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Contents 1 Nurmi name 2 Vampira and James Dean 3 Surviving footage 4 Picture 5 Contradiction?

[edit] Nurmi name

The article states that Maila Nurmi "is the niece of famed Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi". I think this is actually Maila Nurmi's own invention. I have found no proof of my claim, since all biographies seem to mention the relationship as a fact, but I've been told that Vampira (born Syrjäniemi) took the surname Nurmi only because it's easier, and possibly also to gain some fame at the expense of Paavo Nurmi, who was extremely famous in the United States at that time. (Maila Nurmi happens to be my grandgrandfather's brother's daughter. Her father was Onni Syrjäniemi, but I should know something about her mother to be sure.) -Easlak 09:41, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Fascinating... but I have no source to confirm. Pepso 16:31, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

"In the 1980s, Nurmi was asked by KHJ-TV to revive her Vampira character for television. She worked closely with the producers of the new show and was to get an executive producer credit, but Nurmi eventually declined their proposal. KHJ-TV continued with the show and changed the name of their character to Elvira. Later, Nurmi sued Cassandra Peterson, the actress who played Elvira. The case was dismissed when Nurmi was unable to pay for legal expenses." I'd like to call into question the neutrality of this version of the events. The case was decided, and it was decided in Peterson's favor. 204.210.128.200 04:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)lord_snot

[edit] Vampira and James Dean

I had been under the imprression Vampira made her friendship with James Dean out to be much more than it was after his death. Citation on his quote about her? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.226.121.24 (talk) 23:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Surviving footage

As far as I know there is no surviving footage of The Vampira Show. The cited kinoscope is an advert for the station. MartinSFSA (talk) 06:20, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually it is an episode of the show, not an advert. It was shot to be included with a sales film that showcased clips from each of the station's current shows. It was the August 14th 1954 episode.

Thank you Mr. Anonymous, but no. It is not an episode of The Vampira Show, it is a re-recording of that date's script. I don't see how you can say it's not an advert; it was filmed, not broadcast, with the intention of promoting the station's advertising potential. MartinSFSA (talk) 04:48, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Is that picture not copyrighted? brob (talk) 10:43, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction?

This article states:

Nurmi herself claimed that Vampira's image was in part based on the Charles Addams New Yorker cartoon character "Morticia Addams", though she told BOXOFFICE Magazine in 1994 that she had intentionally deviated from Addams' mute and flat-chested creation, making her own TV character "campier and sexier" to avoid plagiarizing Addams' idea.

While the The Vampira Show article states:

Ten years after The Vampira Show's first broadcast, ABC aired The Addams Family. The character of Morticia Addams (portrayed by Carolyn Jones), was modeled on Nurmi's Vampira character.

Is this a contradiction? Was the character of Vampira based on Morticia Addams or was it the other way around? Devil Master (talk) 14:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)