VERONICA CARLSON ON PETER CUSHING: HAMMER FILMS 'FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED' 1969. DIRECTED BY TERENCE FISHER.
Friday, 5 October 2012
Thursday, 4 October 2012
PETER CUSHING: A LIFE IN FILM. BY DAVID MILLER: NOW AVAILBLE FOR PRE ORDER FROM AMAZON
THE
'go to book' for Peter Cushing fans in his centenary year 2013. PETER
CUSHING: A LIFE IN FILM' by David Miller. Available in hardback for pre
order on AMAZON. Updated, full of photographs and information on Peter.
Many of you have asked us to recommend a book on Peter, this is the one.
Originally published as 'The Complete Peter Cushing' in 2005, now
updated and out April next year.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-Cushing-A-Life-Film/dp/1781162743
Monday, 1 October 2012
DR WHO: PETER CUSHING: THE USUAL SUSPECTS: LEE SULLIVAN.
This fantastic DR WHO artwork comes courtesy
of artist and illustrator Lee Sullivan who joined PCASUK a few weeks ago
and was commissioned last year to produce this piece of art for The
Cartoon Museum in London, to promote an exhibition of Dr Who comic strips. It's a re working of an earlier version that appeared in the Dr Who Monthly Magazine and is a pastiche of 'The Usual Suspects' movie poster. Peter Cushing may not be considered 'Dr Who Canon' but he certainly looks as if he belongs here!UPDATE: INFO FROM LEE SULLIVAN ON ORDERING THIS PRINT FOLLOWING YOUR REQUESTS:
Thanks for asking about the Usual Suspects print. The larger prints (approx 45x21 cm) are £38 inc P&P and the smaller (32x15 cm) are £28 inc P&P. These are high-quality photo prints on satin paper, made in small batches, signed and numbered as part of an open-ended 'series 0' run, as they are not going to be generally available. If they ever are, then that'll be 'series 1' - so '0' will be as exclusive as they get, for what it's worth! Paypal is my preferred method of payment.
http://www.leesullivanart.co.uk/www.leesullivan.co.uk/HOME.html
'DR WHO VERSUS THE MARTIANS': PETER CUSHING COMIC STRIP FROM 1996
THE EXCELLENT WORK OF ARTIST LEE SULLIVAN PETER CUSHING IN 'DR WHO VERSUS THE MARTIANS' IN THE DR WHO MONTHLY MAGAZINE SPECIAL.
LEE SULLIVAN TOLD US: The 'Daleks versus the Martians' strip
was produced back in 1995 for a Doctor Who Magazine 'Dalek Movie
Special' published by Marvel Magazines in the UK.
I'd always been a great fan of the Cushing Dr.Who movies since I'd seen them, as a child, on their theatrical release here in the UK. Although I was annoyed that some aspects of the original stories had been changed, they still left an incredibly powerful impression. The cinematic versions benefited enormously from vivid colour (red Daleks!) and the sheer volume of the soundtrack; I can clearly remember the Dalek voices, already with a metallic echo added in the movies, really reverberating around the walls of the theatre. And of course, Peter Cushing, whom I was seeing for the first time here, was one of the most watchable actors ever, so even my discomfiture with the change to the character was mollified.
So, I was very pleased when strip editors Gary Gillatt and Scott Gray offered me this strip to draw. I'd gained a 'Dalek' reputation in DWM, and It was lovely to draw the movie Daleks, and Alan Barnes' script was a pleasure to work on; the Cushing dialogue sounds just right to me. We were all fans of the series and movies, and I hope it shows. Looking at it now, I can't work out exactly why the Dalek saucer is not one fully based on the second movie's wonderful version, especially as I still think it's one of the most well-executed models in film - until the end scene that is smile However, it does look very like a wooden toy my father made me when I was little, so maybe that's the reason. I was also amused to see that I'd included 'lava-lamps' in the saucer's interior too.
Trivia time - the Dalek hoverbout shot on the bottom of page two is a direct reference to the glorious Richard Jennings art on page 14 of 'The Dalek Book' which remains an absolutely magical cornerstone to my love both of the Daleks and comic strips of the period.
It's ironic that our version of a sequel was in monochrome; it seems absurd now, when computer-colouring and colour print is available for virtually every publication, but back then it was a cost too far for an already expensive title. Maybe one day it will come back in colour, yes, one day . . .
I'd always been a great fan of the Cushing Dr.Who movies since I'd seen them, as a child, on their theatrical release here in the UK. Although I was annoyed that some aspects of the original stories had been changed, they still left an incredibly powerful impression. The cinematic versions benefited enormously from vivid colour (red Daleks!) and the sheer volume of the soundtrack; I can clearly remember the Dalek voices, already with a metallic echo added in the movies, really reverberating around the walls of the theatre. And of course, Peter Cushing, whom I was seeing for the first time here, was one of the most watchable actors ever, so even my discomfiture with the change to the character was mollified.
So, I was very pleased when strip editors Gary Gillatt and Scott Gray offered me this strip to draw. I'd gained a 'Dalek' reputation in DWM, and It was lovely to draw the movie Daleks, and Alan Barnes' script was a pleasure to work on; the Cushing dialogue sounds just right to me. We were all fans of the series and movies, and I hope it shows. Looking at it now, I can't work out exactly why the Dalek saucer is not one fully based on the second movie's wonderful version, especially as I still think it's one of the most well-executed models in film - until the end scene that is smile However, it does look very like a wooden toy my father made me when I was little, so maybe that's the reason. I was also amused to see that I'd included 'lava-lamps' in the saucer's interior too.
Trivia time - the Dalek hoverbout shot on the bottom of page two is a direct reference to the glorious Richard Jennings art on page 14 of 'The Dalek Book' which remains an absolutely magical cornerstone to my love both of the Daleks and comic strips of the period.
It's ironic that our version of a sequel was in monochrome; it seems absurd now, when computer-colouring and colour print is available for virtually every publication, but back then it was a cost too far for an already expensive title. Maybe one day it will come back in colour, yes, one day . . .
Friday, 28 September 2012
PETER CUSHING: DR WHO: SUGAR PUFF DALEK: UP FOR SALE!
CUSHING CORNFLAKE DALEK UP FOR SALE!
An original Dalek is among items up for sale at Dickins Auctioneers’ Antiques and Collectables auction on October 5 and 6 in Middle Claydon, UK. Lot 800 in the two-day auction is “A 1966 Dr Who Dalek fro
An original Dalek is among items up for sale at Dickins Auctioneers’ Antiques and Collectables auction on October 5 and 6 in Middle Claydon, UK. Lot 800 in the two-day auction is “A 1966 Dr Who Dalek fro
m the film Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 AD, starring Peter Cushing.”
The Dalek, which has been put up for sale by a local vendor, was a 'SUGAR PUFFS' competition prize. It stands 61¾in high and is estimated to fetch £250 to £350.
The Dalek, which has been put up for sale by a local vendor, was a 'SUGAR PUFFS' competition prize. It stands 61¾in high and is estimated to fetch £250 to £350.
Thursday, 27 September 2012
VINTAGE HAMMER FILMS : 'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN' COLOUR STILL: PETER CUSHING AND ROBERT URQUAHRT.
PETER CUSHING AND ROBERT URQUHART AS VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN AND PAUL KREMPE IN HAMMER FILMS FIRST CUSHING / FRANKENSTEIN FILM 'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN' (1957) DIRECTED BY TERENCE FISHER.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
PETER CUSHING : SEBASTIAN GRISBANE : 'HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS' (1983)
Peter Cushing as Sebastian Grisbane in Pete Walker's 1983 'HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS' also starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and John Carradine.
Sunday, 23 September 2012
PETER CUSHING : CHRISTOPHER LEE: DRACULA AD 1972 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! AT OUR PCASUK FACEBOOK FAN PACE
This FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER PCASUK celebrates the 40 year anniversary of the Hammer Film Productions 'DRACULA AD 1972' at our UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page.
Galleries, Features and all things AD 72! come and join us!
PETER CUSHING: HAMLET : (1948)
Peter Cushing as the sinister Beau Brummell
of the Danish Court 'Osric' with Terence Morgan as 'Laertes' in HAMLET
(1948) directed by Laurence Olivier. Peter's brother-in-law Reginald
Beck (who had edited Olivier's HENRY V) was associate producer.
Cushing said of Olivier: 'When the production started, Larry was a kind, considerate, patient director...but as time went by he became more and more autocratic...towards the end it was 'do it this way, do it that way, and don't argue, goddamit!' '. The film is beautifully shot in B&W and takes obvious visual cues from Orson Welles as well as Universal horror. Cushing also said: 'If Hamlet had been a Hammer film...they'd say 'This is disgusting! Dreadful! All these deaths. Think of the bodies littering the floor!' ' The film also features great genre actors Patrick Troughton and Niall MacGinnis, and uncredited extra work by Doreen Lawrence (Peter's first love and one-time fiancé), Desmond Llewelyn, Patrick Macnee and Christopher Lee (making this the first film Cushing and Lee ever appeared in together).
Saturday, 22 September 2012
JENNIE LINDEN: 'DR WHO AND THE DALEKS' (1965) PROMOTION PHOTOGRAPH
A GREAT PUBLICITY STILL FEATURING JENNIE LINDEN WHO STARRED AS BARBARA IN 'DR WHO AND THE DALEKS' WITH PETER CUSHING AS DR WHO BACK IN 1965
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