ONE TOO MANY AND ONE MORE LOOK AT GLENDA!

TAKEN FROM CHRISTOPHER LEE'S autobiography, 'Lord of Misrule' this is Lee's thoughts on his time taken making the Dracula saga . . did he make too many? On posting this today at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE, we've asked our friends and followers, What do THEY think of this statement?

ON POSTING that banner and Christopher Lee quote, along with various interesting comments today, a few have also messaged me to ask where did that unusual 'HORROR OF DRACULA' poster come from? Well, it's a very rare day-bill for the 1970’s (1st Australian release) of the 1958 classic ‘Hammer’ production. I don't own it sadly! In Oz they had quite a playful way of producing their play-bill designs . . here is one below of a montage of images, pasted together for quickly hand-written up publicity hand outs .  

AND FOLLOWING ON the Christopher Lee Dracula post . . here is a neat rarely seen and addition to a series of photographs taken in a photo session with Christopher Lee and several models / actress who appeared in Hammer films 'Dracula AD 1972' by the UK 'newspaper' The Daily Mirror'. I love the sellotape tacked onto the flat in the background 😀 It is a very interesting and quite weird series of photographs, that also at one point had photo fans and collectors, convinced that actress Linda Hayden, was featured in some of the photos and poses . . even Hayden herself! You can learn more about that in a photo feature, I wrote sometime ago, RIGHT HERE!

MORE FEATURING AN ANOTHER ACTRESS who appeared in Hammer's 'DRACULA AD 1972' HERE is a LINK to a past PCASUK FEMME FATALE FRIDAY GALLERY with CAROLINE MUNRO! JUST CLICK HERE! 

GLENDA OR LINDA? WHO IS THAT? PLUS WHO GAVE THAT GIFT AND WHAT IS IT?

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

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE ABOVE FEATURE HERE!

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE FEATURE HERE!

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!

DAILY MIRROR DRACULA AD PHOTO SHOOT : WHO IS THAT GIRL?

For those who have been following the 'Linda-Hayden-Mistakenly-Autographs-A-Photograph-That-isn't-Her-At- A-Signing-Session!' saga... and that then unfolding into 'So-If-Isn't-Linda Hayden-Who-Is-it?' question...I think we may have the answer..

She is an actress-model who appeared uncredited in #hammerfilms Dracula AD 1972, has been for many years mistakenly credited in magazines and certain blogs as 'Flanagan'. She is in fact, actress-model GLENDA ALLEN. And it is her who appears in the recently emerged photograph that is causing the faff... 

Born in Norfolk in 1951, Glenda launched herself into a career of dancing, modelling and acting soon after leaving school. Regular appearances in the red top newspapers...modeling, soon brought her to the attention of tv and film casting agencies...her face and other 'bits and bobs' soon became very well known. So well known enough for Hammer to cast her in the party scene in Dracula AD 1972...and in an after production promotion/publicity shoot. This publicity shoot, was commissioned for inclusion in a 'Daily Mirror' newspaper Halloween feature..the shoot would also included the star of Dracula AD 1972....Christopher Lee....Peter Cushing was probably 'unavailable'. Lee wasn't happy....but that's another story. The pics taken on the day, had to meet the remit of said newspaper, that is, the models had to be semi naked.. Allen no stranger to the art of revealing ones 'bowlers'... so was an obvious choice, she of course appears as 'dancing girl standing on the piano' in the film!

So, the pics: 1) Her hippy party girl shot with Christopher Lee for the Daily Mirror newspaper shoot. 2) Glenda as dancing girl on right in Dracula AD 1972. 3) One of the Daily Mirror photographs, mistakenly signed by Linda Hayden. 4) Glenda featured in one of photo shoot contact prints... part of the Christopher Lee Daily Mirror session. 5) A well known publicity shot of Glenda on set on Dracula AD 1972. This shot is usually credited to 'Flanagan'. 6) Glenda as she appeared in 13 episodes of 'Space 1999', sometimes also playing the role of an unnamed nurse.

In the contact prints I have previously posted, you can see she is prominently placed in the foreground of nearly all the shots, because of her Dracula AD connection...along with someone else. Because, as Yoda once famously said..'There IS another' Who that is, I'll reveal shortly..... 

Dracula AD Promo Shoot:

Who's That Girl?