Dark Shadows: 616

Episode 616 is the untitled 616th episode of the daytime Gothic soap opera series Dark Shadows. The episode was directed by Sean Dhu Sullivan with a script written by Ron Sproat. It first aired on ABC on Monday, November 4th, 1968.

Crew

 * Robert Costello - Producer
 * Sean Dhu Sullivan - Director
 * Art Wallace - Story creator
 * Ron Sproat - Writer
 * Sy Tomashoff - Scenic design
 * Mostoller - Costume design
 * Robert Cobert - Composer
 * Sybil Weinberger - Music supervisor
 * Ken McEwen - Associate director
 * Harriet Rohr - Production assistant


 * Joe Adams - Production supervisor
 * J.J. Lupatkin - Technical director
 * Mel Handelsman - Lighting director
 * Frank Bailey - Audio
 * Tom McCue - Audio
 * Ed Blainey - Sound effects
 * Rudy Piccirillo - Video
 * Ross Skipper - Video
 * Ohrbach's - Fashions
 * Dan Curtis - Creator; Executive producer

Notes & Trivia

 * Dark Shadows was created by Dan Curtis; Story created and developed by Art Wallace. Copyright 1968, Dan Curtis Productions, Inc.; All rights reserved.


 * "DS 616" and "DS: 616" both serve as shortcuts to this page.


 * Opening still: Collinwood, exterior, day; Tower room side.


 * Closing still: Old House parlor; Portrait of Barnabas Collins (II).


 * Opening narration: Kathryn Leigh Scott.


 * This episode was recorded on Monday, October 28th, 1968.


 * This episode is included on disc one of Dark Shadows DVD Collection 11 and disc sixty-five of the Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series DVD boxset collection by MPI Home Video.


 * The beginning of this episode recaps the climax from episode 615.


 * Angelique appears in the episode recap from 615 only. Actress Lara Parker is not credited in this episode.


 * This is the forty-second episode of Dark Shadows directed by Sean Dhu Sullivan. He directs forty-nine episodes of the series in total.


 * This is the 196th episode of Dark Shadows written by Ron Sproat. He writes 216 episodes of the series in total.

Bloopers

 * The shadow of a production crew member can be seen during the first part of the closing credits.

Opening narration
"The western skies, streaked with red from the reflected sun. It has already set on Collinwood and even the fast gathering dusk cannot hide the blood-colored stains that announce the coming of night. A night not dark enough to conceal a new found terror, or prevent the rebirth of an old despair."