AND SO... HERE WE GO: The last of our competitions celebrating Warner
Brothers release of two fantastic remastered blu rays Hammer films,
'Dracula AD 1972' and 'The Satanic Rites Of Dracula' both starring
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee 😁
It's a rare and collectable prize and a competition that's little more fun maybe. The
first of the five questions will arrive here today, with four more to
follow, one a day, until the FINAL QUESTION on Saturday 24th November at
midnight GMT. If you have any questions about the competition, the prize
or what to have for dinner this evening, please don;t hesistate hesitate to email us HERE!
ABOVE is our FIRST QUESTION of FIVE, that will be
posted here over the next FIVE DAYS, the final question, question FIVE
on Saturday 24th when the competition closes at midnight GMT. Answer this
question, keep your answer SAFE, because come Saturday, you'll be asked
to send ALL five of your answers by EMAIL to us here at PCASUK! PLEASE do not post your answer to us
today OR message them in the website message box. Question TWO will be posted here on the website TOMORROW 🙂 The prize, as you probably know by now, is a rare and
collectable colour autographed frame photograph of Christopher Lee from
'Dracula AD 1972'. It's in mint condition, one of two that I personally
own. The framed photograph was donated by Hammer Art back in 2011. It
was signed in 2012, along with another exact version of what was being
signed. Today is the day, I am giving one away as a prize😮😀
The frame with the photograph is 20 x 14.5″ in size, printed on
Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper 315gsm and was one of ONLY TEN in a
limited edition. You can also if you wish, chat and enter the competition at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE Meanwhile, have fun with this and
GOOD LUCK Everyone! 😊 - Marcus
TRIVIA: Here is something to get your brain cells ready for the start of
our FIRST Warner Brothers PCASUK competition THIS TUESDAY (30th October) 😉 Here is a bit of fun, I have posted over at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE😉
HERE ARE FOUR rare and collectable Hammer films Dracula AD 1972 trading
cards. Which is the ODD ONE OUT and TELL US why! Shouldn't be difficult
for the Hammer Drac fans here 😉 Lets see how many of you can guess this correctly 😉 - Marcus
THIS WEEKS and our FIRST Collectable is a contact sheet of press stills from #hammerfilms
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968) The shots were taken during
shooting the 'Dracula's hide out' which were shot on sets at Pinewood
Studios. Featured the shots are Christopher
Lee appearing in his third Dracula film for the studio. Also actress
Barbara Ewing as barmaid Zena and Veronica Carlson as Maria. This scene
marks the seducation and 'biting' of Ewing's Zena. The film was
directed by Freddie Francis. #dracula #hammerfilms #christopherlee
WHAT ARE MOVIE CONTACT SHEETS? : Back in the ‘classic’ movie days, still photography went
hand-in-hand with film making, to the point that photo negatives were
just as important as the reel of the film being produced. Publicity
shots made the film and its stars eternally shine. Photographers had to
show a keen flattering eye for capturing the stars of the film, as the
public’s perception, and success of the film, heavily depended on them. From a sheet containing maybe eight to ten exposures, the press office would choose maybe just one or two, which would be published and exhibited. The rest of the poses and pics would never see the light of day or be unpublished. THAT is what makes contacts rare and valuable. It’s sad to say that many contact sheets were trashed after the movie released or had public run. Most of these contact sheets have survived, because someone dug it out of the trash.”
TODAY is the first of our new weekly themed day here at facebook and our PCAS website. #CUSHINGCOLLECTORSWEDNESDAY!
Each each week we'll be giving away rare stills, contact sheets from
the press offices of the past and other visual goodies for the digital
image collectors among you to add to your collections. Not every goody
will be Cushing related, some will be, as in this case something from
the Hammer or Amicus films archive. But all will be certainly worth
having, individually un-watermarked and even if you don't collect...these can be printed off as photographs or large posters.
SO, THIS WEEK we start with TEN colour images still as originally
processed by the Hammer films Warner Brothers press office. These images
taken by studio stills photographer. They have not been clean or
edited. They are in their original state and are YOURS 😉 Feel free to right click, save and copy.
REMEMBER! IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.
Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help
us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The
Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and
youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS
coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA
#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY! Who is up for having a go at winning Another PETER CUSHING AUTOGRAPH . . THIS WEEKEND?
IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.
Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help
us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The
Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and
youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS
coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA
ANYONE WHO IS a regular here at the PCAS website will know we are
following a very interesting comic series published in Italy by Erredi
Graphic Editor, “The Professor”. It tells the adventures of a Professor
of literature and philosophy at the University College London, Mr
Benjamin Love. He has been educated by Rabbi Moshe from Bevis Marks
Synagogue to the mysteries of qabbaláh, alchemy and esoterism. The
setting of this short series is horror Gothic and develops in the Late
Victorian Age. The character of the Professor takes inspiration from
Hammer’s films and he looks like the British actor Peter Cushing.
IN THIS FOURTH ISSUE, “Sirena”, Benjamin is invited by the Count Raimondo Del Balzo, descendant of the Prince Raimondo Di Sangro, to the fascinating city of Naples. The invitation which might be a simple rest occasion, soon turns to be a sort of incubus. Furio, the faithful mastiff dog who is the Professor’s life companion, has started to behave strangely recently. The stay at the Count’s mansion is not the best one: at night recurrent nightmares alarm Benjamin… This story is produced by the creative team led by Andrea Corbetta: drawings by the young artist Germano Giorgiani, script by Carlo A. Martigli, Giulia Carla De Carlo and Roberto Leoni who is also the new editor of the series.
THE PROFESSOR ISSUE FOUR! The Professor 4: Sirena, testi di Carlo Martigli, Giulia Carla De Carlo, Roberto Leoni, disegni di Germano Giorgiani
S. Riccò:Hi, thank you for the latest addition. Tonight, I can finally enjoy myself with the mermaid!
G. Giorgiani: A picture is obligatory with the professor!! Every two months in kiosk!! Thank you!
D. NIGRO: 'Well, after a thorough and finally lucid second reading, I can finally say my peace on this "mermaid". Let's start with the positive aspects: the drawings
in some ways are authentic little masterpieces, see the appearance of
mounted policeman outside the palace of sangro, or the image of melusine
the last dream of Benjamin, or fingers at horns of count into Orbits
the skull of the church of the souls of purgatory and so many others,
all very inspiring and memorable...'
P. Domenico THE SEA, THE MERMAID AND THE PROFESSOR!
E. MANGRONI: 'The fourth issue was a great, and is currently my favorite, mostly for the theme... It fascinates me anything that hangs around undead, though maybe I wish some more detail on bokor Haitian... but I digress here 😉). The story reminds me of the style of some of the legends of American comics and made the story very fast and pleasant to read (to understand what I mean go read hush of Jim Lee and Loeb Joeph saga or the dark knight of Frank Miller). Also the new press has greatly improved the quality of the graphics and the paper gives you a pleasant sensation under my fingertips'.
T. T. V. Ongaro
'I must confess.... for me, this fourth number is the best out! Amazing! The other issues have been great too. Nothing to remove, do not change! This series of "the professor" is also a major in the field of Italian comics 😉 Congratulations to the authors!!'
Spaccio Fumetti: 'I realized, is it just me or have you guys noticed too that the professor,improves number after number? Going beyond the technical side, "Mermaid" presented a story that make s
the most of the 'games of lights and shadows of the setting' (Naples) and
drops into the story four mysteries, seemingly unrelated, that take our breath
till last pages! Pages where everything is elegant! Beyond these aspects,
Professor Love in "Mermaid" carries an aura maliciousness, it pervades his
every action, enough to give us the most creepy issue of The Professor published so far!
The LIMITED EDITION COLLECTABLE MODEL KIT FIGURE of the Peter Cushing influenced character that appears in the excellent #THEPROFESSOR comic..is now ALMOST READY for it's release and Andrea Corbetta, the sculptor Roberto De Meo and the guy who had the idea, Davide Decina . . have us on stand by, ready for the completion date!.... We'll be keeping you posted with updates and any news, as we get it from the Professor team.
YOU CAN FIND MORE NEWS ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING ISSUES OF 'THE PROFESSOR', MEET AND CHAT WITH OTHERS WHO APPRECIATE THE PROFESSOR AT THEIR FACEBOOK 'THE PROFESSOR CLUB' ... REQUEST TO JOIN HERE
IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.
Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help
us reach our 30K following total for Peter Cushing BIRTHDAY on MAY 26th
2017 AND Help Keep The Memory Alive!
