PART ONE OF 'BASKERVILLES' AND VINCENT PRICE INTERVIEW 1973

#WATCHWITHCUSHING! . . 'Can you hear GROWLING' ? For your weekend, and continuing our Peter Cushing Sherlock Holmes posts, over at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE is Part One of a classic. Said by many to be the best of the BBC Cushing series. You think? We all know the ending, but it's a LOT of fun getting there 😃I'll be posting and sharing Part Two tomorrow!

HERE'S AN INTERVIEW shot back in 1973, when both #PeterCushing and #VincentPrice were busy making the AIP Amicus films, 'Madhouse'. This section of the interview, was shot by the #BBC tv show 'Film Night 74' also contained a longer section with both #PeterCushing and Price. This is a separate piece with just Vincent. Always good value for the lolly, VP starts with self-depreciation, slips in about six jokes and even ends with gallows humour! 😆 I have never seen a dull interview with Vincent Price..and you can catch this one today, at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE take care and stay safe, 😉- Marcus

CLICK HERE  TO FIND TWO GREAT RARE PHOTO GALLERIES of behind the sceneson the VINCENT PRICE and PETER CUSHING AIP Amicus films 'MADHOUSE'. Below TWO PCASUK promo banners during the launch of the galleries on our socila media platforms . .

SHERLOCK HOLMES TAKES ON THE MASKS OF DEATH! #WATCHWITHCUSHING #WATCHPARTY!

DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT YOU CAN'T take another post of a Cushing Sherlock Holmes adventure? Snap out of it.😉😀 This one... is different 😉 #SirIanMckellen was 75, when he made that amazing Mr Holmes feature back in 2015. #PeterCushing was 71 when he appeared in what would almost be his 'swan song' for the big screen, and he pours just about everything he has in it 😊'Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death' (1984) is a pretty clever film, with a very cool cast to help make it work. 

THE THREE FACES OF Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes 

'The Hound of the Baskervilles' (Hammer films 1959)

Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC Television series of 1968

Cushing's Holmes in semi retirement in 'Sherlock Holmes and the 

Masks of Death (1984)

THERE ARE MANY very nice touches in this film and despite Peter's obvious age and his belief he was too old to play it, it works, helped by Cushing's good friend, John Mills who fills the role of Dr Watson confidently and with a few well timed 'matured-creaks and groans'. Roy Ward Baker directs also Ray Milland, Anne Baxter and #AntonDiffring are all lovely to watch and help put the cherry on what could have been quite a stale and mouldy cake! 

I VERY MUCH LIKE the story in this film. At times it's bleak, quite dark and uses one of the 'world's darkest of times' to under pin the evil and threats' in this #Sherlock and #Watson drama, written by Hammer's Anthony Hinds and N.J Crisp. It is a shame Cushing thought himself not fit enough or capable to nail another Holmes film, which was planned for production after this one. But, he did wait while Tyburn were trying to source funding.  

CUSHING MADE '#Biggles' (1986) while waiting, which would be his last cinema role. I think he more than managed to do his last Sherlock justice and finally bow out from one of his most accomplished and always most confidently performed roles in his long and varied career. I hope you enjoy this too 😊Marcus

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'NO IMAGINATION NO HORROR!' SHERLOCK WATCH WITH CUSHING NOW LIVE!

#WATCHWITHCUSHING! OVER AT The FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE we have lanched our #WATCHPARTY for today, with ANOTHER dip into the 'Sherlock Holmes' BBC television series, 'A STUDY IN SCARLETT' with Peter Cushing again in the role of Sherlock Holmes 😊

#WatchWithCushing! 'Where there is no imagination, there is NO horror!' so says Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes in 'A Study in Scarlett', in this episode from his 1968 BBC television serial. Cushing had taken on the role for the BBC when Douglas Wilmer's Sherlock, left the series. It would not be a pleasurable experience for the actor, and when he and Wilmer were later united on the Hammer/AIP production of 'The Vampire Lovers' (1970), Cushing remarked that he would sooner spend the rest of his career sweeping Paddington Station than to work for the BBC again under similar circumstances. Cushing would later argue that the strain affected his performance, indicating a preference for his earlier, less hurried portrayal of Holmes in Hammer’s 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1958).

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO CUSHING, however, I disagree – where his earlier performance is a bit mannered, he seems far more relaxed and comfortable in the role in the BBC series. Sadly, many of the episodes no longer survive – but the ones that do show just how effective Cushing really was in the role. 'A Study in Scarlet' wasn’t the first of the series that he did for the BBC, but it is the first in continuity of that surviving episodes. WHICH Cushing Sherlock portrayal do you prefer, the 1958 Hammer Baskerville or the BBC series? Stay Safe, Stay Inside, Stay Well Everyone 😉 - Marcus 

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#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! THE MANY FACES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY: Here is a great documentary with Christopher Lee hosting, an overview of Sherlock Holmes from the SHERLOCK from Arthur Conan Doyle pen, as portrayed on stage, on radio, television, and in motion pictures, by dozens of actors from, 1900 to 1985 . . 

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#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: THE MAGIC OF MALLESON!

#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY If there was ever the possibility of a escaped killer 'spider' on the loose in your community...Miles Malleson's Bishop would be the last person you would go to for advice..or even a confession, that the creepy crawly could be HIS! Peter Cushing here as Sherlock Holmes in his one and only appearance as the master detective for Hammer films in 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1959)

 Here is our feature, with gallery on the magical Mr Malleson! HERE

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THE SIGN OF FOUR: CUSHING AS SHERLOCK AT YOUTUBE CHANNEL

#THROWBACKTHURSDAY: PEARLS, POISON DARTS AND MURDER! Following your request for MORE...I am VERY happy to announce another Peter Cushing BBC Sherlock Holmes episode can now be found on our PCAS YouTube Channel. The Sign of Four, starring Peter Cushing, Nigel Stock, John Stratton. Ann Bell and Paul Daneman, who appeared in 'Time Without Pity' with PC in 1957 . . .

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#SHERLOCKSUNDAY : DOYLE AND CUSHING : CREATOR AND ACTOR AND TYBURN GIF

ABOVE HERE'S SOMETHING NEW for #SHERLOCKSUNDAYS, the weird and wonderful world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Here's NUMBER ONE!

#sherlocksunday : NOTHING WORSE than being interrupted if you've got your head in a Sunday newspaper...even for Holmes! Peter Cushing as the elder Sherlock,a long time before the sudden trend in 'retired Sherlock plays and films' in Tyburn films, 'The Masks of Death' (1984)

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RELEASE THE HOUNDS! THROWBACKTHURSDAY RARE CHRIS LEE ON SET PIC

#throwbackthursday : IT'S 53 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH  that Hammer films 'Hound of the Baskervilles' was released in the USA. 'Hound' was Hammer films only dip into the Sherlock Holmes stories, though both Cushing and Lee went on to play the detective for several film companies over the years. Here is a rarely seen on set photograph of both Christopher Lee (Sir Henry Baskerville) and Marla Landi (Cecile) during a location shoot for the film on Chobham Common, Surrey, England. Although one of the most popular Sherlock stories, Holmes features much less on the page....and so in the film too, Dr Watson (Andre Morell) gets more screen-time than Cushing's Holmes!

The UK Press AD that appeared just two months before the release of Hammer films 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' in May 1959.

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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: UNBOXING HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES BLU RAY FROM TWILIGHT AND COMPETITON

UNBOXING: It's a handsome package! We have EIGHT copies of the TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION of Hammer films 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' to give away as PRIZES in our SECOND #SherlockSunday Competition!

THE COMPETITION was launched on SUNDAY 10th of JULY and will remain OPEN until JULY 17th MID DAY GMT! So, still plenty of time to get your entry in! Take a look at the panel below, and then send us YOUR ANSWER to our EMAIL quoted on the Competition Banner! GOOD LUCK!

TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF in our short UNBOXING CLIP, but HERE ARE A RUN DOWN OF THE EXTRAS:

CONTENTS AND TECH SPEC:
Blu Ray Video: 1080p High Definition / 1.66:1 / Color. Subtitles: English SDH. Runtime: 86 Minutes. It's good news for everyone because this release is REGION FREE! And here are those GREAT EXTRAS: Special Features: Isolated Music & Effects Track / Audio Commentary with Film Historians David Del Valle and Steven Peros / Audio Commentary with Film Historians Paul Scrabo, Lee Pfeiffer, and Hank Reineke / Actor's Notebook: Christopher Lee / Hound Mask Creator Margaret Robinson on The Hound of the Baskervilles / Christopher Lee Reads Excerpts from The Hound of the Baskervilles / Original Theatrical Trailer. Limited Edition of just 3,000 Units.

MANY THANKS to TWILIGHT TIME for supplying our prizes and for sponsoring ANOTHER of our competitions: You can PURCHASE YOUR copy of the TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY : HERE 

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TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BASKERVILLES BLU RAY : COMPETITION TOMORROW!

TOMORROW and part of our weekly #SHERLOCKSUNDAY. A COMPETITION! Hammer films 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee... FOUR COPIES of the TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY TO BE WON and WIN IT HERE TOMORROW!

OUR 'HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLE', Twilight Time Limited Edition BLU RAY COMPETITION will take place HERE at this WEBSITE AND our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE