#HAMMERFILMS ICONIC EAGLE FROM #DRACULA 1958 IS UP FOR AUCTION

IF YOU are a #Hammerfilms #PeterCushing OR #ChristopherLee fan... THIS could be on the top of your wants and #ChristmasGifts list next month!The estimated bids are from $1,000 to $1,500, but I feel it's going to be more than that! What do you think it's worth, would you like it under your or on TOP of your Christmas tree this year?

 

ALL SPECS AND DETAILS on the auction, dates, contacts and provenance you'll find below. Good luck! - Marcus

AN EAGLE ARCHITECTURAL PROP FROM #HORROROFDRACULA #UniversalInternational,

 

SPECS

Painted plaster prop in the form of a perched eagle, hollow cast, with fragile tail feathers.

 

SPEC: height 39 in. width 32, in depth 12 in. 

 

FOOTNOTES

This right-facing eagle was one of a pair of architectural props adorning Dracula's castle and was featured as the opening shot for the title sequence of the 1958 British Hammer Horror film. Based on #BramStoker's 1897 novel and starring #ChristopherLee as #CountDracula, the film was originally released in the U.K. under the title Dracula but was retitled for U.S. audiences to avoid confusion with the Universal Pictures 1931 original. 

 

WHAT AN AMAZING PIECE OF BRITISH MOVIE HISTORY! It could be yours! Good Luck and here is the LINK TO THE BONHAMS AUCTION WITH THIS FABULOUS ITEM!

 

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THE #ABBEYDALEPICTUREHOUSE #SHEFFIELD : #SHOCKINGWEEKEND! #DOUBLEBILLSOFHAMMERFILMS!

I AM ALWAYS very happy to give a #shoutout to anything that has a #PeterCushing / #ChristopherLee or #Hammerfilm flavour that is happening local to you... no matter where you are. All businesses are feeling the squeeze right now and certainly need any publicity they can get. Our local arts centres, community events and certainly our cinemas need your support... and the amazing 102 year old 'Abbeydale Picture House' in Sheffield, UK has been through it all.. and is still standing . . . and always providing great value for money! Simon Greetham has dropped us a line, to let us know about a weekend coming up and a fabulous opportunity to witness a Cushing and Lee classic plus THREE other beautiful Hammer films on THE BIG SCREEN! - Marcus

 

Simon Greethan: 'I thought this may be of interest a Hammer Film poster exhibition and two double bill screenings on Sat 19th & Sun 20th November, this weekend event will be taking place at the Abbeydale Picture House in Sheffield, the films to be screened are The Plague of The Zombies with The Devil Rides Out on the Saturday starting at 6:00pm and The Gorgon with Dracula Prince of Darkness on Sunday starting at 6:00pm....The Abbeydale Picture House is holding this event in association with the BFI....'

 

DETAILS: 

In collaboration with Reel Steel Cinema we’re presenting a Hammer Horror Weekender & Cinema Poster Exhibition, as part of the BFI In Dreams Are Monsters season. Featuring classic film titles and rare original cinema release posters.

Presenting a series of standout titles from a period in cinema where British horror changed the shape of the genre, these screenings will take place alongside a special cinema poster exhibition at the Abbeydale Picture House – featuring original cinema release quad posters from a private collection (gathered since the 1960s) – with rare original film posters from across Hammer and the wider horror genre, displaying the standout key artwork created in promotion of these titles, exhibiting this period in which the horror genre dominated cinema  . .

 

FEATURING TWO EVENING DOUBLE-BILL SCREENINGS (each from 6pm) across the weekend:

Saturday November 19th

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Sunday November 20th

The Gorgon (1964)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

The exhibition will run 12pm-4pm each day (free entry).

MORE INFO can be found HERE!

 

Poster Artwork by #RosieWilson

 

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#ONSET AND #BEHINDTHESCENES RARE GALLERY #NOTHINGBUTTHENIGHT 1972 FEATURING #PETERCUSHING AND #CHRISTOPHERLEE

YOU CAN CATCH a really neat quality print of over at the PCASuk Facebook Fan Page HERE! 

 

MOST #ChristopherLee and #PeterCushing fans know the story behind, 'Nothing But The Night' released in 1973, which for many still holds as an odd and unusual movie... but nevertheless, a highly imaginative British supernatural horror/thriller, and sadly the only production from production company "Charlemagne Films," which was created by Sir Christopher Lee and Hammer producer Anthony Nelson Keys.There is more than a hint of '#WickerMan' in here.. and despite it's failure at the box office, Christopher lee remained proud of the project in his memoir, believing the film failed mainly because it was "ahead of its time." He would be proved correct when Jordan Peele's "Get Out" was released to much success in 2017. It's worth a watch, if you haven't seen it, you can FIND IT on our PCASuk Facebook Fan Page video section link above!

 

THERE IS MUCH here also in our PCASuk ON Set Gallery Part One... NO screen captures here, ALL vintage stills, and all captured by the eye of the gifted 'on set production photographer' -, #TomEdwards who worked on many, many of the best of #Hammerfilms, including some of #Cushing and #Lee's classics too! 

 

HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS TASTER, of a film that many have still to experience, I hope this first gallery whets your appetite .. there's MORE to come! - Marcus

 

YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO JOIN US and over 34,000 others Peter Cushing followers at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE! With posts every day, rare images and photographs, features and prize competitions.. all celebrating the LIFE and CAREER of Peter Cushing  OBE