Clarice Blackburn
Clarice Blackburn( February 26, 1921 – August 5, 1995) was an American actress who portrayed three different characters on" Dark Shadows".
She was born in San Francisco, California but because her father was a salesman, Blackburn and her family moved around a great deal and made their home in Wisconsin, Arizona, Louisiana and Texas after California.
She earned a Bachelor's Degree in speech and drama at the Texas State College for Women.
She studied acting at HB Studio.
She then made her professional debut in 1947 on Martha's Vineyard in" The Circle of Chalk".
An outstanding performance in an Equity Library Theater production of" The Great Big Doorstep" in 1950 led to a job as understudy for Eva Gabor in" The Happy Time" on Broadway.
" The Happy Time" starred Shirley Booth, with whom Clarice would appear again on Broadway in" Desk Set" in 1955.
Clarice's other stage credits included a lead role in a 1953 revival of" The Glass Harp", a critically acclaimed lead in" American Gothic", also in 1953 and also performed at Circle in the Square;" The Infernal Machine" in 1958;" Juno" on Broadway in 1959;" The Miracle Worker" on Broadway in 1961; and" The Queen and the Rebels" and" Good Day!", both in 1965.
During the 1965 – 66 season, Clarice won an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance as Sara Calendar in" The Exhaustion of Our Son's Love".
Blackburn had extensive experience acting in the soap opera genre.
She played a baby nurse& a college dean on the CBS soap opera" Love of Life" in the early 1960s.
She played Theodora Rostand on NBC's soap opera" The Doctors" from 1965 to 1966, then moved on to ABC's" Dark Shadows" in the fall of 1966 and over the course of the next four years would play three different characters: Mrs. Sarah Johnson, Abigail Collins and Minerva Trask.
When her appearances on the show began to lessen, she gladly accepted the opportunity to create the role of Mary Lou Northcote on the CBS soap opera" The Secret Storm" during the first half of 1970.
Blackburn made a few additional appearances on" Dark Shadows", making her final appearance in September, 1970.
Even before she made her final appearance on" Dark Shadows", Blackburn signed a long term contract to play Amy Snowden on CBS's" Where the Heart Is", a role she played until the series left the air in 1973.
She moved over to" One Life to Live" on ABC playing Hattie Frederichs, then back to CBS to" As the World Turns" playing Marion Connelly, R.N. and finally to" Guiding Light" where she played Edith Spurrier.
In addition to the soaps, Blackburn guest starred in an episode of" The Eternal Light" entitled" A Field of Buttercups" in 1969 and on a Saturday morning children's special," Toby", in 1970.
She also guest starred in an episode of the late night TV series" Directions".
During the 1974 – 1975 season, Blackburn guest- starred in at least five episodes of the" CBS Radio Mystery Theater" series.
In addition to acting on soaps, Blackburn was a writer for" Love of Life" and was part of the Emmy- winning writing staff of" All My Children".
Blackburn's primetime TV credits include guest roles on" The Defenders The Nurses East Side/ West SideArmstrong Circle TheatreDupont Show of the MonthU.S.
Steel HourRobert Montgomery Presents The Big StoryKraft TheatreStudio OneN.Y.P.D." and the 1967 Xerox TV drama special" The Crucible".
Blackburn appeared in the motion pictures" The Violators"( 1957)," Pretty Poison"( 1968)," Night of Dark Shadows"( 1971) and" Man on a Swing"( 1974).
Clarice was asked to bring her" Dark Shadows" character, Mrs. Johnson, to the big screen in" House of Dark Shadows"( 1970), but at the time she was under contract to" The Secret Storm" and her schedule on the soap was too heavy for her to get away for the filming.
The role was instead played by actress Barbara Cason, who was married to" Dark Shadows" actor Dennis Patrick.
She died in New York City from cancer at age 74.
Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis( born Daniel Mayer Cherkoss; August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006) was an American director, writer, and producer of television and film, known among fans of horror films for his afternoon TV series" Dark Shadows" and TV films such as" Trilogy of TerrorDark Shadows" originally aired from 1966 to 1971 and has aired in syndication for nearly 40 years.
Curtis was responsible for the 1991 remake of" Dark Shadows", which was canceled due to low ratings, because of station pre-emptions concerning the Gulf War.
For the general audience, Curtis is also known as the director and producer of the two epic 1980s miniseries" The Winds of War" and" War and Remembrance", based on two novels by Herman Wouk, which follow the lives of two American families through the whole World War II.
House of Dark Shadows
House of Dark Shadows is a 1970 American feature- length horror film directed by Dan Curtis, based on his" Dark Shadows" television series.
In this film expansion, vampire Barnabas Collins( Jonathan Frid) searches for a cure for vampirism so he can marry a woman who resembles his long- lost fiancée Josette( Kathryn Leigh Scott).
Filming took place at Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, New York, with additional footage at nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Curtis followed this film one year later with" Night of Dark Shadows", another expansion of the" Shadows" franchise, dealing with the witch Angelique.
Don Briscoe
Cecil Donald" Don" Briscoe( March 20, 1940 – October 31, 2004) was an American soap opera actor, most notable for playing Tony Meritt# 2 on" Days of Our Lives", and, from 1968 – 1970, for playing Chris Jennings, Tom Jennings, Timothy Shaw, and Chris Collins on" Dark Shadows".
After appearing in the MGM film" House of Dark Shadows"( 1970), Briscoe abruptly left" Dark Shadows", suffering a mental breakdown.
He died in 2004 at his home in Memphis from heart disease.
Night of Dark Shadows
Night of Dark Shadows is a 1971 horror film by Dan Curtis.
It is the sequel to" House of Dark Shadows".
It centers on the story of Quentin Collins and his bride Tracy at the Collinwood Mansion in Collinsport, Maine.
David Selby, Lara Parker, John Karlen, Kate Jackson, Grayson Hall, and Nancy Barrett star.
" Night of Dark Shadows" was not as successful as" House of Dark Shadows.
This film marked the feature film debut of David Selby and Kate Jackson.
Robert Rodan
Robert Rodan( born Robert Trimas January 30, 1938 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor who played Adam on the TV soap opera" Dark Shadows".
In 2007, he guest starred in the" Dark Shadows" audio drama,.
Rommel's Treasure
Rommel's Treasure( Italian: Il tesoro di Rommel) is a 1955 Italian- American drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Dawn Addams, Paul Hubschmid and Isa Miranda.
In post -war Cairo a variety of different people seek a stash of valuables and secret documents left behind by Erwin Rommel during the North African Campaign.
Art Wallace
Art Wallace was an American television writer best known for his work on the gothic soap opera" Dark Shadows".
He began work in television in the 1940s, on the anthology series" Studio One" and" Kraft Television Theater".
Over the years, Wallace wrote for" Tom Corbett, Space CadetCombat!", and many other shows.
The teleplay on which Dark Shadows was based was called" The House" and was an episode of the anthology series" Goodyear Playhouse" in 1957.
When Dan Curtis had the idea for" Dark Shadows", he offered the job of producer to Art Wallace, who declined the job.
Wallace offered to write the show and recommended Robert Costello for the job of producer.
In 1966, working with Dan Curtis he wrote the bible and first eight weeks' worth of early episodes of" Dark Shadows".
He wrote the next nine weeks of shows alternating with film writer Francis Swann.
Wallace was also a story consultant for the soap opera" All My Children".
His wife, Elizabeth Wallace, was a script writer on AMC during the 1980s.
Ramse Mostoller
Ramse Mostoller is a costume designer known for her works on" Dark Shadows" and" Ryan's HopeSesame Street The Electric Company", and" Another World".
She also did costume designs for the film" House of Dark Shadows" in 1970.
From 1968 through onwards, she is credited as simply Mostoller.
Romolo Marcellini
Romolo Marcellini (6 October 1910 – 3 June 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
He directed 22 films between 1937 and 1969.

Question: Which film has the director died earlier, Rommel'S Treasure or House Of Dark Shadows?
Answer: Rommel'S Treasure