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#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY! Here is the SECOND montage of rare images quiz. It's a selection of
promotional and publicity photographs with one thing in common..they are
all images that were used in the promotion of films and theatre
productions that Peter Cushing appeared in... CAN YOU identify ALL 12
images? Answers to BOTH montages . . TOMORROW! Have fun
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#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: I've had some requests for quite a few radio spots that were made for Peter Cushing's Hammer films...this is one of the effective ones! Used in the US to coax the paying punters through the door, radio spots for Hammer films were not usual, in this time before the net. We have added some great visuals to the audio, to enhance your enjoyment.
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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY!: To all our friends in the US have a great day today! ..Do you think silicates have cook-outs and parties today???
#TOOCOOLTUESDAY:
What The Doctor Ordered! Isn't strange the effect that just a small
tash can make to a face you know well? Here is Peter Cushing with the
modest of mustaches, that somehow changes his whole face! That are quite
few (!!) roles on the big screen where wore a mustache, and beard, a
handlebar tash too! (Thank you Mark Iveson) On stage and on the
small screen there were quite a few. I somehow can't quite image his
signature roles like Baron Frankenstein, Sherlock or Van Helsing with a
tash. This I am guessing is from around the time of him shooting the Dr
Who films, where a tash was needed. Because of his dislike of and slight
allergy to the glue that held on false facial hair, Cushing had to grow
them from . . . scratch! The films where Peter Cushing DID wear a tash? Thanks to Mark Iveson:The Man in the Iron Mask : A Chump at Oxford:Hamlet - although he has a tuft on his chin : Revenge of Frankenstein - end of movie : Suspect : The Dr Who films : Fear in the Night : Dr Phibes Rises Again : The Creeping Flesh - beginning & end of film : From Beyond the Grave : At the Earth's Core
#TOOCOOTUESDAY!CITY OF THE DEAD aka Horror Hotel, is a true masterpiece and the perfect example of how imagination and craftsmanship can overcome a small budget in film making! Producer Milton Subotsky was very proud of their promotion and advertising campaign and the strap lines, but many, think they used a broad brush stroke in the artwork for the cinema poster...maybe relying on the fact that both Cushing's and Lee's careers were then so closely linked with each other, that the cinema going public, aided by this artwork, may confuse one with the other?
I MEAN, the publicity photograph above proves that it's Lee from a shot in the film, but it COULD be Peter Cushing. And I know what you're thinking..., studio publicity departments would never mislead the public with their posters, would they???
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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY:
WHEN LEE MET BOWIE! The Slim Duke Meets The Count? Would you have loved to have been a fly on the wall
here? Both loved music, performing...worked in the film industry they
also shared something else in common... Do you know what??
#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: FOR THE PAST FEW weeks we have had a lot of requests asking if we could also have a weekly theme post day for posts relating to Christopher Lee. We thought that was a good idea too, so as of this weekend, Saturday's will now be . . .
#CHRISTOPHERLEESATURDAY! WE'LL STILL CONTINUE to post occasional posts through out the week relating to the work that Peter Cushing and Lee did together, but Saturday's will now carry rare images, features banners and stuffs, as you requested 🙂 If you have requests for particular images, gifs or clips, you only have to ask 😉 Good idea? Let us know below....
#TOOCOOLTUESDAY:DURING THE 40'S 50'S AND 60'S Picture Show and several other cinema magazines held a lot of sway with the UK cinema going public. The films of Peter Cushing appeared regularly between many film fan magazine covers. Interviews, features, photograph spreads were prepared by the press office and reporters and photographers were courted and invited to come and dish up some angle of publicity, for the latest offering. Hammer films were certainly one of the British film studios that kept the magazine very busy. And sometimes gave editors and writers exclusives. But the one above, is quite rare for a Hammer film. Not just a quick chat with one of the stars and on your way with a handful of glossy head-shots and a flimsy two page synopsis! The Picture Show photographer was allowed to take his own photographs, using the two love interest in the film, Yvonne Monlaur and David Peel. To suit the story angle presented by the magazine, and not disclose any details that may spoil the Hammer feature, what we get is bizarre fantasy angle to the very familiar characters played by Monlaur and Peel! His Baron gets to bite her and she in turn gets to bite him back! Ok it's the kind of thing that scriptwriter Jimmy Sangster would probably have shuddered at, but in the realm of publicity, the PICTURE says a thousand words! And these are a couple of excellent excellent smouldering pictures!
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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: This week we bring you, some excellent examples of cinema promotion for several Peter Cushing #HAMMERFILMS in Japan from the 1960's and 70's. Personally, I LOVE poster art from any countries, other than the main drag of the USA and UK market. Often the outer territories would be given basic press kits, that the press offices would customise, to suit their culture and audiences tastes. This often meant using rip and tear collages, sometimes including using images and artwork from films, that were not part of the official promotion campaign. This more often than not, resulted in some very exciting and resourceful posters.
AT THE TOP, we have a hand-bill for Hammer films 1969, 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed'. Look carefully at the images, and maybe you can spot at least three examples of the artists adding some extra effects to the official press kit photographs. One image addition, from another completely unconnected Hammer film! 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' was released in Japan with another Warner Brothers - Seven-Arts release, 'Valley of the Gwangi', making an interesting night at the cinema! 'Destroyed', the last Frankenstein Hammer film theatrically released in Japan, and audiences would have to wait until both 'Horror of Frankenstein' (1970) and 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell' were released on domestic video cassettes, to see how the Hammer / Frankenstein / Cushing saga ended.
MUCH OF THE ASIAN CINEMA artwork often came about because of the lack of materials, sent on by the distributors. Press kits more often than not were, incomplete and certainly in English language. Necessity being the mother of invention, cinema circuits in Japan set about making their own promotional material, using whatever was at hand, or could be added with a brush and paint. A little added blood here, an exposed breast there, with an extra long fang for good measure, resulted in many examples unregulated artwork doing the rounds, but that, as a kick back, added an extra dimension to the story of the film being exhibited...and give us more reason to ponder, today . . .
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#MONSTERMONDAY: 'Oh that's not on...' says Cushing. Here's how Peter Cushing got Hammer to change the script on #THEMUMMY in an ever so clever way, when the press office got a little carried away! Was Cushing right to do this, do you think???
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#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: You would have seen many photographs from this photo session to promote, Hammer films Frankenstein Created Woman, with Peter Cushing and Susan Denberg... But, not probably this one. It's rare. Very rare. Can you see what's different about this particular shot?
Christopher lee borrowed this quote, from another actor. Can you guess who originallysaid this interesting quote?
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#HAMMERSATURDAY
THIS is one of my all time favorite Peter Cushing films. It has it all.
Drama, horror, a love story and action! And this is also one of my fav
front of house stills. Beautiful colour and action that leaps off the
pic! DO YOU have a fav Cushing pic, photo still? Or is there one you
have never seen here, that you would like me to post or 'dig up' for
you? Let me know!
THE IMAGE that first appeared on some propose artwork for a campaign poster
for THE MUMMY.... Cushing saw the light shining through the body of
Kharis and asked, 'Is that in our script?' When he was told no, he
invented the bit of biz where he shoves a harpoon through the chest of
the Mummy Kharis... 'If it's on the poster, our public will expect to
see it!' said Cushing
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MONDAY : We STARTED the week on a good note, by announcing the winners of our FINAL CUT COMPETITION to win TWO copies of THE HAMMER COLLECTION UNIVERSAL YEARS box sets! CATHERINE ANN AND DAVE SPIKE LINCOLN, were the lucky winners, picked out of the hat from a few hundred entries! (see the competition answers below) CONGRATULATIONS to them and thank you to everyone lese who entered... there will be another competition soon!
MONDAY ALSO brought us this little teaser of info above . . . .no doubt the drip feed will start soon, and DECEMBER will be here again, before we know it!
TUESDAY: BROUGHT MORE FROM THE #STARWARS universe, with these two #TOOCOOLTUESDAY posts, and two splendid cartoons... poor ol Krennic...
WEDNESDAY IS ALWAYS #GIMMETHEGIFWEDNESDAY! And above is just a sample of the ones YOU requested this week, and a scattering of GIFS shared during the week of posts . . .A few favorites there, how many of the films can you name? I'll post the answers at the bottom of this post 🙂
THURSDAY:AND #THROWBACKTHURSDAY brought us a dapper Peter Cushing with friend, George Copper out for a stroll and a photo op, during a party with the Old Vic Company in 1949. During this time, with finances almost at zero, Cushing engaged in work with Olivier's company in a production of Chekhov's, 'Jest In One Act', entitled 'The Proposal'. A review in April's 'Theatre World' wrote, '...Peter Cushing as Lomov, reveals himself as a comedian of outstanding gifts..' Below a publicity still from the production with Cushing as Lomov and Derek Penley . . . .
FRIDAY: WE MARKED MICHAEL RIPPER'S BIRTHDAY!'I've seen the likes tonight, that mortal eyes shouldn't look at!'... say that line of dialogue and any Hammer film fan worth his or her salt, quick as a flash will reply, 'Michael Ripper, as the poacher in 'The Mummy!'.. And it is Michael Ripper who we remember today on the day his birth, 27th January 1913. Ripper appeared in many productions for Hammer, seven with Peter Cushing, nine with Christopher Lee. Inn keepers, coachmen, police officers, Ripper an accomplished stage and film actor it could be argued is as much part of the Hammer family as Cushing, Lee, Fisher and Francis. Christopher Lee once announced to a packed convention in Baltimore, with Ripper standing at his side.. 'This man IS Hammer!' And for many of us, he always will be…. What are some of your favorite Ripper performances?
FRIDAY ALSO BROUGHT US THIS GEM! A chance to see SIDE BY SIDE comparisons of Peter Cushing from his 1977 Tarkin performance and the CGI from 2016 in Rogue One... also the images of both the late Carrie Fisher and her younger CGI from Rogue One... What do you think???
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GIF FILM TITLES:In order of the position on page: Dracula / Horror ofDracula. Dracula AD 1972. Top Secret. The House That Dripped Blood.
