THREE GREAT GIFS : Top one Veronica Carlson in a high tension moment from Hammer films, 'FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED. Next a Hammer Films classic, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee come face to face with a killer spider in THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. And finally, looking out of that window, Christopher Lee in NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT.
ALL the titles above are links that will lead you to features and galleries about that film. MORE GIFS to come in our #MONSTERMONDAY feature shortly! ENJOY!
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#ONSETSATURDAY that's going to HURT! Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee rehearse
their 'punch up'...in the balcony of St Botolph's Church.. on set at
Elstree film studios. All part of that great fight scene in Dracula AD
1972...
ANDBELOW : A GIF shot, of how this shot turned out of the film! NEXT, Roberta Tovey during the making of Dr Who and the Daleks with Peter Cushing at Shepperton studios, then Ursula Andress checking continuity with Eileen Head on the set of Hammer films, 'She' and finally, Peter Cushing shooting a scene for 'The Evil of Frankenstein' at Hammer films very own, Bray studios under the direction of Freddie Francis.
THERE'S A WORRY SELECTION of bodies popping up throughout a small
suburb of Paris..and they all have their throats torn out! Police
surgeon, Peter Cushing suspects something is a foot..or paw! Tyburn
films, Legend of the Werewolf is one of a pair of films that neatly
brought the Brit Horror Era to a close. Cushing made both Legend and The
Ghoul with director, Freddie Francis. Kevin Francis, son of Fred was
CEO of Tyburn, and looked at one point to have the winning formula to keep the Brit Fantasy Flick alive.
The Making Of Legend Of The Werewolf
Behind the Scenes Photographs, Script and Interviews HERE! SOON!
ALAS, THE SHIP had already left the dock and was sailing for tastes a
new, splashed with gore, serial killers and mayhem. 'Legend', 'The
Ghoul' and Cushing bring a certain dignity to the screen. A class of
film, that would soon vanish from our screens.
IN THE CLIP ABOVE, Cushing is joined by Roy Castle. A performer who in the
past had been a one man, dancing, singing, musician entertainer who had a
vast experience of performing in variety, on both stage and tv. Castle
appeared with Cushing in two other films, 'Dr Terrors House of Horrors'
and 'Dr Who and the Daleks' both for Amicus films, who at one time were
the only real competition to Hammer films. The Dr Who film was Amicus in
all but name. Cushing and Castle knew each other well enough, to bounce
and feed each other in their two scenes in 'Werewolf', and bring a
certain black comedy-vaudeville to the film.
'LEGEND' WAS IN PART, a Tony (Hammer Films) Hinds script, which
Kevin Francis added to. The two characters in this clip, funnily enough,
do not appear in the first draft of the script! The film has a very
neat cast, even Michael Ripper, credited as a 'Sewer Man', gets to
re-enact his look of horror, first seen in Hammer films 'The Mummy' with
Cushing and Lee back in 1959! Ron Moody plays the lovely scruffy ol zoo
keeper, David Rintoul, the doomed Etoile, Lynn Dalby is a sensitive
love interest, but Renee Houston in her last screen performance before
her death in 1980, as Chou-Chou and Hugh Griffith as Maestro Pamponi,
almost steal the show.
This film at the time of writing, still is without a dvd release.
#THROWBACKTHURSDAY , Peter Cushing's role in this light sentimental drama
was overlooked by audiences and critics. Here again Cushing does much
with a small role. Supporting stars, Tim Holt and Virginia Gilmore.
LADDIE was one of several films that Cushing appeared in during his stay
in Hollywood.
It is believed he also screen tested for a role in Gene
Towne and Graham Baker's version of 'Tom Brown's School Days', It's not
clear if he actually got the role, shoot hos scenes or was rejected, as
he is absent from the 1940 release. During this time Cushing also
appeared in 'The Man In The Iron Mask' and 'They Dare Not Love' directed
by James Whale, 'Vigil In The Night' (1939) with Carole Lombard, Brian
Aherne and Anne Shirley, 'The Howards of Virginia' (1940) and 'A Chump
at Oxford' with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 1939.
THERE'S A DEFINITE CANINE WHIFF, to this weeks #throwbackthursday!
A lovely example of Peter playing 'black comedy' in a scene from Tyburn
films, 'Legend of the Werewolf' below, as we remember one of
three flirts Cushing had with monsters, of the barking kind! Later today,
we have the very 'barking' results from last weeks' 'Twilight Time
Baskervilles Blu Ray Compo!
THEN WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU SOME very early
Hollywood Peter Cushing, in a clip from a film, that sounds as if it
COULD be about a dog, but thankfully isn't! All that to come, in the
meantime, let's sit and 'growl' about the fact that Legend of the
Werewolf STILL isn't available as a commercial dvd or blu ray... it's
enough to get anyone howling!!
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#COLLECTABLESWEDNESDAY I have never before shared images of these
collectables, in fact only a handful of people have even ever seen them!
But for you, today here they are!.... They are I guess, a one of
originals in collectable terms. These are Peter Cushing's personal
notes, written in his own hand, made during the compiling of his first
autobiography.
THERE ARE 15 PAGES IN ALL, some are paragraphs in rough form, from the chapters of the book, lots of doodles, notes to himself
and reminders to 'check this' with question marks...! These are the
pages of notes that went to make the filmography and titles of
television and theatre performances through out his long career, that
appeared at the back of the book. Some titles are just shooting titles,
that were changed upon the films release. He also lists he awards, tour
date, also if a production were for tv or screen. They make fascinating
reading as Cushing tries to chronologically piece together the puzzle.
How I came upon these notes. . . . is a story in itself, which I will
share with you, next week - Marcus
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#collectables HERE ARE TWO GREAT EXAMPLES of Cushing Rare Collectables... on top... there are many annotated Peter Cushing scripts out there, but his script for the 1979 film TOUCH OF SUN is without doubt the most impressive. The title inner page has a hand drawn series of scenes from the film, all drawn by Peter with a ball point pen! Second, the Amicus Vault of Horror book, from Donald Fearney... two years ago Fearney released this book as a rare companion to his documentary. Lavishly illustrated with rare pics from Amicus films, the book cost £50...there were only TEN published!
NEWS: HAMMER FILMS #draculaad1972 is set for a JULY 29th 2016 release on BLU RAY in GERMANY as a LIMITED EDITION. It's going to be a Region B release. The BLU RAY will cost just over 37 Euros which is about £32.00, the DVD will cost 17 Euro which is around £15.00. No news of other extras, except trailer, but it will come will the usual 'languages option'!
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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY Carry on from yesterday's post about make up artist's Roy Ashton's 'tailor's dummy'... here is a cool montague of Roy at work. Photograph A is me at Elstree watching Roy making some werewolf ears! Take a look at the other pics here and see if you can work out any of the films he is working on, or can you name any of those 'bits and pieces' of monsters??? ANSWERS LATER..
THIS WEEKS #MONSTERMONDAYfeatures what is maybe not the fastest monster on two legs, but he's pretty effective at squeezing the living daylights out of Barry Morses, Bruno thread bare tailor! Without giving too much away, 'The Weird Tailor' story in Amicus films, 'Asylum' is a sort of spin on the old chestnut of W.W.Jacob's ghost story, 'The Monkey's Paw', but with that extra 'Amicus' twist.
ONCE AGAIN, Peter Cushing gets to play a grief stricken and bereaved individual for Amicus, Mr Smith. This was the second 'a role too close to life?' for Cushing on the big screen in as many years, with his Grimsdyke in 'Tales from the Crypt', being the first. His Dr Lawrence in Tyburn's 'THE GHOUL' would be the final performance, with cast and crew witnessing fragile Cushing's emotional melt down on set, it may have been a bridge too far.
AGAIN MAKE UP ARTIST Roy Ashton, provided the monster make up. In an interview with us in 1984, Ashton admitted that coming up with a convincing make up for Otto, was a challenge. As with the majority of assignments with amicis, ashton found himself with little to nothing for developing a make up, and even less in the way of time on the studio floor, after applying the make up to actually maintain it. Otto's appearance isn't the best of Ashton's work, but along with actor Daniel Johns efforts, it does the job.
