REMEMBERING today.. Denholm Elliott, who was born on this day in 1922. A
long and fascinating career, with which seems to have cross just about
every genre, he even had some time to stop off and appear in one of the
best portmanteau Amicus films with Peter Cushing in the much loved, The House that Dripped Blood in 1971 . . .
ELLIOIT followed that with another Amicus
film, Vault of Horror in 1973 and appeared in Hammer films last horror
film, To The Devil A Daughter with Christopher Lee in 1976. For many
today, he is well remembered for his role as Marcus Brody in Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. Your favourite Denholm Elliot role? I
thought he was very good in Brimstone and Treacle in 1987... with pop
star Sting, of all people. But ...interesting none the less...
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FOR SOME NOT CUSHING'S finest hours! But there are many who consider his performance as SIR JOHN ROWAN in the film, CORRUPTION (1967) to be obne of his best! I can't say I personally sit on either stool. I like the film, but I can take or leave Cushing's performance. When the film was given a very impressive remastering by GRINDHOUSE a few years ago, it blu rays and excellent extra features package, flew off their shelves. Cushing had found a NEW audience, his probably one and onlY 'splatter' film! This little collection of GIF'S selected and requested by Carl Porter, ends with a fine example of how far, the violence is cranked up in this one and believe me, on watching the uncut European print, that was part of the GRINDHOUSE package, it doesn't stop there!
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THE TUESDAY TOUGHY . . .over at the PCAS website I have set this week's CUSHING TUESDAY TOUGHY. As I am sure any regular here knows , CUSHING LOVED his cuppa. He also had quite strict ideas about how it should be made and what tea was used... I am quite surprised to see he is using one of those tacky PYREX glass tea cups that were around in the 1970's! Anyone else remember those? I would have though his jaw would have dropped at the absence of a china cup and saucer... maybe it was just for the photograph..and he threw the slops and cup in the laboratory sink, after the pic was taken?
SO SUGAR... what do you think? BELOW is the answer to the LAST TUESDAY TOUGHY and a link to previous gallery and feature I wrote on Hammer films and their tea breaks, here at the website, should you want to learn more!
A FULL GALLERY AND FEATURE ON THE ABOVE YOU'LL FIND HERE!
ANSWER: Peter Cushing was offered several plays on Broadway early in his career. Shortly before leaving the US for Canada on his efforts to get back to
England, Peter was offered two plays that went to Broadway, The Seventh
Trumpet and Golden Wings. He chose The Seventh Trumpet, which ran a week
longer than Golden Wings. Cushing also auditioned for the role of Paul Verrall in Olivier's production of 'Born Yesterday' in 1946. But when Olivier asked him to try an American accent, Cushing didn't think he could do the accent justice. Olivier promised he wouldn't forget Cushing and if anything else came up, that he thought Peter was suitable for, he would contact him. He kept his word. Cushing was cast in Olivier's film production of HAMLET shortly after as Osric, and toured with Olivier's company in the US and Canada, for quite sometime afterwards. The production we were looking for however, was a 1975 Broadway production of The Crucifer of Blood, a play based on Conan Dolye's Sherlock Holmes story, The Sign of Four. Cushing, as with many theatre opportunities after the mid 1960's, declined.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VINCENT PRICE AND CHRISTOPHER LEE! You couldn't fail
to notice that, it was the 105th anniversary of Peter Cushing's birthday
yesterday? And today, as if that was enough excitement... we also
celebrate another TWO great titans of cinema, Christopher Lee and
Vincent Price! The GREAT TRIPLE A TEAM! This is always a special treat
that I am sure most people who come here, look forward to every year,
when we have a TRIPLE A OPPORTUNITY, to indulge and enjoy, and binge
on our favorite fantasy films of Peter, Christopher and Vincent...and
everything that goes with that! Have you enjoyed a Peter Cushing,
Christopher Lee and Vincent Price FILM BINGE this Hoilday Weekend?? If
so, share your idea of the PERFECT playlist, I am sure many here would
appreciate the suggestions, to make their BINGE go with a BANG!
Meanwhile... it's join us in remembering and celebrating BOTH
Christopher and Vincent TODAY...Happy Birthday Gentlemen and thank you!
I HAVE MADE AND POSTED EXTRA BIRTHDAY BANNERS here, for you to use and share, if you would like to celebrate too! PLEASE spread the word!!
PLEASE CATCH our NEW LAST MEETING clip, posted yesterday on PETER CUSHING'S Birthday here and at our PCAS YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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TODAY
IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY... Peter Wilton Cushing was born today, May 26th
1913.... Please join us in celebrating, leaving your comments and
sharing our posts, to mark this very special day and help us to . . .
keep the memory alive!
WE
ARE SO LUCKY that Peter Cushing has left us such a large and varied
body of work, from his appearances on TV, his writing and of course his
film work. And if that wasn't enough,
the spirit of the man still echos in everything we do here. When alive,
Peter Cushing was so loved and respected. His acts of kindness are still
remembered by many who met, worked and knew him. They continue to
comment, write and share their stories here at our internet platforms.
And editing our content here, is a real joy, when it's always received
in the spirit of a man who made so many people happy, and left such an
impression on everyone he met.
ABOVE A TREAT for PETER'S BIRTHDAY TODAY . .. here is a NEW clip from our PCAS
video series, THE LAST MEETING, all made form the rare and candid video
footage that was filmed, when Peter and Christopher not only worked
together for the last time, but the last time they actually met before
Peters passing a short time later. Peter adored Christopher's company,
and this was a very special day for him, as he would hear all his
favourite stories, and jokes from his best friend... He was very very
happy this day. I hope you too, will smile while watching, what was a
very special friendship. With love from us all TODAY and every
day...Happy Birthday PETER!
PETER WILTON CUSHING was born on the morning of MONDAY 26th May 1913, at 'Ormandy', Godstone Road, Kenley, Surrey, UK...to father George Edward Cushing and mother, Nellie Maria Cushing. Peter's father was a quantity surveyor and Nellie was the daughter of a carpet merchant.
PETER WILTON CUSHING ' ...long curls, tied with a pink ribbon'. Aged just two in 1915. Little Peter had an elder brother, David, three years his senior. It appears that mother Nellie had her heart set on having a girl. 'Wanting 'one of each' she had mitigated any disappointment in my arrival by dressing me in girls frocks!', Cushing recalled..'allowing my hair to grow in long curls, tied with a pink ribbon. Eventually, 'father exerted his gentle authority' ... and Peter was more appropriately attired! .....All of that, began so long ago.
THE CUSHING FAMILY: from
bottom to top, David Cushing, Peter's older brother, Mother: Nellie
Maria Cushing, Father George Edward Cushing and a young Peter Cushing
at the top of the steps! This photograph was taken in the garden of 'Clearview', an
Art Deco house on St James Road, Purley, Surrey, Peter's father, a
quantity surveyor built the house in the year this photograph was taken,
1926.
ABOVE: The Cushing house in 1982. BELOW: The house and it's garden have been changed by the time was on the market and for sale just three years ago . . .
ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, it's no hardship, promoting and remembering a
gentleman, who is still so dearly loved..who always gets a positive
reaction. The fact that his name always gets a smile when mentioned is
part of and proof of an amazing legacy. So, lets blow out the candles,
raise a glass, celebrate and remember the smiles AND the frights!.....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PETER CUSHING.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO FROLLY COOKE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED HERE AND AT THE PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE!
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, everything came to grinding halt here on the website for the past few days. A few problems with the uploading, cause by someone tampering with the site. YOu may have also noticed we lost our PCAS YOUTUBE CHANNEL two weeks ago. Despite much effort trying to get it back, I fear the same 'Peter Cushing and Hammer Films Fan' who made us a target for YOUTUBE taking us down, is also behind causing trouble with our website. Everything is now fixed, we will be reactivating our MARK ONE YOUTUBE ACCOUNT, which was superseded by our MARK TWO CHANNEL, about two years ago. It will just take time to update that channel to the point where, the closed channel was... over 2,000 clips and intervirews, trailers and rare Cushing films... before it was taken down. Worked has started on the channel already, and THIS post will bring us up date, with posts that WERE posted at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE during the short time, this website was having problems!
THE 22ND OF MAY, brought us an opportunity to celebrate the BIRTHDAY of one of PETER CUSHING's favourite writers and one of his close friends. of his early days in theatre and film . . .
TODAY WE REMEMBER SIr Arthur Conan Doyle who was born on this day a writer
best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock
Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet,
the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition,
Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The
Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the
field of crime fiction. Peter
Cushing played Sherlock Holmes in Hammer's THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, then in the BBC TV SERIES and finally in Tyburn's THE MASKS OF DEATH
TODAY WE ALSO REMEMBER an acting legend! Laurence Olivier who was born on this day in 1907. Olivier dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also
worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema
roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television
roles. Among Olivier's best known films are Wuthering Heights (1939), Rebecca (1940), and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor-director: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955).
OLIVIER'S LATER FILMS included The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). For his on-screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British
Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. The
National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is
commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the
Society of London Theatre.
PETER CUSHING co-starred and was directed by Olivier in Hamlet (1948) with Cushing playing Osric. Another notable thing about the film although they shared no scenes
together it was the first film to star both Peter Cushing and
Christopher Lee, who had an uncredited role as a spear carrier with no
spoken lines. What are some of your favorite Olivier films and performances?
THIS LADY NEEDS no introduction... and we covered her special day on the 23rd of May! TODAY WE ARE are wishing Joan Collins a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today.
AT AGE 22 in 1955, Collins headed to Hollywood and landed sultry roles
in several popular films, including The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
(1955) and Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1958). While she continued to
make films in the US and the UK throughout the 1960s, she also
guest-starred in an episode of Star Trek in 1967 named "The City on the Edge of Forever", as Edith Keeler.
DURING THE 1970'S she appeared in a number of Horror films such as
Hammer's FEAR IN THE NIGHT (1972) Amicus's TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972)
both with Peter Cushing and also Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
HER BIGGEST SUCCESS came in 1981, she landed the role of Alexis Colby,
the vengeful and scheming ex-wife of John Forsythe's character, in the
1980s soap opera Dynasty, winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
in 1982; she is credited with the success of Dynasty, which was the
most-watched television series in the United States during the 1984-85
broadcast season.
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