OUR BEST BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR TWO HAMMER FILM ACTRESSES!

Please join us in wishing SUSAN DENBERG a Very Happy Birthday today! She best known for her role as Christina in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) with Peter Cushing and known Star Trek fans as Magda Kovacs in the Original Series episode 'Mudd's Women' in 1966.

Please join us in wishing MADELEINE SMITH a Very Happy Birthday today! She best known for her roles in 3 hammer film's Taste The Blood of Dracula (1970), The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell. (1974) Pictured left, is what we feel is one of her best performances as Sarah (The Angel) in Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell co-starring Peter Cushing, and Shane Briant. Mind you, she was pretty good in the UK tv series, The Steam Video Company in the early 1980's.. She has a very good sense of humour and timing too!

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MODEL MAKING: PETER CUSHING AND HIS TOWN AND TRAIN SET ON A TABLE TOP

Cushing And His Hobbies. In the past few weeks we've posted features on Cushing's many hobbies and the many happy hours he spent in his home studio making thousands of model soldiers to participate in table top 'Little Wars' gaming, the building of beautiful working theatres, complete with acting figures, sets and lighting, his talent for painting in water colours and oils, that went on to be exhibited, the board games he invented and made for visiting friends to play..so it shouldn't surprise you to find out he also owned, a train set.

But, not a person to do anything by halves, this train set was permanently mounted in his studio room upstairs at both the Cushing's homes in Hillsleigh Road, London and Whitstable...a model train set built around a hand built town, with people, shops, streets, a factory, a train station and goods yard....Cushing's first job on leaving school, for as short a time as he could stand it, was working at the grand sounding... Planning and Drawing Office of the Surveyor's Department at Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council in his home town. No doubt, the 'town planning' experience came in handy!

NEWS: KINO LORBER UPDATE ON MADHOUSE BLU RAY TO BE RE AUTHORED AND REPLACED

NEWS:  Kino LORBER ANNOUCES 

DISC REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME: MADHOUSE (BLU-RAY)

After reviewing our MADHOUSE Blu-ray discs, we found that some scenes had minor sync issues as reported. Due to problems of irregular sound synchronization, Kino Lorber will re-author and will send replacement discs of the FIXED version to those who’ve purchased the Blu-ray of MADHOUSE.

Please click on the MADHOUSE EXCHANGE PROGRAM link below and fill out the form. Replacements are currently in production; we will send you an email when we’re ready to ship replacement copies which should be no later than September 1, 2015. Be sure to hold on to your original packaging, replacement discs will not include packaging.

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Kino Lorber apologises for any inconvenience that the manufacturing error has caused, and thanks you for your continued support.

Note: This disc replacement applies ONLY to the Kino Lorber Studio Classics release (2015), and does not apply to copies of MADHOUSE released on any other label. Disc replacement is only available in U.S.A. and Canada.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID WARNER : AMICUS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE 'IT'S A DEAL'

Please join us in wishing DAVID WARNER a Very Happy Birthday Today! Warner's Cushing connection is the role of Edward Charlton (segment 1 "The Gate Crasher") in Amicus films 'From Beyond The Grave' in 1974. A great story, a fine performance...particularly enjoyed his play with Cushing in the Temptations Ltd store... but what a sticky end!

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NOT MY CUP OF TEA! PETER CUSHING AND THE DALEKS

Many Cushing fans love the Dr Who films, where Peter got the opportunity to play the time traveler in not one, but two Dr Who films. Peter portrayed the good Doctor in his own way, a softer version of William Hartnell's character, who was known for playing the role in the BBC television series. Many die hard fans of the tv show, aren't too fond of the films.....well it might surprise you hear, neither was Peter...

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Here's a very neat shortaudio interview with Peter Cushing discussing playing Doctor Who... and the Daleks!

 

FIRST LOOK: DR TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS LIMITED EDITION STEEL BOOK BLU RAY

It's not released until September 21, 2015..but here's our first proper look at the Odeon Entertainment Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965) Steel Book Blu ray packaging. Looks very nice indeed. With it's LIMITED numbered edition release of 4,000, with specially commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys, the extras Include a brand new making of Dr Terror documentary by Nucleus Films and a recently filmed appreciation of the life and career of the late Sir Christopher Lee. It's available for PRE ORDER now….

The Blu-ray will be region free

BRAY STUDIOS HOME OF HAMMER FILMS AWAITS GO AHEAD ON NEW APPLICATION

NEWS: Farmglade wants to restore and partially demolish Down Place House, and add a two-storey extension, to create 10 new homes, and demolish surrounding buildings to build 15 houses.

The last remaining tenants at Bray Studios – where the iconic Hammer Horror films were made – left in 2014. In its planning statement, the applicant says Down Place House’s 18th century west entrance will be reinstated, as will the original entrance lobby. A large studio building to the south of the building’s east wing will be demolished, as will the former stables to the west. The application says: “This area is considered to have limited historic or architectural value and it detracts from the appearance of the main historic building.”

It would be replaced with a new extension ‘designed to enhance the appearance of the main listed building’. The studios to the south of Down Place House would be torn down and replaced with 11 detached houses and a terrace of four homes. Farmglade is building 44 homes in nearby Water Oakley, a project which was approved by councilors in April 2014. The planning application statement adds: “The application seeks to rationalize the development of this site with adjacent Water Oakley site to the west, with which it shares a long, common boundary.

“The new housing proposed in this application has houses grouped informally around a ‘village green’ to the southern end nearest the entrance, and a more formal green at the entrance area to Down Place House.”

The Royal Borough expects to make a decision by Thursday, October 8.
Source: Maidenhead Advertiser

CUSHING, SHERLOCK AND HIS PIPE : PUFFING AND SUFFERING FOR HIS ART!

Peter Cushing in one of his many signature roles, Sherlock Holmes , in a rare publicity photograph from Hammer films 'The Hound of The Baskervilles' (1959) Pictured here with his pipe, that would bring him the 'Pipeman of the Year Award' in 1969, which turned out to be a bit of a mixed blessing...

 

 

TARKIN CUSHING OUTAKE AND RETURN ANNOUNCED FOR STAR WARS ANTHOLOGY ROGUE MOVIE

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Here is the fabulous outage of Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin with Carrie Fisher from Star Wars A New Hope (1977)

Also with the announcement of another new Star Wars film called Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One it has been revealed that it will feature Darth Vader and everyone's favourite Grand Moff, Tarkin. It will be set before A New Hope, but after Revenge Of The Sith.

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CHRISTOPHER LEE REMEMBERS HORROR OF DRACULA OPENING NIGHT

It all could have turned out quite differently...had Hammer films, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Terence Fisher and all...not made a CLASSIC!

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