Sam Hall
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A. Samuel Hall was a writer on the original Dark Shadows television series, the 1991 Dark Shadows revival series and the movies, House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows. He also worked with series creator, Dan Curtis writing scripts for the 1973 television movie, Frankenstein and 1975's "The Two Deaths of Sean Doolittle" directed by Lela Swift. Hall began work on Dark Shadows in November 1967, several months after his wife had joined the program (June 1967).
A graduate of Dartmouth and Yale, and a World War II veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, Sam Hall was married to Dark Shadows star, Grayson Hall in 1952. Their son, Matthew, later worked with his father on scripts for the soap opera, One Life To Live as well as the 1991 Dark Shadows series.
In the October 9, 1971 issue of TV Guide, Sam Hall contributed an article entitled, Here’s What Really Happened to Barnabas & Co. This article described the future fates of all of the major Dark Shadows characters following the final story arcs from the series. A teleplay of the Sam Hall article was provided as part of a documentary entitled Beyond the Shadows on Volume 200 of the MPI Dark Shadows VHS collector’s series, as narrated by Roger Davis.
Hall went on to write for other serials including General Hospital, One Life to Live and Santa Barbara.
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- Dark Shadows FAQ (Section XIXb features the article that was published in TV Guide)
