#ONSETSATURDAY ANNOTATED SCRIPT AND THAT WIG!

#‎onasetsaturday‬ : HERE'S A PAGE from Peter Cushing personal script for Amicus films, 'And Now The Screaming Starts' lots of notations from Peter in his own hand. Much here about his attention to detail concerning the costume, the boots and... that wig. Despite in later years, he support the opinion that the wig made him 'look like Helen Hayes'...it was at Peter's own request that the wig should be used and that he should wear it..'

PETER CUSHING'S own frame of reference to the wig he wore in 'And Now, The Screaming Starts', 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell' and as Count Gerard De Merret in LA GRANDE BRETECHE, an episode of Anglia Television's popular series 'Orson Welles Great Mysteries' in 1973.

IN HIS NOTES above he has made reminder to make up and hair that, the 'back of wig should be round neck line' and '..full at sides, not flat on top'. The notes cover everything from the appearance of the boots or plimsolls, the colour of the trousers, his watch chain and gun... all researched, spot on and accurate for the period of the film... which uncharacteristically Cushing gives himself a little leeway with 1790...ISH!

Interestingly... a flick through our scrapbooks shows that Peter's association with this style of wig started way before 1973... it's first appearance turns up in this a very rare vintage Radio Times clipping from the BBC's BEAU BRUMMELL play, broadcast on 14th and 18th March 1954 with Peter as George Bryan Brummell...

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BORN ON THIS DAY: PATRICK MAGEE REMEMBERED

Today we remember Patrick Magee, a very talented character actor whose career covered multiple genres of films. Known for his appearances in horror films, some notable ones include The Masque of the Red Death (1964) , Die Monster Die (1965) and Demons Of The Mind (1972) for Hammer. Outside of horror he starred in two films for Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon and A Clockwork Orange. He co-starred with Peter Cushing in four films The Skull (1965), Tales From The Crypt (1972), Asylum (1972), And When The Screaming Starts (1973)

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LIMITED EDITION DRACULA AD 1972 ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK ON VINYL

Death Waltz Recording Company is proud to exhume another classic from the Hammer horror stable in the shape of Dracula A.D. 1972. Bringing the legend of Bram Stoker's immortal creation into then-present day, the film pits the charismatic Count up against the disco decade after being resurrected by a group of hippies performing black magic, with Cristopher Lee and Peter Cushing reprising their signature roles. Composing this madness was Mike Vickers, former member of 60's pop quiet Manfred Mann, who provided a suitably contemporary score that followed in the footsteps of jazz scores from that era.

 

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DRACULA AD 1972 HAMMER FILMS #THROWBACKTHURSDAY

#throwbackthursday #hammerfilms  Twelve black and white promo and behind the images on a vintage contact sheet. Each one, if you crop them and give them a bit of a contrast tweak, gives you a great vintage promo shot from #draculaad1972 starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Caroline Munro, the groviest Dracula movie, ever!

TROY HOWARTH'S 'THE AMICUS FILMS OF PETER CUSHING: PART FIVE' : 'WANDERING HANDS AND MANNEQUINS'

Part FIVE of Troy Howarth's 'The Amicus Films of Peter Cushing' is coming up soon! It's 'WANDERING HANDS AND MANNEQUINS' as we take in Cushing's 'ASYLUM' and 'AND NOW, THE SCREAMING STARTS!' Do join us!

CINEFANTASTIQUE AND WORLD OF HORROR: AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS

The cover from the Cinefantastique Amicus Special issue and feature from 'World of Horror' magazine. 'And Now The Screaming Starts' starring Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Ian Ogilvy, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee and Geoffrey Whitehead. Directed by Roy Ward Baker.

JUST FIVE DAYS TO GO: PETER CUSHING BIRTHDAY CENTENARY : DRACULA AD 72 PHOTOGRAPH

DRACULA AD 1972 : PETER CUSHING STEPHANIE BEACHAM CHRISTOPHER LEE PUBLICITY SHOT

One of the rare ones, from a set of three poses of Peter as Van Helsing, Christopher Lee as Count Dracula and Stephanie Beacham as Jessica Van Helsing in a quickie on set publicity shot from Hammer Films 'Dracula AD 1972' (Hammer Films. Alan Gibson)

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BOB? DRACULA D 1972 : MYSTERY SOLVED

BOB BURNS IN THE BRIGHT MORNING SUN! BLIMEY!

DRACULA AD 1972: OFF SCRIPT ON SET PROMO PHOTOGRAPH: STEPHANIE BEACHAM PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE 1972

Another 'off the script, but on the set' publicity photograph from Hammer Films DRACULA AD 1972, this time featuring Peter as Van Helsing, Stephanie Beacham as Jessica Van Helsing and Christopher Lee of course as, Dracula. Love the melodrama in this one...

HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS: DRACULA AD 1972 : PETER CUSHING STEPHANIE BEACHAM

PETER CUSHING : CHRISTOPHER LEE: 'THE TRIALS OF VAN HELSING' COMING SOON!

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