The Cutting Room Floor Page Two: First Night & Next Morning

If Quentin didn't have a dream that first night at Collinwood, then what were the events of that night? And just what mysterious event was it that Gerard and Carlotta were really discussing in the kitchen on Quentin and Tracy's first morning at Collinwood? Well, the Night of Dark Shadows script originally called for these sequences to occur:

Night of Dark Shadows Script Excerpt (red text - included in film / white text - deleted from film) INT - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT Quentin and Tracy are asleep. The curtains billow gently at the windows. CAMERA STARTS A SLOW TRUCK IN on Quentin as he begins to stir restlessly in his sleep. His eyes are wide open and he seems to be listening intently to some unheard sound. Slowly he starts to rise from the bed as CAMERA TRUCKS back revealing Tracy still sound asleep. Quentin, now out of the bed and moving as if in a trance, puts on his robe and quietly EXITS the room. INT - CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE MASTER BEDROOM - LOW ANGLE as Quentin ENTERS the shot PAN with him as he starts toward the stairway to the third floor. EXT - COLLINWOOD - NIGHT SHOT favors the windows of the Tower Room, they still glow faintly from the light within. HOLD on this for a moment as Quentin suddenly appears near the windows and then moves out of sight toward another part of the room. RACK FOCUS to EXTREME CLOSE-UP of Gerard, who has been standing there watching, his eyes blazing with hatred. DISSOLVE TO: INT - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT Tracy, alone in the bed, stirs, half awake. She reaches out for Quentin, awakens a little more, sees he is gone. Then she falls back to sleep. CUT TO: INT - MASTER BEDROOM - DAY It is the following morning. Quentin is still asleep. Tracy has just finished dressing and now stands looking down at him. She smiles, leans over, kisses him lightly TRACY Quentin ... He barely stirs. Come on. It's your first day here. Are you going to sleep it away? Still no response. She shakes him, still smiling. Finally, he turns on his back, opens his eyes. He stares at her, unsmiling, almost as if he didn't remember her. TRACY Good morning! At last Quentin smiles, reaches over and touches her. QUENTIN Hi...wake me in two hours. I'm beat. He yawns, starts to turn over again. She stops him with a kiss. TRACY Serves you right for wandering around last night without me. QUENTIN For doing what? TRACY We haven't been married that long. I know when you're not in my bed. QUENTIN Well, I was and all night, dreaming very strange dreams. He struggles into a half-sitting position. TRACY I won't fight with you. Ever. Now get up. She EXITS as the CAMERA TRUCKS IN TO HIS CLOSE-UP. His eyes are very far away as he tries to remember the "Dream".

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