CHRISTOPHER LEE SATURDAY! ON THE SET OF RISEN AND REMEMBERING WALTERS ON HIS 105TH BIRTHDAY!

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! Here is a rare and neat photograph taken during the making of Hammer films, 'Dracula Has Risen From The Grave' . .. with co stars Veronica Carlson and Barbara Ewing. Often when shooting, Lee was known not to hang around on set during the Hammer Dracula films... similar to Peter Cushing. So that makes this pic all the more interesting . . and NOT in costume either!

YOU CAN FIND PART ONE OF THAT ABOVE FEATURE : HERE!

SOMEONE WHO HAD quite a few connections with CHRISTOPHER LEE and would have been 105th TODAY is actor THORLEY WALTERS. THORLEY was known for often playing eccentric characters in a variety of different films, and a fair share with both PETER CUSHING and CHRISTOPHER LEE!

DIRECTOR TERENCE FISHER WITH CUSHING AND THORLEY WALTERS HAVING A CHILL AND A GIGGLE WHILE MAKING 'FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN FOR HAMMER FILMS AT BRAY STUDIOS

HE MADE A NUMBER of appearances in Hammer films, The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), with Christopher Lee, Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) with Peter Cushing and Vampire Circus (1972).

ABOVE: THORLEY WALTERS AS MR PRINCE IN LITTLE GEM OF A CUSHING FILM CALLED 'SUSPECT' OR 'THE RISK'  . . .

AND OUR FEATURE ON THE FILM :CLICK HERE! 

THORLEY ALSO PLAYED Dr Watson to Christopher Lee's Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) and co starred with Peter Cushing in a non hammer film Suspect (1960)

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WATCH CHRISTOPHER LEE AS SHERLOCK HOLMES : PLUS CLIPS AND GIFS!

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY: Christopher Lee throughout his career has had many connections with the world of Sherlock Holmes, today we are going to be featuring at some of them here and at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.

SHERLOCK HOLMES And The Deadly Necklace (1962) is when Lee first played the famous detective with Hammer regular Thorley Walters as Dr. Watson & directed by Terence Fisher. Filming took place in July and August 1962 in Ireland, London and the CCC-Studios in Berlin, with Lee donning a false nose.  

DEADLY NECKLACE was originally filmed in English, but the English language audio track used in the film was recorded in post-production, as was common with many European productions at the time and so another American actor dubbed Lee. The film had all the ingredients to be great, with Fisher at helm, Lee donning some great make-up, but unfortunately it was a misfire for many people, the biggest problem with the film not using Lee's voice & weak story, with both Lee and Fisher being disappointed in the final outcome.

#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY: OUR SECOND LOOK at Christopher Lee's Sherlock connections, is from The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes (1970) directed by Hollywood legend Billy Wilder who Lee often referred to as the greatest director he ever worked with.

A WHOLE FEATURE AND GALLERY OF COLOUR STILLS ON 'PRIVATE LIFE'  CAN BE FOUND AT OUR BLACKBOXCLUB WEBSITE :  HERE!

HERE LEE PLAYS Mycroft Holmes the even smarter, mysterious older brother of Sherlock, Lee had the unusual distinction of being the only actor to play both brothers on screen. Lee considered this film a very important one in his career, as he believed this film to be the reason he stopped being typecast: "I've never been typecast since.”

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