NEWS: Released today is the interesting story that BFI has acquired
'never before seen' scrapbooks, that belonged to CHRISTOPHER LEE! The
actor’s wife Lady Birgit Lee has donated THREE never-before-seen
scrapbooks – which contain promotional shots, stills from films and
annotations, and span from 1948 to 1972 – to the BFI archive, where they
will be available to the public via its research access service at its
Southbank location in London A very kind and considerate donation, let's hope the BFI honor their intentions 😉😉
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Thursday 23 May 2019
NEWS! CHRISTOPHER LEE PERSONAL SCRAPBOOKS DONATED TO THE BFI
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Thursday 21 March 2019
WHEN SIRE OF ACTING DYNASTY APPEARED WITH FANTASY ICON REMEMBERED
MICHAEL
REDGRAVE was of the generation of English actors that gave the world
the legendary John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier,
#Britain three fabled "Theatrical Knights" back in the days when a
knighthood for thespian was far more rare than it is today. . . Sir
Michael Redgrave. A superb actor, Redgrave himself was a charter member
of the post-Great War English acting pantheon and
was the sire of an acting dynasty. According to his daughter, Vanessa,
and son Corin, Sir Michael's favourite film roles were in The Browning
Version (1951), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) The
Dam Busters (1955) The Lady Vanishes (1938) #1984 (1956) Dead of Night
(1945) and The Magic Box (1951) and many more gems . .
PETER CUSHING appeared in a 1955 stage production of The Browning Version as
Andrew Crocker-Harris in London, recorded and transmitted by BBC TV.
He co started with #PeterCushing in Time Without Pity, Cushing's role
as barrister, Jeremy Clayton is neat role. Cushing plays it with an
impatient sharpness , that makes you feel all the more sorry for
Redgrave's 'David Graham'. Just a support role, but in that added to
Cushing's already sizeable characters he had played in theatre, radio
and massiviely on television. Redgrave's opinion about working in film,
when he had made such a career of the theatre, was pretty much like
Peter Cushing also felt . .'I didn't think I'd be any good in films... I
couldn't imagine myself on the screen. Besides, there were such
exciting things to do in the theatre, so much to learn!'. Michael
Redgrave passed away on this day in 1985 only one day after his 77th
birthday.
If
you are not familiar with Time Without Pity, a little later we have posted and shared a clip over at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE, which features a scene with both Redgrave and Peter from the film. IF you
have seen the film, love to know, what do you think of it?
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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.
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