Showing posts with label phil leakey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phil leakey. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 April 2019

MAKING A MONSTER AND HIGHLIGHTS OF ONE OF LEE AND CUSHING GREATEST!


REQUESTED BY TERI BARTON at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE Requested Teri Barton today! 😃 TWO great pics from Peter Cushing's and Hammer films FIRST Frankenstein film, 'The Curse of Frankenstein' The colour one of PC is one of my favs 😌 For many years 'Curse' held the distinction of being the most profitable movie to be produced in England by a British studio. These are two press shots, the first Cushing posing for pics for colour press kits, and Lee with make up artist Phil Leakey on the final day of trying out the 'creature make up' Christopher Lee's monster make-up was almost literally done at the "last minute".


AFTER PREVIOUS attempts to design a monster make-up using a cast of Lee's head had failed, Make-up Artist Philip Leakey made the final design the day before shooting began, directly onto Lee's face, using primarily cotton and other household materials. Since he didn't use any latex or molds, the make-up had to be re-created from scratch every day. Those were the days..... 😉😮



Saturday, 10 May 2014

#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.

Wednesday, 5 June 2013

ACID BATH HEAD: PETER CUSHING 'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN' (1957)

The Curse of Frankenstein. Peter Cushing with the crow-pecked head from the gallows, ready for the acid bath and created by make up artist, Phil Leakey.
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