BGuthrie Photos: AFI -- "House of Frankenstein" (w/Count Gore De Vol)

AFI -- "House of Frankenstein" (w/Count Gore De Vol):

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Description of Pictures: Count Gore De Vol 40th Anniversary Celebration!
Re-Presenting the Original Creature Feature: HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
In person: Count Gore De Vol
TV personality Dick Dyszel introduced his alter ego Count Gore De Vol on Channel 20's CREATURE FEATURE 40 years ago on February 3, 1973. Dyszel, who already hosted local children's programming as Bozo the Clown and Captain 20, created the Count in an attempt to do something "more adult," and for his debut, presented 1944's HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, a distant sequel to James Whale's landmark 1931 film, now a "monster rally" ensemble piece featuring, not only the Frankenstein monster (Glenn Strange), but Dracula (John Carradine) and the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr.), with a new mad scientist (perplexingly, the original FRANKENSTEIN star Boris Karloff) and his hunchback assistant (J. Carrol Naish) stirring up trouble. So-bad-it's-good fun, which, paired with the Count's cheeky hosting, became something truly unique. In the spirit of the original broadcasts, this special, one-time-only celebration of an entertainment pioneer will feature the Count hosting on stage, with interactive intermissions and lots of ghoulish good fun and surprises in store.
DIR Erle C. Kenton; SCR Edward T. Lowe, Jr.; PROD Paul Malvern. US, 1944, b&w, 71 min. NOT RATED
Co-presented with the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival (spookyfest.com).
Folks introduced as part of the program included Arch Campbell, Eleanor Herman, and "Dr. Sarcofiguy" (John Dimes).

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. COUNT1_130201_036.JPG: Leanna Chamish
2. COUNT1_130201_061.JPG: "Count Gore De Vol" (Dick Dyszel), Leanna Chamish, Les Bradley
3. COUNT1_130201_063.JPG: Eleanor Herman, "Count Gore De Vol" (Dick Dyszel)
4. COUNT1_130201_074.JPG: "Count Gore De Vol" (Dick Dyszel) and someone with one of the original membership cards from the TV show
5. COUNT1_130201_121.JPG: "Dr. Sarcofiguy" (John Dimes) and Eleanor Herman.
6. COUNT1_130201_165.JPG: Arch Campbell
7. COUNT2_130201_238.JPG: "Count Gore De Vol" (Dick Dyszel) and C.W. Prather
8. COUNT2_130201_350.JPG: Toilet-paper wrapping contest
9. COUNT2_130201_530.JPG: "Count Gore De Vol" (Dick Dyszel) with a mounted bat
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- Campbell, Arch appears on:
  - 2023_MD_Shining_230204 AFI -- "The Shining" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2019_MD_Network_190613 AFI and Washington Monthly -- Fourth Estate Film Series (2019) -- "Network" (w/Beth Reinhard, Clarence Page, Arch Campbell, and Paul Glastris)
  - 2018_MD_Sarcofiguy_180825 AFI -- "The Black Cat" and "Re-Animator" (w/Doctor Sarcofiguy and Arch Campbell)
  - 2016_DC_Hollywood_161105 Newseum -- Inside Media w/Arch Campbell, Ann Hornaday and Bill Newcott ("Hollywood's White House")
  - 2015_DC_10Movies_150622 Newseum & AARP -- 10 Movies That Shaped the Boomers (w/Arch Campbell, Ann Hornaday and Bill Newcott)
  - 2015_DC_Oswalt_150111 Sixth & I -- Patton Oswalt ("Silver Screen Fiend") w/Dan Kois
  - 2014_DC_Gilbert_140913 Natl Archives -- Melissa Gilbert ("My Prairie Cookbook)"
  - 2014_MD_Turturro_140308 Washington Jewish Film Festival (2014) @ AFI -- "Fading Gigolo" (w/John Turturro)
  - 2013_DC_Anchorman_131116 Newseum -- Inside Media w/Arch Campbell and Wendy Rieger ("Anchorman" exhibit)
  - 2013_DC_Burnett_131020 DC -- Kennedy Center -- Mark Twain Prize (2013 -- Carol Burnett)
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- Chamish, Leanna appears on:
  - 2023_MD_Shining_230204 AFI -- "The Shining" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2022_MD_Creepshow_220806 AFI -- "Creepshow" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2022_MD_Horror_Darkness_220528 AFI -- "Horror of Darkness" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2017_MD_Surprise_171008 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2017) -- Surprise Screening of "Butterfly Kisses" (w/Erik Kristopher Myers, Kenny Johnson, Cory Okouchi, and Stacie Jones Gentzler)
  - 2017_MD_Alien_170708 AFI -- "Alien" (w/Count Gore de Vol)
  - 2016_MD_King_Kong_160409 AFI -- "King Kong" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2014_MD_Cthulhu_141010 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2014) -- "Call Girl of Cthulhu" (w/Jimmy George)
  - 2014_MD_Exists_141010 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2014) -- "Exists" (w/Eduardo Sanchez, Jamie Nash)
  - 2013_MD_Blacula_131019 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2013) -- "Scream Blacula Scream" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2013_MD_Sarcofiguy_131013 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2013) -- "Bald Headed Blues: A Doctormentary on Sarcofiguy" (w/John Dimes and CW Prather)
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- Dimes, John ("Dr. Sarcofiguy") appears on:
  - 2023_MD_Shining_230204 AFI -- "The Shining" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2022_MD_Horror_Darkness_220528 AFI -- "Horror of Darkness" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2018_MD_Halloween_181027 AFI -- "Halloween" (w/Count Gore De Vol and Wes Johnson)
  - 2018_MD_Sarcofiguy_180825 AFI -- "The Black Cat" and "Re-Animator" (w/Doctor Sarcofiguy and Arch Campbell)
  - 2017_MD_Halloween_171006 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2017) -- "Halloween Video Mixtape: A Wraith Films Anthology"
  - 2017_MD_House_171006 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2017) -- "House" (w/Dr. Sarcofiguy)
  - 2017_MD_Wicker_Man_170401 AFI -- "Wicker Man" (w/Dr. Sarcofiguy)
  - 2015_MD_Rocky_Horror_151017 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2015) -- "Rocky Horror Picture Show" (w/Peaches Christ and DC All Star Shadowcast)
  - 2014_MD_Exists_141010 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2014) -- "Exists" (w/Eduardo Sanchez, Jamie Nash)
  - 2013_MD_Blacula_131019 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2013) -- "Scream Blacula Scream" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
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- Dyszel, Dick ("Count Gore De Vol") appears on:
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  - 2022_MD_Creepshow_220806 AFI -- "Creepshow" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2022_MD_Horror_Darkness_220528 AFI -- "Horror of Darkness" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2019_MD_Exorcist_191026 AFI -- "Exorcist" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2018_MD_Captain20_181028 AFI -- Captain 20 Returns!
  - 2018_MD_Halloween_181027 AFI -- "Halloween" (w/Count Gore De Vol and Wes Johnson)
  - 2018_DC_AwesomeA Awesome Con DC (2018) -- Artists
  - 2017_MD_Alien_170708 AFI -- "Alien" (w/Count Gore de Vol)
  - 2016_MD_King_Kong_160409 AFI -- "King Kong" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
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- Herman, Eleanor appears on:
  - 2023_MD_Taste_231130 AFI -- European Union Film Showcase (2023) -- "The Taste of Things" (w/Trần Anh H�ng and Tran Nu Yen Khe)
  - 2022_DC_ALA_Authors American Library Association 2022 conference (Washington, DC) -- Exhibit Hall: Authors
  - 2022_MD_Horror_Darkness_220528 AFI -- "Horror of Darkness" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2018_DC_NPC_Bookfair_181102 NPC -- 41st Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2018)
  - 2015_DC_NPC_Bookfair_151117 NPC -- 38th Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2015)
  - 2012_DC_King_Peggy_120222 NPC -- King Peggy and Eleanor Herman ("King Peggy")
  - 2009_DC_NPC_Bookfair_091117 NPC -- 32nd Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2009)
  - 2009_MD_Halloween_090627 AFI -- "Every Other Day is Halloween" (w/Count Gore De Vol and C.W. Prather)
  - 2008_DC_NPC_BookFair_081118 NPC -- 31st Annual Book Fair & Author's Night (2008)
  - 2008_DC_Herman_080826 NPC -- Eleanor Herman ("Mistress of the Vatican")
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- Krulik, Jeff appears on:
  - 2024_02_10C_KatzenO DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Opening Reception
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  - 2023_MD_Married_230908 AFI -- "Married to Comics" (w/Carol Tyler, John Kinhart and Gary Groth)
  - 2023_DC_DCHist_Network_230324 49th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- History Network
  - 2023_MD_Shorts_Docs_230219 AFI -- "Shorts and Docs and Rock 'n' Roll" (w/John Kinhart and Jeff Krulik)
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  - 2022_MD_Creepshow_220806 AFI -- "Creepshow" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2022_DC_DCHist_Recept_220401 48th Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Friday Reception
  - 2019_MD_SPX_Other Small Press Expo (2019) -- Other
  - 2019_MD_Zeppelin_190120 AFI -- "Led Zeppelin Played Here" (w/Jeff Krulik)
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- Prather, C.W. appears on:
  - 2022_MD_Creepshow_220806 AFI -- "Creepshow" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2022_MD_Horror_Darkness_220528 AFI -- "Horror of Darkness" (w/Count Gore De Vol)
  - 2022_MD_Darkness_220430 AFI -- "Army of Darkness" (w/live shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theater Company)
  - 2018_MD_Captain20_181028 AFI -- Captain 20 Returns!
  - 2018_MD_Halloween_181027 AFI -- "Halloween" (w/Count Gore De Vol and Wes Johnson)
  - 2017_MD_Surprise_171008 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2017) -- Surprise Screening of "Butterfly Kisses" (w/Erik Kristopher Myers, Kenny Johnson, Cory Okouchi, and Stacie Jones Gentzler)
  - 2017_MD_Halloween_171006 AFI -- Spooky Movie Intl Horror Film Festival (2017) -- "Halloween Video Mixtape: A Wraith Films Anthology"
  - 2017_MD_Alien_170708 AFI -- "Alien" (w/Count Gore de Vol)
  - 2017_MD_Wicker_Man_170401 AFI -- "Wicker Man" (w/Dr. Sarcofiguy)
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