Music.

"Dwight Frye: Dreams and Nightmares" will be featuring music on the community's homepage. Currently the featured song is a lovely 1930's rendition of the classical piece "Clair De Lune". A new and different song will be featured at regular intervals, so please be sure to periodically click on the embedded MP3 player at your left in order to listen to the featured piece.

I chose to not allow the player to automatically start when a person visits the community. My reason for this decision is that unlike "Ning" all of the content for the community will be available on the same page (i.e. you're not taken to a new page when you click to watch a video, for example) so if someone wishes to view a video, and the music player started automatically, they would have to then take time out to stop the player. The two features would clash. So I embedded the player without an automatic start up, therefore if you'd like to listen to music while browsing the community simply press play to begin the player.

Again, new music will be featured at regular intervals so check back often. As the seasons progress new songs will also be added for holidays such as Halloween and Christmas. I hope that this feature will be enjoyed, as I felt it was quite nice when I added it at "Ning".

Dwight Frye- Colorized Publicity Still.

This publicity still was taken between 1930 and 1931. It was colorized using the software program "Recolored". This will hopefully be the first of many images that will be posted here for Dwight.

Dwight Frye On-line.

The following websites provide a wealth of information on the actor Dwight Frye. If you haven't already visited, and you would like to learn more about this extraordinary man, I would highly recommend checking out the links below. I will be adding more over time, so please check back often.

Dwight Frye's Official Website:

http://web.archive.org/web/20030204011651/http://www.dwightfrye.com/

http://web.archive.org/web/20031028200042/http://dwightfrye.com/

Launched in 1999, this site was created with the assistance of Dwight's son, Dwight David Frye. It is the definitive Dwight Frye website, providing the most accurate and detailed information that you will find on-line. Sadly, after the untimely passing of Dwight David the site was closed down. However it thankfully still exists through the internet archive. The first link is how the site appeared prior to Dwight David's passing. The second link is how it appeared after, and it includes a memorial written to Dwight David by James Coughlin, co-author of "Dwight Frye's last laugh".

Missing Link Classic Horror Biography:

http://www.classichorror.free-online.co.uk/dwight.htm

An excellent biography page, dedicated to Dwight Frye.

Unsung Heroes of Horror:

http://www.barrybrown.info/unsungheroes/dwightfrye.html

A chapter dedicated to Dwight Frye from the never published manuscript "The unsung heroes of horror". This chapter was written by James Coughlin in, I believe, the 1970's. James Coughlin later became a co-author on "Dwight Frye's last laugh".

Dwight Frye- the man behind the insanity:

http://joeanne.freewebsitehosting.com/dwightfrye.html

A lovely fan-made website, dedicated to Dwight Frye. This site includes film reviews and a wealth of wonderful images.

Dwight Frye- Astrology Chart:

http://www.astrotheme.com/portraits/VANgHA2MAAS6.htm

For those who enjoy astrology, you can read more about Dwight Frye at the link above.

Classic Horror's Legendary Looney:

http://www.horror-wood.com/frye.htm

A very nice biography of Dwight Frye, which includes animation and images.

Cult actors- Dwight Frye:

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/cult-actors/cult-actors-10-dwight-frye.php

A fan-made biography page dedicated to Dwight Frye.

Wikipedia- Dwight Frye:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Frye

Dwight Frye's Wikipedia page.

IMDB- Dwight Frye:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296859/

Dwight Frye's official IMDB page.

IBDB- Dwight Frye:

http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=41425

Dwight Frye's official IBDB page.

Facebook- Dwight Frye:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dwight-Frye/35211140052

Dwight Frye's "Facebook" page.

Dwight Frye's Last Laugh:

http://www.amazon.com/Dwight-Fryes-Last-Laugh-Svehla/dp/1887664114

The Amazon link to Dwight Frye's biography. The ultimate resource for Dwight's fans.

Racks and Razor's- Dwight Frye:

http://www.racksandrazors.com/dwight.html

Another mini biography.

Dwight Frye Vs. Fate:

http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/10/29/dwight-frye-vs-fate/

A heart-felt review of Dwight Frye's career and of his appearance in "The circus queen murder".

Facebook Alternate Page- Dwight Frye:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=2218904065

A second Facebook page for Dwight Frye.

Find a Grave- Dwight Frye:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2978

Dwight Frye's memorial page at "Find a grave". Here you can leave a message and/or virtual flowers.

My Space- Dwight Frye:

www.myspace.com/dwightfryefans

"My Space" page for fans of Dwight Frye.

Dread Central- Dwight Frye:

http://www.dreadcentral.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=315531

Scroll down the page to locate Dwight's picture and a nice biography. Thanks to Leah for the above link.

Find a Grave- Laura Bullivant Frye:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38219333&FLid=29566122

Laura Frye's memorial page at "Find a grave". Thanks to Leah for creating this lovely tribute.

Live Journal- Dwight Frye:

http://community.livejournal.com/dwightifrye/

Dwight Frye's fan community at "Live journal".

*Please note that some of the above links may contain slight errors pertaining to Dwight's life or career, however most of the information is factual. If you wish to obtain information which is wholly accurate then I recommend viewing Dwight's official site, or picking up a copy of his biography.

I bid you welcome.

Welcome to "Dwight Frye: Dreams and Nightmares".

"Dreams and Nightmares" is a Blogger based community which is dedicated to the character actor Dwight Frye. This community's goal is to honor Dwight's life and his work. The community will offer several different features, so please take a moment to read through this post so that you may better understand how these features work. Understanding how to utilize what is offered will hopefully make everyone's experience here a lot more fun and productive!

VIDEOS: Those who are familiar with the popular video sharing site "You Tube" are already aware of the fact that Dwight Frye has several videos posted there to honor his memory. These videos range from wonderful tributes, to clips of Dwight's amazing work on screen. "Dreams and Nightmares" will also be utilizing video in order to honor Dwight Frye. There are a few ways in which you can post video here, so if you are interested in this feature please read on.

EMBEDDING: You may embed a video into your entry from an external source such as "You Tube". However, since "You Tube" has a very strict copyright policy and videos are regularly removed from their site without warning, I would suggest that if you'd prefer to embed videos that you first upload them to a more reliable site, such as "Photobucket" or "4 Shared".

UPLOADING: Unlike other popular blogging sites such as "Live journal" Dwight Frye's community here at "Blogger" allows you to directly upload videos to your journal entries. Once you have logged in you may choose to compose a new entry. Above the entry you will see several options such as font size, the ability to add a link to your post, etc. One of the options that you will see toward the right hand side of your screen is a small film strip icon. Click on this if you wish to directly upload a video to your entry.

PICTURES: "Dreams and Nightmares" will also be hosting a wide variety of images, and much like video there are two ways in which to share your photographs of our beloved Dwight. You may embed an image by linking to it from an external source or you may upload the image directly to your entry. If you wish to embed I again recommend a site such as "Photobucket" for this purpose. If you wish to upload directly choose to compose a new entry and again you will see the list of options that I mentioned above. Next to the film strip icon is a photo icon. Click on this icon to upload your pictures directly from your computer.

NEWS AND INFORMATION: Dwight's community will provide current news and information on the man with the thousand watt stare. If you would like to submit a find please be sure to include a brief description of what you will be sharing and provide a link to where the information was originally located. This may be done by once again choosing to compose a new entry and clicking on the circular icon above your typing space which will allow you to insert a link. If you are familiar with other blogging sites such as "Live journal" or "My Space" you should be perfectly fine with using the features offered here at "Blogger". However, if you do have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I am always more than happy to help!

FAN-FICTION: Unlike Dwight Frye's former community at "Ning" this page will allow members to post original fan-fiction dedicated to Dwight or any one of his numerous characters. If your fiction includes adult themes please be responsible and rate your story accordingly. Fiction ratings will be the same as film ratings. G will be general. PG is mild. PG-13 will be a bit more adult and R will be adults only. By following this system members will be aware of a story's content and can choose to read it or to pass on reading it if they wish.

SELLING AND TRADING: "Dreams and Nightmares" will encourage it's members to sell or to trade Dwight Frye or classic Hollywood items if they so choose. You may give a brief description of what you would like to sell or to trade in an entry or you may link to a store front or an interesting item on E-Bay. Examples of store fronts can be found at sites such as "Zazzle" or "Cafe Press".

ARTWORK: Original or found artwork pertaining to Dwight Frye will also be accepted at this community. You may share said artwork through a link or through embedding or uploading an image in your entry. If the work is not your own please credit the person who did create it, and include a link where you located the piece at.

TAGS: In order to help members easily locate the information that they may be searching for it is required that each and every entry posted to the community must be tagged. The tagging system will be simple and is as follows: Stories will be tagged fan-fiction. Videos will be tagged video. Photos will be tagged pictures. Information will be tagged news. Art will be tagged art and any trading or selling will be tagged under sales. You may use more than one tag per entry. In the case of fan-fiction you may also tag the entry with the title of your story for better identification. If you are not certain what to tag an entry feel free to contact me for help or suggestions.

GENERAL BEHAVIOR: Please play nice. I believe that this rule goes without saying.

Well, I believe that this just about covers all of the bases for now. Once again, welcome to the community and I truly hope that you will enjoy your stay!