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Haunted Palace (1949)
Interesting
I have just watched this short documentary with a sprinkling of some decent acting thrown in.
The presenter a Shaw Desmond informs us of slightly famous tales of ghostly apparitions based on true stories from mainly famous old English houses such as Hampton Court.
One tale speaks of a Policemen walking the grounds of Hampton Court late at night and hears disembodied voices. He then opens a gate to the gardens to let through a small group of fancy dressed people in Tudor garb; only they are not going to a fancy dress and subsequently disappear in front of the Policemen's eyes.
Rather dated as one would imagine but worth a view but possibly not a second looking.
I now intend to do some research into the piece and Mr Desmond.
Shadows (1975)
70's Spookyness
A wonderful collection of atmospheric tales of the Supernatural penned by the likes of J.B. Priestley and Roger Marshall not to mention Ace of Wands creator Trevor Preston.
Featuring tales of long dead witches, ghosts from the future and my personal favorite featuring a very young Pauline Quirke a story about 3 teenagers and a old haunted Tudor mansion.
There are all 7 episodes of the first series shot in 1975 on the network DVD release. Some great actors feature like Jenny Agutter, Russell Hunter John Nettleton and a very young Sophie Ward.
Some stories stronger than others; but series one is by far the best. Sadly the writing became poorer and the acting hammier in later series.
But takes you back to the day's before children's TV became Americanised, patronizing and bland.