream of the Wolf"; "The Winds of War"; "War and Remembrance"; "Melvin Purvis, G-Man"; "The Kansas City Massacre"; "Me and the Kid"; and "The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang".


And let's not forget those darn, catchy tunes you wrote for "The Price is Right", "To Tell the Truth" and "The $25,000 Pyramid". 


You influenced our ears on so many levels, Mr. Cobert, and without your orchestrations, our lives would be nowhere near as expressive, let alone melodious.