#TOOCOOLTUESDAY:
PHOTOGRAPHS OF PETER CUSHING in his award winning role of Arthur
Grimsdyke from the Amicus films, 'Tales From The Crypt' are quite
desirable. I got this one signed in 1980, during the filming of our PCAS
interview with the great Roy Ashton who was responsible for this
'ground breaking;... for the time... make up, . . Roy still found the
fact the gauze material in PC's eye-sockets, was a swatch of nylon
hacked out of a pair of sockings!!
#TOOCOOLTUESDAY:
DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS of his life, living in sleepy Whitstable,
Peter Cushing befriended a young couple called Judith and Nic Gadd. They
wrote a book and published it through Peter Cushing's own small
publishing company entitled, 'Spending Time With Frankenstein' and it's
certainly worth looking up...though it is a toughie to find.. Here is
Judith with PC taking a walk through town . . . I LIKE that hat!
#TOOCOOTUESDAY
: HERE'S A COOL LITTLE PIC, in the file with no credits. In THIS WEEK'S #TOOCOOLTUESDAY, we asked if any of you out there might have an idea as where this pic was taken. I was guessing it could be a Spanish television programe..and then we got some very cool feedback on the thread where this was posted on ourPeter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page
Rafael Martinez wrote to tell us, 'The
program was in the spanish television, when Peter was in Spain filming
"Horror Express". The program was named "Opened Studio" (Estudio
Abierto) and hosted by José María Iñigo (on the left)It
was at the time of "Horror Express", not "Monster Island" for sure. The
TV program ended about 1975. "Monster Island" was filmed in 1981. I
knew Peter briefly on original locations in Northern Spain, when he was
filming "Monster Island" with Terence Stamp. Peter was a dear man. He
often smoked on location, with a white glove to avoid nicotine stains.
'Peter
was here only a few days, for a brief sequence in a beach (Terence
Stamp was a few days filming too). The film had a very low budget. The
rest of his brief participation was filmed in a studio in Madrid (The
beach was Otur, Asturias, Spain)'
ALSO EMPTY HEAD wrote to us with further info on the programme and a Christopher Lee connection, 'Incidentally,
the late Sir Christopher Lee was also a guest on the programme "Estudio
Abierto", though I don't know whether it was this particular episode or
not. (see ABOVE) Those of us here who know our Spanish TV shows will probably be
aware of José María Íñigo as a regular
participant on "Que Tiempo Tan Feliz" (hosted by the legendary María
Teresa Campos). I believe he also does the commentary for the Spanish
transmission of The Eurovision Song Contest.
