Masterpiece Theatre: Ambrose Bierce ?

[dem]

Masterpiece Theatre: Ambrose Bierce's The Boarded Window

had a request on Vault Wordpress. hope one of our horror TV fans can help!

my father leonard wolf starred in the movie the 1974 p.b.s masterpiece theatre 'the boarded window'. he is now deceased and i am trying to share my memory of this movie with my now adult son; if you could direct me or have any further info towards finding this classic me and my family would be eternally grateful. thankyou in advance for any help

james’ mom

[allthingshorror]

The Short Story - Season 1, episode 9 - The Boarded Window (1978)


From OV Guide:

This 16-part ITV series boasted excellent production values. John Robbins, famed for Cover To Cover, introduced the dramatizations in The Short Story and directed a handful of them as well. Much like Cover To Cover, Robbins set the stage for a book. The remainder of each program played out the story in Masterpiece Theatre fashion. The late Ray Gladfelter wanted to duplicate this formula when he started production of The Novel in 1980, but would run into problems.

Unfortunately doesn't have a video of it - but hope this helps?

[dem]

pretty sure that's not the one, john, but thanks for trying. i was thrown by the name Leonard Wolf, assuming he was also the Transylvanian author/ Dracula expert of the same name who often shows up in horror documentaries, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[allthingshorror]

You're right - must have been another version - here's info on the one I think the enquirer might be after. Seems to be very rare indeed.


INFO:

The Boarded Window, by Alan W. Beattie, color short, 1973

The Boarded Window, by Alan W. Beattie, color short, International
Instructional Television Cooperative video release, 1978

Found the most barest of info here - which states that Leonard Wolfe was indeed in this short film

ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/152145

and there is more information from here - the transcript of which is below

answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/708375.html


this elusive video (if indeed it is the one youremember) sure doesn't seem to be for sale anywhere. But it does
appear to exist in several library collections, including:

William Patterson University of New Jersey:
admin2.wpunj.edu/htbin/wwform/www/?TEXT=R5741447-5744793-/www/documents/070/cat/wwi770.htm

University of Michigan:
fvlalpha.ugl.lib.umich.edu/htbin/wwform/www/?TEXT=R6742640-6745152-/www/documents/198/cat/wwi770.htm

or evenWinnacunnet High School in Hampton, NH
www.winnacunnet.k12.nh.us/webopac/titleinfo?k1=142520&k2=24427

For locating a copy near you, you could try searching at World Cat.
There do seem to be some out there, as a search in my state alone turned up a half dozen copies:
www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/0a3d1042371f79b6a19afeb4da09e526.html

For possible purchase, you might try the "last resort" of video
searchers, the video detectives at "A Million and One World Wide
Videos," who will search for you, for a fee. They claim they can get
any title ever produced. Check 'em out here:
www.wwvideos.com/index.html

[dem]

well done, that's excellent work! i've emailed a copy to the lady, explaining that Johnny Mains of the All Things Horror site kindly provided all this info and wished her good luck in turning up a copy. hope she succeeds.

[allthingshorror]

No probs, glad to have helped.