TODAY WE REMEMBER ACTOR: JACK PALANCE, born on this day in 1919....everyone has a
favourite Palance movie and there's many crackers to choose from..Shane,
Batman, Sword of the Conquer, Hawk the Slayer, City Slickers...or even his performances as
Dracula in 74 or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1968.
ABOVE AND BELOW: When Canning and Wyatt were included in our Monday Themed posts, #MONSTERMONDAY a few years ago . .
A RARE STILL: PALANCE STRIKES A POSE for the studio stills photographer, to be included in the press packs, this shot was not included in the edit of the film, 'Torture Garden'
ABOVE: JACK WITH HIS BROTHER, IVAN in the 1962 film, 'Sword of the Conquer'
THE NUTS AND BOLTS of the film and Cushing and Palance's performances is covered in our THE AMICUS FILMS OF PETER CUSHING : PART TWO SERIES! Click that thread and enjoy the skip load of rare images and photographs!
THE CUSHING CONNECTION would his be crackling performance as Ronald Wyatt
in 'The Man Who Collected Poe' story in 'Torture Garden' (Amicus films
1967) A man of few words off the set, he owned his own cattle ranch and
displayed other creative sides as a exhibited painter and published
poet.
OUR SECOND POST of today at the Released
in 1974, Peter Cushing as the 'shop keeper' and Ian Ogilvy as William
Seaton in 'The Door' part of the four stories that made the Amicus films
portmanteau movie, 'From Beyond The Grave'. I have often thought while
walking around Cushing's home-town of Whitstable in Kent, that on
turning a corner, up a narrow alleyway, that a little shop called,
'Temptations Ltd' was going to melt out of the sea-side fog!
A WHISPER.... PCASUK is.. fingers crossed... planning a something quite
unusual and exciting in that little town in a few months time.
THE FILM'S SCRIPT is adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes strung together about an antique dealer (Peter Cushing) who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him. Stories includeThe Gate Crasher with David Warner who frees an evil enity from an antique mirror,An Act of Kindness featuring Donald Pleasence,The Elemental, and The Door. As Warner Brothers still owns this Amicus classic, we have over at the Facebook PCASUK FAN PAGE been discussing, if the success of Warner releasing the Hammer Horror Classic these last few months, might make them think about releasing THIS long time awaiting a blu ray release, soon?
