HAPPY HALLOWEEN : HAVE FUN AND STAY SAFE

Have Yourself A Fabulous Evening. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

REMEMBERING ROBERT URQUHART : BORN TODAY 1921

REMEMBERING Robert Urquhart. 'Quiet, well-read and a lover of classical music, Robert Urquhart was an actor who grew frustrated with his career as he grew older. It was, he bemoaned, an honorable profession but so much of the material he was offered did not deserve any respect...' Robert Urquhart Obituary. 'The Independent' newspaper, 24th March 1995.

In the early 1950's Urquhart was building himself quite a reputation for his theatre work. A reputation that would eventually bring him to the attention of studio casting agents and land him supporting roles on the big screen. But it was in the medium of film, that Urquhart was not such a happy chap...

That one film was 'The Curse of Frankenstein' with Peter Cushing in 1957 for Hammer film. He detested it. It is said he left the premier screening, refused to make appearances to promote it and only in the last years of his revived career on television, could he find the stomach to even mention it, if it was brought up in interviews.

By 1980, Urquhart had cooled off a little..and appeared in another Hammer production, the Hammer House of Horror' television series, in an episode entitled, - Children of the Full Moon. However, we remember him today for his sterling performance in The Curse of Frankenstein'! 

# FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: 'THE SAD TALE OF BARON FRANKENSTEIN'S PUPPY' THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)

#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: 'The Sad Tale of Baron Frankenstein's Puppy' as told by Derek Whitehurst, first assistant director on #hammerfilms 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957)

#ONSETSATURDAY: CHRISTOPHER LEE GETS THE CREATURE COMFORT AT #HAMMERFILMS BRAY STUDIOS

PCASUK: #ONSETSATURDAY Large scanned photograph: Christopher Lee in the make up chair being attended by make up artist Phil Leakey during the making of #hammerfilms 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957 Dir Terence Fisher) The whole make up job would take up to an uncomfortable three hours. Lee would listen to the cricket scores and sometime sing opera or occasionally, something from a G and S Musical with Peter Cushing in the dressing room next-door joining in! The Curse of Frankenstein Starred Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein, Robert Urquhart as Paul Krempe, Hazel Court as Elizabeth and Valerie Gaunt as Justine.

#TBT #THROWBACKTHURSDAY : HAMMER FILM CINEMA MARQUEES

#TBT #THROWBACKTHURSDAY: FOUR great vintage photographs hailing the screenings of classic Peter Cushing #hammerfilms!

SOCK IT TO ME SUNDAY! WIN A SET OF HAMMER FILM SOCKS!

Here's a bit of fun for tomorrow @ the UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page Hammer Socks! Now selling on ebay for silly money, you can bag a set for free! Sock It To Me Sunday! Ten sets to win. Three pairs of socks in a set depicting Christopher Lee as the creature in 'The Curse Of Frankenstein' and Count Dracula in 'Dracula' (1958) and 'Taste The Blood Of Dracula' (1970)

PETER CUSHING HOUSE OF HAMMER MAGAZINE: ORIGINAL ALBERTO CUYAS ARTWORK

Original artwork page and panels from House of Hammer magazine: Comic strip of The Curse of Frankenstein. A 20-page comic strip published in two parts in the December 1976 and January 1977 issues of the magazine The House of Hammer (volume 1, issue #'s 2 and 3, published by General Book Distribution). It was drawn by Alberto Cuyas from a script by Donne Avenell (based on the John Burke novelization). The cover of issue 2 featured a painting by Brian Lewis of the Baron being attacked by his creation. How many of us remember this?

CANDID PETER CUSHING AND HUGH HARLOW AT BRAY STUDIOS: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)

A young Hugh Harlow production manager at Hammer Films, with Peter Cushing at Bray Studios during the production of THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)