Sunday 29 May 2016

THE SECRET TO A LONG MARRIAGE : CHRISTOPHER LEE


Christopher Lee: The SECRET to a long marriage while working in the film industry.....


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Saturday 28 May 2016

TAKING A BREAK : ON SET SATURDAY : AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS


WITH A BANK HOLIDAY Monday coming up this week and our friends in the US having their Memorial Weekend right now, honoring the brave and  fallen, having time out to reflect is on the minds of most of us...AND here on the flip side are some of the cast from Amicus films, AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS' taking THEIR break during shooting on the Shepperton studios back lot... Peter Cushing played Dr Pope in this one, another outing for THE wig, in Amicus films, one and only ghost story....HIT or MISS for you?


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Friday 27 May 2016

REMEMBERED AND CELEBRATED TODAY : HAPPY BIRTHDAY VINCENT PRICE


SO, PETER YESTERDAY, Christopher Lee AND.... VINCENT PRICE today! Nothing I can say here that hasn't already been said about the versatile Vinnie... certainly a 'Man of the Arts', whose distinctive voice and excellent performances in fantasy films, made him a firm favourite for over 40 years!


His career spanned other genres, including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy. He appeared on stage, television, radio, and in over one hundred films.... a good friend of both Peter and Christopher, though only appeared on screen with them BOTH just the once, in 'The House of the Long Shadows' in 1983.


FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VINCENT PRICE'S ROLE WITH PETER CUSHING IN AMICUS FILMS, MADHOUSE HERE : FEATURE AND RARE STILLS: HERE
 

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VINCENT PRICE IN THEATRE OF BLOOD : HERE


THE HOUSE OF WAX :HERE

You are still greatly missed and much celebrated, Vincent... a man and actor who could never be replaced... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Vincent Price!

REMEMBERING CHRISTOPHER LEE : HAPPY BIRTHDAY


HERE IS THE FIRST of two main posts today for TWO splendid gentlemen, who by a strange quirk of fate, SHARED their birthday's today, 27th May.



SADLY, neither are no longer with us... Christopher Lee and Vincent Price. Lee's passing was almost a year ago, June 7th last year. A sad loss even at his age...we just didn't want him to go. A close friend of Peter Cushing's, celebrated and remembered here, almost as much as Peter. He had a career that stretched across almost every genre in the industry. His accomplishments were many, his skill as an actor even as he grew frail, never left him... and neither did we. 

SO TODAY, RAISE A GLASS of whatever is handy, Sir Christopher Lee we STILL salute you and remember you as a gentleman, a scholar and a towering talent, never to be replaced on the screen and in the hearts of many... a very HAPPY  BIRTHDAY today!


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Thursday 26 May 2016

I DON'T CARE IF HE'S GOD!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER CUSHING : ANOTHER LAST MEETING CLIP


OUR SECOND RARE clip today from 'THE LAST MEETING' raw footage of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee meeting for the last time in 1994. Here, Christopher Lee shares the story of how he and Peter were doing the rounds of interviews and promotion for Dracula in 1958 in New York, and the larger than life radio presenter 'Long John' Nebel, giving Hammer films Chairman, James Carreras a piece of advice! Christopher Lee obviously again enjoys making Peter laugh. Just watching them both, so candid and relaxed, Peter obviously loves Lee's stories. It so good to see them both enjoying each others company, for one last time....


This is one of EIGHT clips, in an archive to which we are currently adding new clips. You can find all eight here in our Facebook video library or at our Youtube Channel. ENJOY!

TWILIGHT TIME RELEASE ART WORK FOR BLU RAY HOLMES ON CUSHING BIRTHDAY


TWILIGHT TIME certainly knows when to release some good news! It's the anniversary of PETER CUSHING'S Birthday Today...and the team at TWILIGHT TIME have taken the wraps of the artwork of their LIMITED EDITION JUNE blu ray release. And it's a CRACKER, getting FIVE STARS for us here at PCAS! Keep those powers of detection SHARP and be on the look out for OUR COMPETITION, where we will be offering several copies as PRIZES!


Meanwhile, to get you howling, here's the spec on this release:


TWIGHT TIME release of Peter Cushing's Hammer film, The Hound of the Baskervilles BLU RAY as part of their Limited Edition series. Pre-order date: Wednesday, June 1st at 4 pm EST : Street Release Date: June 14th, 2016. 


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 / Original Theatrical Trailer.



THE LAST MEETING NEW CLIP : CHRISTOPHER LEE AND PETER CUSHING : HAPPY BIRTHDAY PC!


ANOTHER RARE CLIP from the 'LAST MEETING' raw footage of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee meeting for the last time in 1994. This is a new addition, shared especially today, from the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society as we celebrate the anniversary of Peter Cushing's birth. This is one of EIGHT other clips from this session, which you can find here on our YOUTUBE CHANNEL PLAY LIST and at our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE ACCOUNT video album ..see below!


ANOTHER NEW CLIP will be shared later today, as part of our Peter Cushing Birthday Celebrations both here and at our Peter Cushing Fan Page DON'T MISS IT!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HELP US CELEBRATE AND REMEMBER PETER CUSHING


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.


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.


Peter Wilton Cushing ' ...long curls, tied with a pink ribbon'. 
Aged just two in 1915.


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! 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.


This is 'Clearview' as it looks TODAY!, An Art Deco house on St James Road, Purley, Surrey. Peter's father, George a quantity surveyor built the house in 1926. It was recently for sale last year!


Today, we REMEMBER and CELEBRATE. Happy Birthday, PETER CUSHING!


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THE YEARS MAY PASS . . .


REQUESTED REPOST: I am sure that it hasn't escaped many of you, that TOMORROW marks the anniversary of Peter Cushing's Birth MAY 26th...and of course, the day after, also marks the birthday's of BOTH Christopher Lee AND Vincent Price. We will of course be celebrating here tomorrow with some special posts. TWO NEW UNSEEN pieces of footage from 'The Last Meeting : Interview'....The candid footage of Peter and Christopher Lee's very relaxed chatter with each other, all captured by an eavesdropping camera, recording their stories, anecdotes and much laughter. TWO new clips! There's also a collection of new unpublished photographs from Peter Cushing's long career and time for you to also make any requests you may have!


The following day, we will mark Lee and Price's anniversary too. So, much to see and take part in. So please DO join us during the day!


So when DID YOU see 'STAR WARS'  for the first time?


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Wednesday 25 May 2016

TWENTY TWO THOUSAND FOLLOWERS AND FREINDS : THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!


TODAY, thanks to everyone who visits our Facebook Fan Page, we have hit another amazing milestone! The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page now has Over 22 THOUSAND Friends and Followers! This has only been archived with your fantastic support, your likes, shares, interaction...which I am, as always very humbled by and most grateful.


PCAS was founded back in 1956, but in 1979 Peter Cushing decided that, because he was then committing to less work, that the public would lose interest, and requested that his fan clubs around the world be closed. I took over the society in 1978 and made a decision to carry on, believing that there would ALWAYS be an interest in Peter Cushing and his work... here we are in 2016 and the interest is even greater! You make it so... and that I am sure, would have warmed Peter's heart tremendously .. Here's to the next milestone and the fun along the way. Thank You - Marcus Brooks


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Tuesday 24 May 2016

#TOOCOOLTUESDAY : PETER CUSHING AND PATRICK TROUGHTON 'THE BLACK KNIGHT' (1946)


#‎TOOCOOLTUESDAY‬: The Black Knight (1954)...Yes, it is hokey, Yes, Ladd is short, And, yes to a million one other reasons many have expressed that this film is a 'sword and sandal' medieval mess up...BUT Peter Cushing, as ever gives a top notch performance. Not only does he play the role very well indeed, he looks very COOL.... In our short clip here, Cushing appears with Patrick Troughton  who is on fine form.  The clip also gives to actors known for their connection with  Dr / Doctor  Who!


MANY ON SEEING  publicity stills from the film, find it hard to believe it's our man playing Sir Palamides. Also I can always find time to watch Andre Morell, Harry Andrews and Patrick Troughton. Worth a watch for those four reasons alone!




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