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| This photo, taken when Van Rydell (Paul Thomas) was murdered on Edge of Night, clearly shows how the great outdoors can be recreated inside the studio. |
The Soap Box
Vol. IV No. 3 March 1979
by Linda Susman
(continued from Part 2)
Edge of Night: Edge's most recent location sequence involved April's prison break and return to her childhood home in Northboro. The actual site–Mahwah, New Jersey–was suggested by a staff engineer who knew the show was looking for a haunted house. The Mahwah location was known to have been used in films; but because the house was occupied by tenants , Edge couldn't do anything to the exterior. Since the story called for April to break in by smashing the front door windows, she stopped just short on location, then recreated the scene back at the studio with a replica of the door with "sugar" glass panes. All interiors were shot at the studio, and the cemetery's gravestones were made of Styrofoam. The actual on-site shooting began at 1 p.m. and finished at 2:30 a.m., with light snow falling.