THIS WEEK'S CUSHING TUESDAY TOUGHY!What IS that? Who gave it it to Cushing as GIFT and WHEN??? WE know the answer, do you? Please feel free to pop over to the PCASUK Facebook Fan Page, join in the fun on this one and post your ANSWER! I'll be posting the answer here on FRIDAY as usual, here and at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE
HERE IS the answer to last weeks, Cushing Tuesday Toughy 🙂
It was good to see some of you dug up the answer from our website, in a
feature I wrote a few years ago, where we not only identitfied GLENDA
ALLEN but also Maureen Flanagan, the 'other' dancer, seen in the party secen in
Hammer films, 'Dracula AD 1972, starring Christopher Lee and Peter
Cushing . . . The link to those features are HERE AND HERE!😉 Thanks to everyone who took part 😉 -Marcus
REMEMBERING: Anthony Nelson Keys, Born today November 13th 1911, sadly
no longer with us. Worked as producer on many Hammer films and some of
Peter Cushing's best work for the company. He started work at Hammer
back in 1947, wrapping in 1969, with Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, for
which he also received a writer credit. A much loved character on and
off the set, with ready smile and a joke. See how many photographs you
can find without Nelson Keys laughing or kidding with the
photographer..!
ABOVE: A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY on the set of Hammer Film Productions 'Quatermass and
the Pitt' (1967) with Peter posing with Hammer producer Anthony Nelson -
Keys on his right, Nigel Kneale to his left and the film's director Roy
Ward Baker.
KEYS FOURTH FROM THE RIGHT with producers, cast and excutives of Hammer films, during the making of 'DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS' part of a two part series called 'The Hammer Dracula Flicks, The Moments We LOVE Best' CLICK HERE!
OVER AT THEFACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE we posed this question: It's Cushing film you either love or hate! When CORRUPTION was released
on DVD by Sony Entertainment a while ago . . they certainly cranked up
the violence factor, but using the Japanese poster. as it's DVD box
cover. It's seen by many as Cushing's most gory and violent film. If so,
is there a Cushing film you would personally put in second place??? Some interesting answers . .
THE THREE ROLES THAT CREATED the career of Peter Cushing! A NEW series
of features from CALLUM MCKELVIE starting very soon! The RARE photograph
of Peter in this promo banner marks probably one of Cushing's best
known roles. Over at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE we asked, which THREE roles would you personally list as being Cushing's
TOP THREE? Lots of interesting answers and many suggesting the THREE we have chosen to focus on, in this new weekly feature! Feel free to visit the PCASUK page and join in!
TWO GREAT PAGES, from a UK magazine, that made it's mark and sadly vanished, WORLD OF HORROR. It only made it to just nine issues, and vanished from the newsagents shelves in less than a year.It was launched in 1974 by the Dalruth Publishing Group / Gresham Publishing company and edited by, Gent Shaw. What happened to either of those, I have no idea. I know I was not the only young teenager, who awaited each new issue, with much excitement. The range of subject matter and films covered in the magazine all fell under the 'horror and fantasy' banner, I suited my appetite and interest very well. Yes, Monster Mag, sits on the top of the pile, with those amazing posters, but because of the format, they only had eight pages, the other and underside of the poster, with limited panels, to write. So info was always limited, but the posters made up for that!
WORLD OF HORROR also provided some excellent covers, not all nine issue covers images were wonderful, but several colour pages within, gave us some very impressive stills and portraits. They always seem ed to have a good supply of both Hammer and Amicus films, NEW photographs. You have to remember, all three actors, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price AND Christopher Lee were still working, and in 1974, were still appearing in the films, that made companies, lots of lolly at the box office. The two page feature on Amicus films, MADHOUSE appeared just as the film was being released, so press offices, were keen to give synopsis's and lovely pics. It was a golden era for some TV shows too, that appeared in the magazine, like the BBC Dr Who, with Tom Baker. There was something to please everyone. We'll be posting more on this magazine and many others, over the next few weeks, as we turn our WEDNESDAY theme here at the website, to comics and magazines, that included and covered the films of Peter Cushing and friends. COMIC TURNS AND MAGS WEDNESDAY, has started today!
MEANWHILE this SUNDAY, you'll be getting more than the few images as included in the feature above from the Amicus film, MADHOUSE. A TWO PART feature, with a mega gallery in each, MADHOUSE : ON SCREEN AND BEHIND THE SCENES, with Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, Natasha Pyne, Linda Hayden, Barry Dennen, Jenny Leigh Wright, Julie Crosthwaite, Michael Parkinson and Director Jim Clark, all appear! PART ONE can be found here at the website, with selected extracts at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE!
IF YOU WANT to discuss, chat or debate the content of any of our posts, here at the website, please come join us at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE There are over 33 thousand other friends and fans of Peter Cushing's work, who have joined the page, and it's a busy place. BUT we are always happy to meet new friends and chat. Photos, features, themed daily posts and competitions, lots to see! You will be MOST welcome!
PLEASE
JOIN US IN WISHING MADELEINE SMITH a Very Happy Birthday today! She
best known for her roles in three films for Hammer, Taste The Blood of
Dracula (1970), The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Frankenstein and the
Monster From Hell (1974).
FEATURED
IN OUR BANNER is what is probably 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!
PLEASE JOIN US in wishing SUSAN DENBERG a Very Happy Birthday today! She's
best known for her role as Christina in #hammerfilms Frankenstein
Created Woman (1967) with Peter Cushing and known to Star Trek fans as
Magda Kovacs in the Original Series episode 'Mudd's Women' in 1966.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN... Wherever you are!
SUSAN WAS ONE of several HAMMER SCREAM QUEENS, that were featured in our series 'THAT FEMIMNINE TOUCH' written by BRUCE HALLENBECK.
FIND SUSAN IN PART FOUR by just clicking HERE!Each part come with individual backgrounds to the actress features, plus a gallery of rare images and gifs!
HERE IS THIS WEEKS TUESDAY TOUGHY on Peter Cushing. Not an easy one, but the answer is out there in various features of this website! If yiou would like to share your answer and maybe debate it with OTHER Cushing fans, slip along to our daily updated PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE. Where it will be posted shortly! HAVE FUN answer NEXT TUESDAY!
ABOVE: THE ANSWER TO LAST TUESDAY'S TOUGHY! Did you guess it??
COME JOIN US AT OUR PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE WITH OVER 33 THOUSAND OTHER CUSHING FANS! KEEPING THE MEMORY ALIVE!JUST CLICK HERE!
YOUR Peter Cushing Appreciation Society LEAVES Face, after eight years . . .
AND SO the PCAS Facebook Fan Page, within hours, will be no more . . seven years of daily posts, competitions rare, rare photographs, free box sets, autographs of Peter Cushing as prizes, and much more that helped it gain almost 35 thousand followers and members. All this was challenged and made almost impossible to maintain and deliver the last year and half. Posting never stopped or competitions, but but Facebook made adjustments that squashed the posts and a demand on the PCAS Facebook Fan Page, to pay if you want to be seen. First Facebook asked for 20 Pounds, then more. When they didn't pay anything or bend to the pressure, the posts were reaching WAY OVER the amount Facebook said their payment would help them reach. Why would anyone pay for access to make a reach of 200 people, when posting WITHOUT paying, hit almost a THOUSAND!??
ABOVE: PAY! PAY! PAY! FACEBOOK BRIBE, JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS!
EVEN THIS WEEK, Facebook tried asking for UNDER ten UK Pounds, for boosting. This BOOST would let people who have JOINED your page, see the post...that they have JOINED to SEE anyway! Seven Pounds / Six and Half USA Dollars, might not seem much...but at THREE posts a day, seven days a week?? When it all originally COST NOTHING?...and no one is making money apart from Facebook. PCAS or competitions, rare photographs and content are, always has been..FREE!
BELOW just a handful of the HUNDREDS of PCAS FACEBOOK MEMBERS who were unhappy, angry and frustrated to see the FAN PAGE go, and left messages to explain why. As many of you know, no posts on this website have Facebook type buttons or openings to click LIKE. The posts are what they are. The only way to contribute to the post, is using the message button below, at the bottom. Those messages will add YOUR message to this post . .
Brandon CurtisThis is easily the best page I have ever joined on Facebook. Count me in on that website daily. Bruce CoatesI
will take to the website but will genuinely miss this page. Another
reason to ditch Facebook altogether. I totally agree with your comments
regarding boosting of posts etc. Your content and quality far outshine
this medium anyway. All the best to you
Charlotte O'FarrellSorry
to hear this but thank you for all the years of Peter Cushing related
content - it’s been enjoyable and I’ve learned a lot about his career
and life that I didn’t know. I’ll definitely be visiting the website
regularly! All the best. Jonas MagnussonWhat!?! No? I LOVE this page! There's nothing like it! Your work is astonishing!
Marcia LoiselThank you so much, Marcus. This has been a wonderful place to go to on fb. xx
Douglas ProschThank
you many times over, Marcus, for keeping this page fun, informative,
respectful, and with every ounce of dignified bearing that one perceives
in Mr Cushing himself. It was a real oasis for me. I have already
started checking out your PC blog, and will continue to visit it. But
thanks for this here, while it lasted. You rock, sir.!
Ann SchdeYou're
right, of course..about FB being underhanded and sneaky with hiding
things...they're struggling to keep people on FB. Once they started to
use/monitor what was being watched, used, said ...people started to flee
to other media sites. They wanted control...and more money. Always greed. I'm sad that this page is closing..but I'll be visiting the site/blog you run daily. I've loved going down memory lane
with you here...I believe Peter Cushing was my very first crush...even
before I saw the Hammer films..I was enamoured with PC from "Captain
Clegg". oh my goodness.
Paul EvansA
tremendous shame. This has always been one of the very best pages on
Facebook and will be dearly missed. The website will, of course, go
straight into my favourites. Many thanks for all the fascinating
information and fabulous images over the years - very much appreciated.
Richard Holdenso
sad one of the few face book pages that didnt post endless tripe and
was always interesting , I will follow your blog keep up the good work .
Mateja DjedovicI'm
really sad to see the page go. It has, for a long while now, been a
continuing source of fun facts, great photos, and quality conversations.
One of the few true oases in the endless sludge of useless information
that's Facebook. It's been brightening
up my social media existence for a long while and its absence will be a
hole that'll be hard to fill. I will surely continue to visit the site
as well, but there was something wonderful about logging onto Facebook
and being surprised by an unexpected gem of Peter Cushing trivia on my
homepage, like a wee unsolicited gift, a little bit of kindness. All my
love, gratitude, and regrets that it had to end like this...
Eldon GlenVery
sad that such an entertaining page for classic horror has to end
because of facebook greed. I too enjoyed the random posts that popped up
on my feed from time to time, it was what made it all the more special.
All the best with the website, I am bookmarking it now,Marcus.
Al SpangleSorry
to read this Marcus. I never understood all this fb stuff and haven't
been a member of any other group for years now. This is the last. Speak
soon. Al.
Fran GannonSuch
a pity, you did a fantastic job Marcus and I'm sure like all on here we
are truly grateful for bringing us all your wonderful posts, Hammer Horror at its best.Will be checking out the Web page for sure, thanks a million and all the best for the future.
Roni RomeroSorry to hear this Marcus :-( thanks for all your posts. Will miss it but have already added the website to my favourites so will continue to look on there!
Michael MacaulaySincere thanks for everything uv done, this has been an amazing page and you built an amazing community!
Hywel David EvansWhat an absolute bloody shame.Thank you for all the wonderful stuff you've given us over the years.See you on the website!
Alyson AndrewThis
is so sad, I'm very sorry your hard work has been overturned in such a
way. It seems like every day there's another good reason not to log on
to Facebook any more, so I'll continue to enjoy your work through
Instagram and your website instead. It's
always a joy to see one of your wonderful pictures of Mr Cushing pop up
(that dear man just can't help but put a smile on your face can he?) so
keep up the good work, and wishing you the very best for the future.
Douglas ProschOh, no :( With
all the useless garbage inundating the horror groups in Facebook, was a jewel for me. So many wonderful, rare photos, anecdotes, and
appreciation for an amazing man, his beloved wife, his hobbies, his
opinions, and his peers. I will miss this page alot. Thank you for all
the wonderful images and words. They brightened many a day. I will
certainly follow your blog.
Glyn HorsfallVery
sad to see you go Marcus, but fully understand your reasoning. We have
had good conversations in the past, mostly about those pesky PC films
stuck in limbo! I will of course check out the website as I do anyway.
All the best. Jim PlayerThis
was one of the fewnbright spots left on the internet with entertaining
and useful information. What a pity that it was forced to succumb to
"number of clicks". Tim BurrowsWhat
a mucking fess. It's a sheer pleasure having your output drip feed into
my day, so thanks very much for your efforts. I'll be sure to dip into
your blog
Paul BunyanSo
sad that this is happening. It really has been a treasure trove of
wonderful things for fans. Thank you so much for the work you’ve done.
So sorry. Eve AltmanMy newsfeed with still be cluttered with rubbish about which FB does nothing and this page has to go?!! Karen StevensSorry
to see this go, but PCAS now has the first spot on my 'favourites' bar
and I shall be dropping in regularly. I hope the thieves that stole from
you crash and burn! Philip JonesA
great shame Marcus, it was always a great pleasure to see new postings.
I'm very glad the website is continuing so please do keep on keeping
on.
Debbie SnellVery
sad indeed. Will miss this fine site on my feed. I remember how
thrilled I was when you joined Facebook. Will make sure to check the
website from now on. So sorry. Jason ArbuckleAm really sorry that you are stopping. I am one of the silent thousands who love the page. Tom EhlersVery
sad to see this, I grew up watching Peter Cushing and his
contemporaries. I always enjoyed your content in my feed, always gave me
that “gotta watch that again soon” when I saw the movie. I’ll follow
you to the blog and stay with it there. Thank you the time on FB. Philip Bryanbe
Proud you have kept the memory of a wonderful man and brilliant actor
alive and introduced him to a whole new audience. my sincere thanks to
you Marcus and for the commitment you have shown to Peter and to us all
Demelza DownesReally
sad to read this today. The page has been an absolute joy. Many thanks
for all your hard work over the years Marcus. I will definitely be
trying to keep up with the website too. Good luck for the future! Xxx Graham Alexander HoldenThank
you for all of your efforts Marcus and the brilliant, informative posts
you do for us, the fans of Peter Cushing. This is a real shame and
sadly not the first time Facebook has let it's users down. Will continue
to pop by the website Paul ChadwickThanks Marcus for everything you do, it's really appreciated and I will definitely be on the website every day, cheers
MANY MANY thanks to all the thousands of followers, friends, contributors, competition sponsors who gave us prizes for free. It WILL STILL all happen, and to the world at large, from here, at this website. No rules, many more photographs and much content to each feature post, as you have seen here, over the years. You can only do so much, on a FACEBOOK post. Here? It's YOURS!
Joe FexThe new site looks FANTASTIC! Corinna FreiburgSad
to see you leave. Met so many nice and decent people here during the
last few years. But I understand your reasons. FB has become a
pessimistic mess, same as the whole www is slowly becoming. Maybe it
will change again some day and become the fun place it used to be. C U
Markus. Keep spreading the word and thank you for the great stuff you
did so far and you're going to do. Website is not disappointing! Rob HaytonThanks Marcus.....Facebook’s loss....see you at the blog . . .
