Erik, the Dracula cape Has been in storage for years but it was shown publicly once. About 8 years ago the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern New York ran it's annual HorrorThon which that year included A&C Meet Frankie. Since Todd lives close to the theatre and frequently attended their Saturday morning classic films series, he brought it to the screening along with a coat rack. The management was impressed with it and set it up on one corner of the stage, close to where Todd would be sitting, of course. It was distracting to watch the movie and have this half opened cape standing in one corner through the whole thing. After the film several patrons oohed and ahhed it after getting a closer look at it, which pleased Todd to absolutely no end. He was just lapping the adoration up with a spoon. He forbade anyone to get within breathing distance of it, though. After the adoring crowds thinned out he carefully folded it up, grabbed the coat rack and ran out the side door of the theatre to his car, threw the rack and cape inside and raced off to the locked safety of his storage unit.
He pulled the same thing when the Lafayette played DRACULA one year. He just couldn't resist the temptation to bring out his original 1-sheet (cobweb version) and get it on display, locked securely in one of the display cases of course. He had to be constantly reassured that the poster case was indeed locked and nobody could get at it, even with the manager and several ushers within steps of it. He just wouldn't sit still during the film, jumping up and running into the lobby to check that his treasure was still safe every 10 minutes. Before and after the film he stood guard by the display case lest some greedy and unscrupulous collector would break the glass and snatch it from it's perch. But that didn't stop him from glowing with all the attention. When he finally had management open the case he grabbed the poster and once again ran as fast as he could towards his car, piled in, and zoomed away with the tires spitting gravel and dirt. It was quite amusing to watch.