SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE ON PETER CUSHING.

SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE ON HIS GREAT FRIEND PETER CUSHING!

PETER CUSHING BY NUMBERS: 'THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK' (1939)

PETER CUSHING : DONALD PLEASENCE: THE DEVIL'S MEN : LOBBY CARD

PETER CUSHING AS JUDGE GAUTIER: THE ZOO GANG EPISODE FIVE SERIES ONE1974

 

Peter Cushing as JUDGE GAUTIER in 'The Counterfeit Trap' an episode of ITC' s 'THE ZOO GANG' The programme was episode five of the first series and was broadcast in the UK on May 3rd 1974

HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS: 'CAPTAIN CLEGG' TONGUE IN CHEEK BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOGRAPH (1962)

A great tongue-in-check photograph taken during the making of Hammer Film productions 'Captain Clegg' aka 'Night Creatures' (1962) starring Peter Cushing. Here we have Patrick Allen as Capt Collier and his Queens Customs men waiting at the bus stop! I think they would have needed something a little faster than a Number ten bus to catch Clegg, Mipps and the 'marsh phantoms'!

PETER CUSHING : BEHIND THE SCENES : HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS: 'CAPTAIN CLEGG' VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH

HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS: 'THE BRIDES OF DRACULA' VINTAGE UK PRESS BOOK

'THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS' UK PRESS BOOK (1960) PETER CUSHING DONALD PLEASENCE

 

'HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS' PETER CUSHING : VINCENT PRICE : CHRISTOPHER LEE AND JOHN CARRADINE: VINTAGE INTERVIEWS : HALLOWEEN 2012

A Heads Up, something special for Halloween! More details coming soon!

RARE DAVID PEEL : THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960) : AUTOGRAPHED PORTRATE

PETER CUSHING RARE PHOTOGRAPH: A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1983)

THE MAN WHO FINALLY DIED: PETER CUSHING AND GEORGINA WARD (1963)

'THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN' PETER CUSHING : BACK PROJECTION AT BRAY STUDIOS (1964)

Here are two shots of Peter shooting some 'back projection' shots for 'The Evil of Frankenstein' (1964) at Hammer Films Bray Studios. It's was quite a tricky process to pull off convincingly, matching lighting and motion were key. Alfred Hitchcock was probably 'the king of back projection' as he used so much of it in his films. Unfortunately, maybe because of time restrictions, the shots filmed here in 'Evil' aren't the best example of the technique.

FAMOUS MONSTERS CONVENTION: PETER CUSHING : NEW YORK 1975

PETER CUSHING DEEP IN THOUGHT AT THE FAMOUS MONSTERS CONVENTION NEW YORK, 1975.

RARE: PCASUK UNCOVERS PETER CUSHING FORGOTTEN ROLE: NELSON!

Did you know: PETER CUSHING played HORATIO?

Horatio Nelson to be precise. The date was November 16, 1955. The place was the Empire cinema, Leicester Square in London for the Royal Premiere of the feature film "Cockleshell Heroes" directed by and starring José Ferrer. Co-written by Bryan Forbes, the film tells the true story of a daring British commando raid by canoe on German blockade runners at Bordeaux in December, 1942. Attending the premiere were: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Wilding, Jack Hawkins with his wife Doreen (who was once engaged to Peter Cushing), Michael Denison, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Robert Beattie, Clement Attlee and his wife, Lord and Lady Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Gloucester. Major Herbert "Blondie" Haslar and William Edward "Bill" Sparks, the sole Marine survivors of the famous 1942 canoe raid, also attended with members of their families. 

Before the feature attraction, guests were treated to a lavish prologue conceived by producer Jess Yates called: "Fanfare For Heroes". This live prologue included a mock commando raid, utilizing a handful of Marines in such a way to make their numbers appear more vast. Included amongst the 300 performers of "Fanfare For Heroes" was none other than Peter Cushing. The cover of "To Day's Cinema" showcases Cushing dressed in costume as Lord Horatio Nelson. In addition, the producers of "Cockleshell Heroes", Irving Allen and Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli (Warwick Film Productions), published a letter of thanks and singled out Cushing as a "distinguished artiste" in connection with the prologue. 

Christopher Lee was cast in the film "Cockleshell Heroes" as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves. Lee, Cushing and Ferrer had all previously worked together on John Huston's "Moulin Rouge" in 1952. Cushing and Lee (though not on screen together in the Huston film) wouldn't appear in the same film again until Hammer's "The Curse of Frankenstein" in 1957, which made them both instant film stars.