PETER CUSHING GIF GALLERY NUMBER 7 DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND ON THE SET!

AND ALREADY, we are at PCAS GIF GALLERY NUMBER 7! Gifs have proven to be extremely popular on both here and our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE and there is of course an ENDLESS supply of classic shots, scenes and moments to choose from, it's sometimes hard to make a choice! It's great that YOU make a choice too! If YOU have a favourite shot, moment, a piece of action... that you would like to REQUEST to appear here and at the FACEBOOK PAGE, to loop and rotate for all of eternity, do send us a message at the PAGE or send us an email to this website, via our email : petercushingpcas@gmail.com. In the meantime, here are a selection of gifs from our posts over the last five days!

THE RELAXED AIR of this photograph clearly demonstrates, that here we have two good friends, very comfortable with one another, even under the glare of the studio lighting.This pic, featuring Peter Cushing and his co star, Veronica Carlson is one of many shots, taken for publicity purposes, leading up to the release of Hammer films, 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' (1969)

For more behind the scenes rare pics from Peter Cushing Hammer films, be sure to drop by on Friday's for our ‪#‎frankensteinfriday‬ galleries, posts and Saturday's for ‪#‎onsetsaturday‬, where we present all kinds of vintage and rare images from the sets of some of Peter Cushing classic and not so well known films!

#‎onsetsaturday‬ Peter Cushing relaxes on set of 'Frankenstein Created Woman' (1967) at Bray Studios while being 'groomed' and made up here by, George Partleton make-up artist and Frieda Steiger hairdresser.

#‎onsetsaturday‬ Here's ‪#‎christopherlee‬ on the set of Hammer films, 'Dracula AD 1972', popping in the fangs before the camera rolls.

#‎FrankensteinFriday‬: Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) 'getting out of the way' of The Monster (Kiwi Kingston) in Hammer's The Evil Of Frankenstein (1964) ‪#‎petercushing‬ ‪#‎frankenstein‬ ‪#‎Hammerfilms‬

#‎onsetsaturday‬ : Even DRACULA has bad hair days! Christopher Lee leaves his trailer and walks onto the filming location for the prologue of Hammer films, Dracula AD 1972... and once again, fight to the death with Peter Cushing's, Van Helsing! ‪#‎sherlockholmes‬ ‪#‎petercushing‬ ‪#‎hammerfilms‬

#‎TooCoolTuesday‬:This 1973 film has EVERYTHING going for it. A great 'monster', Peter Cushing AND Christopher Lee, supported by a superb cast all directed by the top talent that was Freddie Francis... it ticks NEARLY all the boxes for me. I have only one gripe.. THAT title! It was obviously an 'off day' at the Tigon films office, when they let the tea-boy, come up with that one! IF you had been standing there, instead of that tea-boy...what TITLE would YOU have given this film? It HAS to be better than The CREEPING Flesh, surely ;) ‪#‎christopherlee‬ ‪#‎petercushing‬

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WIN TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES BLU RAY HERE

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE to BAG yourself a copy of TWILIGHT TIME  LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY of Hammer Films, 'THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES' (1959). The lovely team at TWILIGHT TIME have sponsored this competition and given us FOUR copies as prizes!  Al you have to do is WATCH the TRAILER VIDEO CLIP BELOW, read the questions on that trailer and send YOUR ANSWER to our EMAIL: petercushingpcas@gmail.com It's as easy as that! The competition CLOSES next SUNDAY : #sherlocksunday 19TH JUNE 2016 midday gmt! So HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK!

THE FILM

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous story gets the gorgeously gothic Hammer treatment in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), starring Peter Cushing as a wry and brilliant Sherlock Holmes, André Morell as an unusually sensible Dr. Watson, and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville, seemingly threatened by a ghastly family curse. Horror stalwart Terence Fisher directs, and James Bernard provides the atmospheric music.

The cast includes,  Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell, Marla Landi, David Oxley, Miles Malleson, John LeMesurier.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Isolated Music & Effects Track / Audio Commentary with Film Historians David Del Valle and Steven Peros / Audio Commentary with Film Historians Paul Scrabo, Lee Pfeiffer, and Hank Reineke / Actor's Notebook: Christopher Lee / Hound Mask Creator Margaret Robinson on The Hound of the Baskervilles / Christopher Lee Reads Excerpts from The Hound of the Baskervilles / Original Theatrical Trailer

SPEC:

Directed By: Terence Fisher Written By: Peter Bryan Score By: James Bernard Language: English Video: 1080p High Definition / 1.66:1 / Color Audio: English 1.0 DTS-HD MA Subtitles: English SDH Theatrical Release: 1959 Runtime: 86 Minutes Rating: NR (Not Rated) Region Code: Region Free (A/B/C)

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TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BASKERVILLES BLU RAY : COMPETITION TOMORROW!

TOMORROW and part of our weekly #SHERLOCKSUNDAY. A COMPETITION! Hammer films 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee... FOUR COPIES of the TWILIGHT TIME LIMITED EDITION BLU RAY TO BE WON and WIN IT HERE TOMORROW!

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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY SHELIA KEITH REMEMBERED ON HER BIRTHDAY

Today we remember British character actress SHELIA KEITH, whose career spanned nearly 40 Years.

SHE MADE a number of appearances in British TV programmes during the 60's and 70's. However, she is perhaps best known for her frequent collaborations with horror director, Pete Walker who she worked with in FIVE FILMS!

IN HER OBITUARY, The Times described her as an "Actress of film, stage and television who became a ‘British horror icon’"...... It was with her portrayal of sinister, sadistic and deranged women in the horror movies of the director Pete Walker, that she acquired her most devoted following"

KEITH CO STARRED with Peter Cushing in The House Of The Long Shadows (1983) as Victoria Grisbane, daughter to John Carradine's, Lord Elijah Grisbane. 
  

FROM THE FIVE films that Keith made with  Pete Walker is your favourite?

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#CUSHINGCOLLECTABLES : PETER CUSHING'S WRITING BUREAU / DESK

HERE'S A NEW THEME for our Wednesday's here at the website... by your suggestion, CUSHING COLLECTABLES! Every week, I 'll post and share items from the PCAS Collection or from my personal bits and bobs! Most of the items have a story behind them, some are valuable, some not so, they're just lovely things to see and collect ...with a history!

This week we kick off with an item of furniture that Peter and Helen Cushing purchased for their home when they lived in Kensington London. An Edwardian writing desk / bureau, which then was moved to the home in Whitstable... it has three deep drawers and a pull down writing area with lovely little compartments. On top, behind the two glass wooden lattice doors are three, shelves.

On the banner above are two pictures of the bureau, one on the left in Peter's study, and on the right, today . This bureau was purchased at auction, along with several other items... there is a GREAT story connected to this bureau, which I will share with you, with some NEVER seen before photographs of something quite, quite unique...in the next post!

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PETER CAPALDI TALKS PETER CUSHING : FAN EXPO DALLAS

A COOL LITTLE CLIP, from this year's FANEXPO of PETER CAPALDI sharing his memories of Peter Cushing...and an interesting fact about HIS autograph!

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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY : MEETING VINCENT PRICE ON THE SET AT ELSTREE

#‎toocooltuesday‬: WEDDING DAY, Birth of your children, Their graduations...aside, the day I had the opportunity to spend time with the one and only, Vincent Price, is up there! ..please don't let my wife read this... If you dislike tales of reminiscing, clumsy name dropping... you are excused now!

IT CAME AROUND by default. In 1980, make up artist Roy Ashton rang me...no I didn't have a hot line to him or any stars, we spoke once in a while, he was lovely... he was ringing to tell me he was making plans to start work on a film for Amicus films producer Milton Subotsky, starring Vincent Price at Elstree studios, in two weeks time...AND that it looked like Peter Cushing had signed up too! As it worked out, he hadn't. But that's another story. By the end of that day, through sheer luck, and by Milton Subotsky's and Roy's invitation, I had an invite to join them for the day on the set of 'The Monster Club' at Elstree studios!

BY THIS TIME, through sheer cheek and through what became known as 'the Cushing Connection' I had met and interviewed around 30 to 40 actors who had worked with Peter. Just the mention of his name, opened doors to the kindest of people and their generosity. Milton Subotsky was a fan at heart, a shy man who loved to talk books, comics and films. we certainly wasn't on buddy-back-slapping terms, but he was always friendly, loved to talk shop and the kind that, if he could help you, he would suggest he could... both he and Michael Ripper, validated my application for my Actors Union, Equity card!... and so, on this day he made the meeting happen.

MEETING VINCENT PRICE was a blast, Milton introduced me during a break in shooting. Vincent peered around Milton to see me and announced, 'Peter Cushing's WHAT? Ap-prec-iation Society?' I sheepishly nodded. 'How is the OL GOAT?' he said laughing. I took this as my cue, and stepped up. He pointed at an empty canvas chair, with name on it and...I sat next to him and John Carradine for the next FOUR hours, only wandering off during lunch.

AFTER THE FIRST HALF an hour, I indicated to Subotsky, that should I now...'come over there' and leave them in peace?.. Milton came over and asked if there was a problem. When I asked him again, he just smiled, 'No. It's fine. You can stay there'. Vincent over heard our stage whispers and bellowed, 'Just don't touch ANYTHING or fall over the CABLES!

I HAD A SMALL CASSETTE  tape recorder with me which I used for a short interview, which eventually strayed into relaxed conversation...his love of chocolate,Peter, Whitstable oysters...he was talking to me, but also playing to everyone else too. I changed tapes three times! It was all very funny and entertaining.

I HUNG ON EVERY WORD, joke, aside and anecdote. Both he and Caradine were called away several times, after the stand in's had helped set up their shot, the dressers brushed their clothes, someone fussed with Vincent's hair, he blew his nose and off they went filming the 'Family Tree' scene, sat at their coffin table, with Roy Ward Baker directing. Then they came and sat back down in their canvas chairs.

AFTER THE FIRST HOUR OR SO, it just seemed the most natural thing in the world to be sitting and chatting... he was very fond of Peter, loved Christopher Lee and as a joke, kept telling me 'We have birthday's on the same day you know. Now it's that strange? Peter is the day before us! Did you know that?'... after the third time he told me, he laughed out loud,'You KNEW that didn't you!' He was a kidder. He was extremely kind to me that day, and it's an experience I will never forget. I have never told this story before. I don't dine out on or make a habit of recalling ' and then Robert Quarry said to me' stories, I never had a little black book of contacts either! I was just a fan, a very lucky one, Now... isn't that just...TOO COOL? : Marcus Brooks

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SPACE 1999 : THE FUGITIVE : ASYLUM ACTOR BARRY MORSE REMEMBERED TODAY

TODAY WE REMEMBER actor BARRY MORSE, who was born on this day in 1918. A prolific character actor whose career spanned seven decades with hundreds TV and film credits to his name.

WITH EPISODES of The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone,The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and a regular role in the Gerry Anderson sci-fi tv series Space 1999. Perhaps his best known role was as Lt Phillip Gerard in 'The Fugitive' tv series of the 1960's.

MORSE also co-starred with Peter Cushing in Amicus films, Asylum (1972) and Tale Of Two Cites (1980) , the Space:1999 episode, 'Missing Link' and The Zoo Gang episode, 'The Counterfeit Trap'….. He was friends with Peter for many years, before and after, they shared their screen time together.

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