REMEMBERING THE GENT AND SUPERIOR CHARLES GRAY

TODAY WE REMEMBER Charles Gray, who is best remembered for his outstanding performance as the evil Mocata opposite Christopher Lee in Hammer’s The Devil Rides Out (1968)…. other memorable roles in include Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Mycroft Holmes in The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes TV Series… His Peter Cushing connection is that he co-stared with him in Amucis’s film The Beast Must Die (1974)

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THE CASE IS SOLVED : AND WE HAVE OUR WINNERS : SHOCK BASKERVILLE BLU RAY PRIZES

CONGRATULATIONS to our FIVE WINNERS! Last night we launched the second of our two 'The Hound of the Baskerviles' competitions in conjunction with Shock Video.. we asked you to spot a missing item in a publicity still from the 1959 #hammerfilm starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee... under the banner of a bit of fun, we told you a thief had stolen the item, and entitled our little competition caper, The Case of the Disappearing Gift of Africa and the Race Against Time...which in itself was a clue to the missing item, that you had to find within a time limit. It was tricky....

The FIVE WINNERS have each bagged themselves a copy of #hammerfilms 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' from Shock Video... the FIRST time available on blu ray....a smashing blu ray / dvd combo pack!

AND THE WINNERS ARE: JOHN JOHNSON, TATYANA DYBINA, SEAN CORRIGAN, KEN HILTON and FAY SAINSBURY. WELL DONE!

THE SOLUTION AND ANSWER:

There were many, many of you who spotted the missing item in the publicity photograph...though for some it was a little more tricky. Some though Christopher Lee's ring had vanished, a wrist watch (?) had moved. One or two answered that we had moved our logo at the bottom right of the pic!

But, what we were looking for, was a detail in Sir Henry's costume... that in fact, wasn't really part of Sir Henry's costume at all ! Christopher Lee, since he was a young man has worn a bracelet made of 'Elephant Hair' on his right wrist. It was a gift given to him while serving with the SAS in South Africa during World War Two.... ('Gift' and Africa'...the title to comp, see what we did there? ) You can spot it in many of his films, Dracula (1958), Rasputin (1966), The Devil Rides Out (1968) ... often it is hidden with costume cuffs and jackets, but it's always there, because according to Lee, he has never taken it off since the day he first tied it to his wrist....

So, there you go... Look out for news about a GREAT competition we have lined up for Halloween over the next few days...

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REMEMBERING: JAMES BERNARD : BORN TODAY 1925

Remembering ...Composer JAMES BERNARD: Born 20th September 1925, India. Died: 12th July 2001, London, England, UK

Today, 20th September marks the birthday of the late JAMES BERNARD composer of many of Hammer films greatest music scores,starring Peter Cushing. Probably best remembered for his music score for Hammer films, Dracula (1958). It featured a motif based on the name... Dra-cu-laaaaa.... However, he could also write lushly romantic melodies, such as appear in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and Scars of Dracula (1970). Unlike the majority of film composers, Bernard orchestrated almost all of his work.

Bernard's first major break as a composer was at the age of 17 when he met Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, for whom Bernard later wrote a song cycle.

Other memorable Hammer scores include The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), She (1964),The Kiss of the Vampire (1962), The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968).

TRIVIA: James Bernard was educated at Wellington College, where the future actor Christopher Lee was a classmate!