DICKEN'S TALE OF TWO CITIES COMES TO BLU RAY AND DVD VIA SHOUT

Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities comes to blu ray in a lavish 1980 adaptation of the literary classic set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride, Fright Night) takes on a dual role as French aristocrat Charles Darnay and London lawyer Sydney Carton, both of whom are in love with the beautiful Lucie (Alice Krige, Star Trek: First Contact, Thor : In The Dark World, Ghost Story).

The film also features Peter Cushing as a superb Dr. Alexander! David Suchet and Barry Morse also feature in this Golden Globe and Emmy nominee. This widescreen Blu Ray  from SHOUT was released yesterday, 12th April , is available only as a US release at the moment , has a 162 minutes duration and no extras. Retailed at $16.99 for BLU RAY - $33.53 DVD, from various suppliers, though it's worth shopping around!

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ANOTHER GREAT GIF GALLERY FEATURING ACTION SHOTS OF PETER CUSHING

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THE CHASE IS ON! Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) chases Baron Meinster (David Peel) through the Château Meinster in  Hammer films , THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960 Fisher)

ANOTHER SLAP! The is nothing more than that the Baron likes to do than make his point, no matter how morally wrong it might be, and his method of employing a slap around the chops, is a ploy he uses often in several Hammer Frankenstein films. He dishes out the back hander in the 1969 FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED , THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964 FRANCIS)  and here in THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (FISHER 1958)  with Francis Matthews, on the receiving end!

BURNING OUT THE BITE! Van Helsing takes to some pretty extreme methods, after falling pray to the vampires kiss, via Baron Meinster in Hammer films, THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960 FISHER)

KHARIS COMES KNOCKING! Hmay not be too quick on his padded feet, but he moves with the force of a steam train. Here's an iconic sequence from Hammer films, THE MUMMY (1959 FISHER)  when recently risen Kharis, played by Christopher Lee comes knocking on the door of archaeologist and tomb desecrater , John Banning (Peter Cushing). What unfolds is one of the many classic scenes both Cushing and Lee skilfully performed during their 21 films together.

THE CUSHING INDEX FINGER. Not action as such, but an action worthy of mentioning, as it's a gesture that appears in many of Peter Cushing's performances. Known now through out PCAS as a 'CUSHINISM' the using of the index finger, to express 'a point', this one joins a list of other familiar mannerisms such as the 'The Rubbing of the Back of the Neck' and 'The Rolling of the Eyes, and Crossing When Losing Consciousness'!! This one comes  from the Tyburn film, THE GHOUL (1975 FRANCIS) with Cushing's performance of the much stress Dr Lawrence.

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THE TOBACCO ADDICTED OSTRICH AND PETER CUSHING

When Peter Cushing was in Australia in 1977 working on the documentary 'A Land Looking West', he had an unusual encounter with an Ostrich, who was quite fond of his cigarettes!

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TELLY T SHIRT IS TOPS IN BRAZIL!

TELLY T-SHIRT IS TOPS IN BRAZIL! It's very flattering I see when other websites use our art work or people sell it on ebay.. but when they wear it...that's something else ! Aluizio Ignacio‎ from Brazil sent in a pic of a t-shirt he got made up featuring our banner for Telly Savalas that we posted last year lol He wears it with pride! I am quite chuffed too. Nice work Aluizio and thank you for sending us the pic too. - Marcus

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CHRISTOPHER LEE ON ACTING

The late Sir Christopher Lee on Acting.

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NAME THAT MOVIE MONDAY : ONE STILL. ONE TITLE. CAN YOU NAME THAT CUSHING MOVIE?

Over at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE we are just about to kick off a new regular feature for Monday's...As well as our regular  #MONSTERMONDAY feature, you can now enjoy a #NAMETHEMOVIEMONDAY feature! Every Monday we'll be posting some fiendish screen grabs and lesser seen publicity stills from Peter Cushing and Hammer films, and asking you to tax your grey matter and identify, the title of the film, from the image.

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VINTAGE AND RARE : PETER CUSHING PAINTS AT HOME

Cushing Hobbies: It didn't matter where Peter Cushing was in the world, in the city, a studio, the jungle or in the middle of a desert, he always took brushes, paper and paints. At times when sitting out a long prep on a shoot and his brushes and paints were not to hand, he would sketch on the cover of his script... he was a man who had to create. Here's an early photograph, probably around 1946 - 48, just before or after the shooting of Olivier's Hamlet ... I wonder what's on that canvas ?

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A LAND LOOKING WEST : CUSHING DOWN UNDER

CUSHING IN OZ: Peter Cushing flew to Australia to make a documentary about the history of the permanent European settlement of Western Australia known as "The Swan River Colony". It was part of the 150th anniversary of this event. The documentary entitled, 'A Land Looking West' went into production, after Peter's work on shooting his role of Grand Moff Tarkin in 'Star Wars' at Elstree studios from May 8th -12th 1976 . The documentary was broadcast on Australian several TV stations. The filming took place in locations throughout the state of W.A. and throughout Australia. We'll be posting a feature about this rarely seen documentary soon!

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WRAP UP YOUR WEEK WITH THAT FRANKENSTEIN FRIDAY FEELING!

Every FRIDAY at THIS website and our Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page we are celebrating the Hammer FRANKENSTEIN films of Peter Cushing. RARE iamges, Clips, Trailers, Features Competitions and MUCH  more. Join us, make requests, share your comments or win a Hammer Cushing Frankenstein dvd or blu ray!

'I NEVER GOT ON WITH CUSHING. I DON'T KNOW WHY' ANTHONY HINDS

Some interesting details about Hammer film, producer / scriptwriter Anthony Hinds relationship with Peter Cushing. Hinds worked with Cushing on the following films:

THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN HAMMER 1957 

DRACULA / HORROR DRACULA HAMMER 1958 

THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN HAMMER 1958 

HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES HAMMER 1959

THE BRIDES OF DRACULA HAMMER 1960 

CAPTAIN CLEGG / NIGHT CREATURES HAMMER SCREENPLAY AS JOHN ELDER 1962

THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN HAMMER 1964 

FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN HAMMER CREDITED AS JOHN ELDER ORG SCREENPLAY 1967

FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL HAMMER AS JOHN ELDER SCREENPLAY 1974 

THE GHOUL TYBURN FILMS AS JOHN ELDER SCREEN PLAY 1975 

LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF TYBURN FILMS AS JOHN ELDER SCREEN PLAY 1975 

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MASKS OF DEATH TYBURN FILMS AS JOHN ELDER SCREEN PLAY 1984 

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DOUGLAS WILMER AND CUSHING AT THE BBC WITH HOLMES

Marking the sad passing of  #Douglaswilmer this week, here is some interesting background about Wilmer's and Peter Cushing's time at the BBC making the SHERLOCK HOLMES tv series in the 1960's

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'I'VE DONE IT ALL. I PROVED THEN ALL WRONG!' CHRISTOPHER LEE

Christopher Lee, during an interview on the 'HARDTALK' tv programme, interviewed by Joan Bakewell in 1997.  A lesson to us all, perhaps..?

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CHRISTOPHER LEE BEHIND THE SCENES EL CONDE DRACULA

Christopher Lee discusses the death of DRACULA from Bram Stoker's novel, in this raw footage, shot during the making of 'Cuadecuc, Vampire' by Pere Portabella.

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VERONICA CARLSON DANA GILLESPIE CONNECTION? #FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY

And before you know it, it's FRIDAY again! Which for us, means #frankensteinfriday ! So, as usual here's our #frankenstein themed post. A bit of a teaser for you this week. See if you can make the connection between these beautiful photographs of actress #VERONICACARLSON and the actress/singer #DANAGILLESPIE . All I will say is, it's an interesting one! I'll be posting the answer, later!

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ACTOR DOUGLAS WILMER 96 DIES TODAY

News has just broken that the actor, Douglas Wilmer has died today. Another loss. Wilmer was mainly associated by the public for his role as Sherlock Holmes, which he first played in the BBC's 1964 production of The Speckled Band. Together with co-star Nigel Stock, playing Doctor Watson, it was a knock out tv series, that Peter Cushing went on to star in after Wilmer left.

In 1973 Wilmer played author Jacques Futrelle's Holmesian detective Professor Van Dusen in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes for ITV. In 1975 he once again appeared as Holmes (albeit in a supporting role) in Gene Wilder's The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, with Thorley Walters as Dr. Watson. Wilmer also played Sir Denis Nayland Smith in two Harry Alan Towers' Fu Manchu films The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) and The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967).

Douglas Wilmer appeared in Hammer films, The Vampire Lovers, as Baron Hartog... with Peter Cushing in 1970. With roles in Revenge of the Pink Panther, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Cleopatra in 1963 and Jason and the Argonauts.. it will be for Sherlock Holmes he will probably be best remembered. In 2009 Wilmer published his autobiography entitled Stage Whispers. In 2012 Wilmer made a cameo appearance in the "The Reichenbach Fall" episode of Sherlock as an irate old man in The Diogenes Club.