#PETERCUSHING ARTWORK, Charcoal and pencil, by thegoodfield.. do we like this? 😉😏This was passed onto me, but here is his site: CLICK HERE!
ABOVE: A SELECTION of photographs posted today in a cracking album, at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE. On set pics, showing a surprising amount of happy smiling faces, during the making of the #HAMMERFILMS and #RUNRUNSHAW production of 'The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires' released in the UK on OCTOBER 7th 1974. In true Hammer films fashion, a good year or so AFTER the KUNG FU phase had dropped out of trend in UK and across Europe. Hammer's thinking, plans, trend timing, rhythm and method was NEVER quite in sync. Only Hammer could release 'To The Devil A Daughter' in 1976, THREE years after the splash of the trend setter, 'The Exorcist'! I mention the Happy faces because, as you Hammer fans will no doubt know, the production of 'Golden Vampires' and the other film, 'SHATTER' in the 'two films deal-agreement' with Shaw Bros, were a bit of a TRUE horror story and nightmare to produce.
JUST WEEKS into production of 'Golden' director Roy Ward Baker.. who during his long and illustrious career, had dealt with and had experience of the 'show and film stopping attics of both Bette Davis AND Marilyn Munroe'.. was at his wits end, had nibbled all ten of his fingers nails, down to the knuckles, while trying to make a film, in a studio system that recorded no sound during shooting, leaving all that for dubbing in post production... and a whole skip load of other Shaw Bros daily antics. The stress made producer Michael Carrears leave London in a flash and jump on a plane, fly to Hong Kong, make nice with Ward Baker, to tie up the shoot of 'Golden' and ended up directing 'SHATTER' also starring Peter Cushing in a 'guest star' slot, with uncredited assistance from one, Monte Hellman. BOTH films look fine and good fun. 'GOLDEN' is a lovely mix of Hong Kong 'ghosty-zombie-vampires' in true Hong Kong fashion and tradition.
IN THE STILLS, Peter Cushing you can see, is very happy, once again diving, jumping, swinging and fighting, and totally in his element... despite being 62 at the time. Just when you think his stunts can't get any more action packed, you witness what appears to be him slipping off balance while fighting a vampire and accidentally falling into a camp fire, then rolling back out! Stunt man having an accident? Nope. It was Cushing and he no doubt LOVED IT!
THE SEPTEMBER 2020 PCASUK COMPETITION is STILL LIVE, until OCTOBER 30th 2020, see below! But, here's a sneaky HEADS UP, on another who is waiting in the WINGS and coming soon! 😏😅
