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Music Boxes & TV Program "Dark Shadows"
By Randy Hayno

I wonder how many other music box fans are also "Dark Shadows" TV
program fans?  In the popular series there was a music box that
Barnabus Collins gave to Josette.  The music box showed up throughout
the series.  I have heard tell that it had been reproduced for sale
to fans, but I don't know of any.

Funny thing, the first time it showed up was in 1797, just two years
after the music box was invented and I doubt that it had been perfected
to that extent.

But that was the charm of the show -- nothing was ever correct, or even
close.  You could often see them forget their lines and look over at
cue cards, or hear someone helping them in the background.  I really
love watching the reruns on the Sci Fi channel, and wonder if anyone
else is watching.

In the movie "House of Dark Shadows" I believe there is an Aeolian
player pipe organ in the house they used for that movie, but they don't
play it unfortunately.

Randy Hayno


(Message sent Mon 10 Jul 2000, 22:14:01 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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