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Tuesday 21 August 2018

TERENCE FISHER TAKES A SPIN ; TUESDAY TOUGHY : JANET HARGREAVES DIES 81


THIS WEEKS TUESDAY TOUGHY! This weeks TOUGHY features a rare and quite splendid photograph of director, Terrence Fisher. The answer to last week's TOUGHY is below! Have fun, I will give you the answer to this one, right here next week. THIS POST also appears at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE today too, where no doubt, many will be debating the two questions. IF YOU would also like to join in the fun, simple click HERE  and click LIKE there and maybe, YOU will come up with the answer!



BELOW THE ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS TUESDAY TOUGHY!



IT'S VERY SAD TO HEAR of the passing of an actress, who made her name on the small screen, playing a very popular and sinister villain, in the TV soap series, Crossroads. In the 1970's along with actress Sue Lloyd, the character – whom Hargreaves once described as a “Technicolor villain” – was labelled “unhinged” and “deranged”, and kept millions nightly glued to the screen. From 1971 until her explosive final storyline nine years later, Rosemary became increasingly bitter – and unstable – while seeking to hold on to those closest to her. Her final episodes pulled in millions of viewers.

DURING THIS TIME, Janet Hargreaves also played a small role with Peter Cushing in the last of Hammer's Frankenstein saga, 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell', playing 'on-the-edge' Challer, one of the many hand picked excellent character actors, who chillingly twitched and stared, as the unfortunate inmates of the Baron's hospital ward. Janet also played the role of 'Mother' in the Sylvester McCoy Doctor Who story, 'The Greatest Show in the Galaxy' in the late 1980's. Janet didn't get many roles on the big screen, but her face was known to many UK TV viewers. 



WHEN WATCHING 'Monster from Hell' with my Grandmother for the first time back in the late 1980's, she let out a shrill note of surprise, when the inmates shuffled on screen. 'Goodness, that's Rosemary Hunter, from Crossroads!!' My Gran was a big fan of the soap. Janet Elizabeth Hargreaves, actor, born 31st May 1937; died 4th August 2018, remembered today 
 

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Tuesday 14 August 2018

REMEMBERING MADELEINE COLLINSON AND NEW QUESTION AND ANSWER TO THE TUESDAY TOUGHY!


TODAY WE REMEMBER one half of the Collinson twins who sadly passed on this day in 2014 . Madeleine Collinson was born on July 22, 1952 in Malta. She's the identical twin sister of Madeleine Collinson. The Collinson twins arrived in Britain in April, 1969. Noted British glamor photographer Harrison Marks cast the duo as saucy maids in his 8mm short "Halfway Inn." 



MARY AND MADELEINE were the Playmates of the Month in the October, 1970 issue of "Playboy;" they have the distinction of being the first pair of identical twins to pose for a nude pictorial in "Playboy." The Collinson sisters went on to act in a handful of movies together; they were especially effective and memorable as the radically contrasting siblings in the typically fine Hammer vampire horror outing "Twins of Evil" with Peter Cushing.


ABOVE THIS WEEKS CUSHING TUESDAY TOUGHY. BELOW THE QUESTION AND ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS TOUGHY . .



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Tuesday 24 July 2018

HOW LONG HAD RAAN BEEN RUNNING? TAKE THE CHALLENGE BUT DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER?


ABOVE THIS WEEKS TUESDAY TOUGHY! Not too difficult for anyone who loves that show and remembers the episode or who has read our features, at the website! This post is ALSO being shared on our FACEBOOK PETER CUSHING APPRECIATION SOCIETY FAN PAGE so feel free to chat and contribute to others comments and answers to this weeks and LAST WEEK'S Toughy Question . .

BELOW LAST WEEKS TOUGHY QUESTION AND THE ANSWER!


BELOW THE ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS TUESDAY TOUGHY!




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Thursday 31 May 2018

AMICUS AND HAMMER FILMS GEM: DENHOLM ELLIOT REMEMBERED TODAY!


REMEMBERING today.. Denholm Elliott, who was born on this day in 1922. A long and fascinating career, with which seems to have cross just about every genre, he even had some time to stop off and appear in one of the best portmanteau Amicus films with Peter Cushing in the much loved, The House that Dripped Blood in 1971 . . .



ELLIOIT followed that with another Amicus film, Vault of Horror in 1973 and appeared in Hammer films last horror film, To The Devil A Daughter with Christopher Lee in 1976. For many today, he is well remembered for his role as Marcus Brody in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. Your favourite Denholm Elliot role? I thought he was very good in Brimstone and Treacle in 1987... with pop star Sting, of all people. But ...interesting none the less...





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Thursday 17 May 2018

SOME STABBING PAINS AND THE WHOLE DEADLY POINT! ITS CUSHING GIF WEDNESDAY!


THIS WEEK'S #CUSHING GIF WEDNESDAY has a certain, STABBING and SHARP point to it! A selection of GIFS from the films of PETER CUSHING, all showing some chilling END POINT! How many of these films can you name? We'll be providing the answer on NEXT WEEKS CUSHING GIF WEDNESDAY!





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Saturday 17 March 2018

CHRISTOPHER LEE SATURDAY EUNICE HAS A BIRTHDAY AND LEE HAS A TALL TERRIBLE TALE!


TODAY WE WISH a happy birthday to the lovely Eunice Gayson. Best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's girlfriend in the first two Bond films (Dr. No 1963 and From Russia with Love 1963). Originally, Gayson was to be cast as Miss Moneypenny, but that part went to Lois Maxwell instead. BELOW we have great part of the series that we produced with BRUCE G HALLENBECK on the actresses tht appeared with PETER CUSHING in the HAMMER FILMS Frankenstein series of film, of which EUNICE was indeed one . .




EUNICE GAYSON WOMEN IN GOTHIC : PART TWO : HERE!


AN INTERVIEW feature we made with CHRISTOPHER LEE a while ago, some of you have emailed about, having problems finding, to repost! So, for your entertainment (!!) here it is again today on CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY!  Enjoy!







Tuesday 19 December 2017

REMEMBERING DIRECTOR ROY WARD BAKER


REMEMBERING TODAY.. the birthday of director Roy Ward Baker, whose work with Peter Cushing includes 'Asylum', 'And Now, The Screaming Starts!'. 'The Vampire Lovers' with Amicus films. 'The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires for Hammer films and 'The Masks of Death' with Peter Cushing for Tyburn films. Starting as a tea boy at the Gainsborough Studios in London in 1934, raising to the role of assistant director with Alfred Hitchcock on 'The Lady Vanishes' by 1939, then onto a career as director in Hollywood, working with Marilyn Munroe...Ward Baker had a very full career that covered just about every genre! Today we remember his birthday and the contribution to not only Peter Cushing's career, but the the world of cinema...




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Sunday 17 December 2017

AT THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS : VINNIE TALKS BIRTHDAYS AND MR LEE!


IN AN INTERVIEW with TERRY WOGAN on BBC tv in 1983, VINCENT PRICE, remembered and chatted about this photoshoot and birthday cake. He also mentioned that Peter Cushing was there too. Despite many hours of digging and research, nothing has turned up to prove he was there. No pics, no mention in autobiography! You can watch Vincent's interview below and at our PCASUK YOUTUBE CHANNEL where you'll find a whole play list of other rare Vincent Price clips!






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  .
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