Here's a 'start off the week', Monday treat! A
Hammer films, 'DRACULA' (1958) John Van Eyssen as Johnathan Harker FIVE
PHOTOGRAPH album! Included here is the RARE shot of the UNDEAD Harker, a shot that didn't appear in the final edit of the film. All the photographs here are full size scans from
original vintage photographs, in as high res as the server would
allow....and for free! Have a great week everyone!
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Monday 5 May 2014
START THE WEEK. MONDAY TREAT! JOHNATHAN HARKER HAMMER DRACULA' 1958 VINTAGE STILL ALBUM
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bram stoker,
bray studios.,
christopher lee,
dracula,
hammer films,
hi res stills,
john van eyssen,
johnathan harker,
peter cushing,
press photographs,
rare,
undead,
vampire,
vintage
Friday 21 March 2014
PETER WILTON CUSHING O.B.E.
Peter
Wilton Cushing. O.B.E. We're coming up to our third year as a facebook
fan page, fourth year as a website and as a society... we've been around
since 1956. Help us spread the word. Help us celebrate the life and
career of the gentlest man of British cinema.. Peter Cushing!
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bray studios.,
british cinema,
celebration,
centenary,
hammer films,
helen cushing,
horror,
o.b.e. website,
peter cushing appreciation society facebook fan page,
peter wilton cushing,
unlimited stills,
vintage
Saturday 1 February 2014
THERE ALWAYS TIME FOR NESCAFE! PETER CUSHING HAS A CUPPA!
Peter Cushing tells us.....'There's always time for Nescafe. It's the finest instant coffee!' One of his rare product endorsements from 1957...interesting as PC was always a tea drinker first and foremost.
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advertisement.,
coffee,
dr who,
hammer films,
instant coffee,
nescafe,
product endorsement,
pure coffee,
vintage
Sunday 10 November 2013
CINEMA PROMO SHORT: HAMMER FILMS 'SHE' 1965
We've just uploaded this short cinema promo
about the making of Hammer films 'SHE starring Peter Cushing,
Christopher Lee and Ursula Andress. There are only a few of these Hammer
promos around, it's a bit wobbly, but an interesting peep into
how the studio promoted their movies. Look out for the shots of
Cushing and co star John Richardson having sweat sprayed onto their
faces! The desert location was so hot, that perspiration just
evaporated! CLICK HERE:HERE
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behind the scenes,
bernard cribbins,
christopher lee.,
desert,
hammer films,
john richardson,
peter cushing,
retro cinema,
she,
ursula andress,
vintage
Wednesday 29 August 2012
'HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS' PETER CUSHING : VINCENT PRICE : CHRISTOPHER LEE AND JOHN CARRADINE: VINTAGE INTERVIEWS : HALLOWEEN 2012
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christopher lee,
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house of the long shadows,
interviews,
pete walker,
peter cushing,
peter cushing.,
shelia keith,
vincent price,
vintage
RARE DAVID PEEL : THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960) : AUTOGRAPHED PORTRATE
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david peel,
hammer films,
peter cushing,
terence fisher,
the brides of dracula,
vampires,
vintage
Saturday 25 August 2012
THE MAN WHO FINALLY DIED: PETER CUSHING AND GEORGINA WARD (1963)
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georgina ward,
lobby stills,
peter cushing,
retro cinema.,
the man who finally died,
vintage
Monday 23 April 2012
INGRID PITT ON 'THE VAMPIRE LOVERS' : PETER AND HELEN CUSHING
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'the vampire lovers' hammer films gothic vampires,
carmilla,
christopher lee,
decapatition,
helen cushing. helen beck cushing,
ingrid pitt peter cushing,
karnstein,
lobby stills,
retro cinema,
vintage
Wednesday 18 January 2012
PETER CUSHING CHRISTOPHER LEE FLYING CARPETS AND EMMA SAMMS!
SYNOPSIS:
Set in the Arabian city of Jadur in mystical times past. The three principal characters in this adventure are the evil magician Caliph Alquazar who lives in the palace; Majeed, a poor young Arab boy who arrives in the city looking for water; and Prince Hasan of Baghdad who comes to the city hoping to meet the beautiful Princess Zuleira who lives in the palace. Majeed and the Prince briefly meet up and exchange kindnesses before going their separate ways.
Alquazar is Princess Zuleira's stepfather who has become corrupted by evil and made the once benevolently ruled city a harsh place to live. Alquazar has a secret chamber in which he keeps a magic mirror which enables him to remotely view any location. Alquazar's aspiration is to possess the fabled Rose of Ilil, a talisman so powerful it will enable him to rule the world - but because of his evil he cannot fetch it for himself, it must be delivered to him by someone noble of purpose.
The mirror alerts him that the very person has arrived in the city and shows him an image of Prince Hasan in the company of a young Arab boy. Alquazar sends his guards to capture the Prince - not an easy task because the Prince is a valiant fighter, but eventually he is apprehended. Alquazar says he will permit Hasan to marry Zuleira if he first goes on a quest to bring back the Rose of Ilil. Hasan agrees and Alquazar sends him away on a magic carpet. Along the way Hasan is unexpectedly joined by Majeed who is transported to the carpet by his guardian angel genie Vahishta as a way of evading some city ruffians.
The carpet delivers them to the island of Ilil where there are a number of dangers to overcome as they encounter various protectors of the Rose. Eventually they find the magical Rose but it turns out to be young Majeed who was the noble one that the mirror was showing as able to pluck the glowing crystalline Rose.
The travellers return to Jadur but it soon becomes clear that evil Alquazar is not intending to honour his bargain and is planning to kill them once the Rose is handed over. Majeed works out what to do to defeat the wizard and throws the Rose of Ilil into Alquazar's magic mirror which sucks the evil one inside and reverses all his evil spells.
COMMENTARY:
This is a movie about the classic 1001 Nights. It was very much overlooked at the time it came out and still is, I guess. For a British low-budget movie it had a big cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Capucine, Mickey Rooney, Milo O'Shea, Emma Sams, Oliver Tobias (well, some of them are or were big). Most of all, this is a tribute from Christopher Lee to Conrad Veidt in The Thief of Bagdad (1940). And he does a marvelous job, clad in black and looking as sinister as in his best Dracula- or Fu Manchu-movies.
Peter Cushing could be called mostly waisted in a small cameo-part, but that was his choice to sign up for a part in it anyway I guess; Mickey Rooney does his usual buffoonery but not totally out-of-place in this movie. The special effects vary from shoddy to amazing. The mechanical fire-breathing monsters don't look too convincing.
The flying carpet-scenes on the other hand are very well executed, in some moments even breath-taking (considering this movie was made in 1979, 2 years after Star Wars and clearly some of the flying carpet-scenes were executed with the knowledge they had already learned from Star Wars). If one compares this movie with the original The Thief of Bagdad from 1940, of course the special effects in An Arabian Adventure are better, even on a small budget. It is a children's-movie, for most parts. Or a family-movie. Not a masterpiece, but very entertaining in its own right.
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arabian adventure,
christopher lee,
emma samms,
john dark,
kevin connor,
lobby stills,
memorabilia,
mickey rooney,
milo o'shea,
oliver tobias,
pcasuk fan club,
peter cushing,
retro cinema,
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