A visual reference to The Sound of Music suggests that director Lela Swift had an idea about the way the show’s central relationships were going.
Tag: alexandra moltke
Episode 542: The Diary of Anne Frankenstein
I give some examples of good acting by Alexandra Moltke Isles, comparing her to a chamber violinist who manages to make a contribution to a heavy metal concert.
Episode 585: The War on Halloween
My usual fan letter to Alexandra Moltke Isles.
Episode 587: In Which I Just Can’t Even With This
A story idea of mine which, done as a TV movie in late 1968, might have saved Vicki as a character, resolved the mystery of her origins, and given Adam an appropriate send-off.
Episode 603: Television Without Pity
In which I praise three accomplished solo performances- Joan Bennett playing opposite her own voiceover, Louis Edmonds playing opposite an empty room, and Alexandra Moltke Isles playing opposite Roger Davis.
Episode 604: The Sedating Game
In which I object to Roger Davis.
Episode 618: Stop Trying
In which I wonder what they were thinking, having a visibly pregnant actress play a character who is frantically driven to get married as soon as possible.
Episode 642: Mind Over Manners
I make the case that the growing friendship between Vicki and David was not only the best thing about the first 42 weeks of the show, but that Alexandra Moltke Isles’ and David Henesy’s performances in that story were the purest example in the whole series of good acting overcoming weak writing.
Episode 680: The Room
In which I realize what Joel Crothers was talking about when he explained why he left Dark Shadows.
Episode 707: Another Jane
I speak in defense of the much-maligned Alexandra Moltke Isles.
Dark Shadows Commentary 