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ABOVE: Actor
Richard Hunter poses with Peter Cushing during the making of 'House of
the Long Shadows' in the grounds of Rotherfield Park, in Hampshire,
England. Tea breaks were frequent during the making of the film, a
common tradition with films made in the UK .. which US actor Desi Arnaz
Jr. thought was a wonderful perk! It seems sadly that Richard has left
the acting profession and now works in the tech crew, with lighting! A
nice pic here though . .
YESTERDAY, at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE during the #ChristopherLee Saturday, I posted and shared this rare pic of Sir Christopher foolishly saying . . 'Now, here's something you don't see everyday' 😏😔 Well, we all know #PeterCushing
HATED the pipe and had problems when playing Holmes... keeping glasses
of milk, just out of shot, to take a glug from, to stop him from
gagging! ( see in the thread below, Peter Cushing was made 'Pipe Man of
the Year' in the UK in 1969, ironically!) But Lee however, not so.... other
than when playing Holmes himself, can you recall a role he played where
he smoked a pipe on screen????? ...and everyone provide a VAST list of movies, where LEE DID smoke a pipe! Well, what do I KNOW??? 😕😆 - Marcus
REMEMBERING
EDWARD JUDD today, who was born on this day 4th October 1932. Judd
achieved his biggest successes with a series of science fiction films
'The Day The Earth Caught Fire' (1961) ,'First Men In The Moon' (1964)
and co-starring with #PeterCushing in 'Island Of Terror' (1966) fighting the silicates…..
FULL PCASUK REVIEW with STILL GALLERY. RIGHT HERE!
REMEMBERING #JillBennett today . . many will remember Bennett for her role as Jane Maitland in Amicus films '#THESKULL'
from 1965. She played Peter Cushing's wife, in a role that could have
been a little like many of Hammer's Jimmy Sangster's female characters.
Thankfully, #MiltonSubotsky
had a more of an expanding range when it came to actresses roles... and
her role in The Skull is all too brief but, when both her and Cushing
share screen time, it's worth the watch!
YOU'LL FIND THE PCASUK full REVIEW and RARE STILLS GALLERY HERE!
BENNETT MADE MANY appearances in British films including Lust for Life (1956),
The Criminal (1960), Hammer films, The Nanny (1965), Inadmissible
Evidence (1968), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Julius Caesar
(1970), I Want What I Want (1972), Mister Quilp (1975), Full Circle
(1977) and Britannia Hospital (1982). She also appeared in the Bond film
For Your Eyes Only (1981), Lady Jane (1986) and Hawks (1988). Her final
film performance was in The Sheltering Sky (1990). Bennett was married
to play-write John Osborne. She and Osborne divorced acrimoniously in
1978.
BENNETT SADLY died by suicide on October 23rd 1990, aged 58, having long
suffered from depression and the brutalising effects of her marriage. In
1992, Bennett's ashes, along with those of her friend, the actress #RachelRoberts
(who also died by suicide, in 1980), were scattered by their friend
Lindsay Anderson on the waters of the River Thames in London. A very
sad end to a very talented actress . . .
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day, rare images and photographs, features and prize
competitions.You'll have good company with over 34 thousand followers,
all celebrating the LIFE and CAREER of Peter Cushing OBE!
