Friday 22 August 2014
THE MOST PROFESSIONAL ACTOR I EVER WORKED WITH : CHRISTOPHER LEE ON PETER CUSHING
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Thursday 21 August 2014
#THROWBACKTHURSDAY : CUSHING LEE BEACHAM MUNRO SEPTEMBER WE ARE GOING BACK!
How we will be spending our SEPTEMBER #THROWBACKTHURDAY'S here at PCASUK. Hoping you'll be joining us too
(Large scan: An image you won't find anywhere else! Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing rehearse the coach wheel staking with director, Alan Gibson ...... #draculaad1972 #hammerfilms
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Wednesday 20 August 2014
DAILY MIRROR DRACULA AD PHOTO SHOOT : WHO IS THAT GIRL?
For those who have been following the 'Linda-Hayden-Mistakenly-Autographs-A-Photograph-That-isn't-Her-At-
A-Signing-Session!' saga... and that then unfolding into
'So-If-Isn't-Linda Hayden-Who-Is-it?' question...I think we may have the
answer..
She is an actress-model who appeared uncredited in #hammerfilms
Dracula AD 1972, has been for many years mistakenly credited in
magazines and certain blogs as 'Flanagan'. She is in fact, actress-model
GLENDA ALLEN. And it is her who appears in the recently emerged
photograph that is causing the faff...
Born in
Norfolk in 1951, Glenda launched herself into a career of dancing,
modelling and acting soon after leaving school. Regular appearances in
the red top newspapers...modeling, soon brought her to the attention of
tv and film casting agencies...her face and other 'bits and bobs' soon
became very well known. So well known enough for Hammer to cast her in
the party scene in Dracula AD 1972...and in an after production
promotion/publicity shoot. This publicity shoot, was commissioned for
inclusion in a 'Daily Mirror' newspaper Halloween feature..the shoot
would also included the star of Dracula AD 1972....Christopher
Lee....Peter Cushing was probably 'unavailable'. Lee wasn't
happy....but that's another story. The pics taken on the day, had to
meet the remit of said newspaper, that is, the models had to be semi
naked.. Allen no stranger to the art of revealing ones 'bowlers'... so
was an obvious choice, she of course appears as 'dancing girl standing
on the piano' in the film!
So, the pics:
1) Her hippy party girl shot with Christopher Lee for the Daily Mirror
newspaper shoot. 2) Glenda as dancing girl on right in Dracula AD 1972.
3) One of the Daily Mirror photographs, mistakenly signed by Linda
Hayden. 4) Glenda featured in one of photo shoot contact prints... part
of the Christopher Lee Daily Mirror session. 5) A well known publicity
shot of Glenda on set on Dracula AD 1972. This shot is usually credited
to 'Flanagan'. 6) Glenda as she appeared in 13 episodes of 'Space 1999',
sometimes also playing the role of an unnamed nurse.
In the contact
prints I have previously posted, you can see she is prominently placed
in the foreground of nearly all the shots, because of her Dracula AD
connection...along with someone else. Because, as Yoda once famously
said..'There IS another' Who that is, I'll reveal shortly.....
Dracula AD Promo Shoot:
Who's That Girl?
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Friday 15 August 2014
TWINS OF EVIL ACTRESS MADELEINE COLLINSON DIES 1952 - 2014
I am very sad to hear that actress Madeleine
Collinson, passed away last night. Many of you will know Madeleine and
her twins sister, Mary from the Peter Cushing Hammer film, 'Twins of
Evil' in 1971.
Madeleine
Collinson was born on July 22, 1952 in Malta. She's the identical twin
sister of Madeleine Collinson. The Collinson twins arrived in Britain in
April, 1969. Noted British glamor photographer Harrison Marks cast the
duo as saucy maids in his 8mm short "Halfway Inn." Mary and Madeleine
were the Playmates of the Month in the October, 1970 issue of "Playboy;"
they have the distinction of being the first pair of identical twins to
pose for a nude pictorial in "Playboy." The Collinson sisters went on
to act in a handful of movies together; they were especially effective
and memorable as the radically contrasting siblings in the
typically fine Hammer vampire horror outing "Twins of Evil". with Peter Cushing.
wikipedia
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Thursday 14 August 2014
STAR WARS DON HENDSERSON : REMEMBERS PETER CUSHING
DON HENDERSON Remembers:
"At Peter Cushing's 80th Birthday Party, I remember turning to my
wife, actress Shirley Stelfox, and saying, " He will go forever, won't
he!?" and then, at once, with great sadness, I realised the
impossibility of what i had just said, and that - Peter could not have
many years left on this earth. But, he was so lively, so full of life -
so enjoying his party, and the
friendship of all his close mates around him, that he did seem to be an
old 'Peter Pan' figure, who could never die.
Peter always had that quality, plus the REAL nature of a truly old fashioned Gentleman. I never, ever, heard anyone say one bad word about him, and that I don't think I can say that about any other actor I know of. And I never heard Peter say one bad word about anyone else.
He had a very jokey sense of humour, full of fun and laughs - which would have suited him exceptionally well in playing comedy roles, as opposed to the more serious roles he became serious for.
In the film, 'The Ghoul' I played the title role, Peter's son. It was during the making of this film that I realised the importance that Peter's late wife, Helen played in a totally non macabre way, in Peter's daily life. Peter was as much in love with Helen, AFTER she died as he was during her lifetime.
I think he was quite a deeply religious man, he often said during shooting...in a jolly undramatic, totally realistic way... that death had no fear for him, and that when his time came, he would embrace the moment with great joy, as it would mean he could be with Helen again.
Peter and I worked together also in the feature film, 'Star Wars'. For some reason, he was without his character's jackboots, and had to wear red carpet slippers. So, he ended up, stomping around in his full costume, but with slippers!
Peter inspired love in everyone he met. I loved him dearly. At that 80th Birthday party, I realised, that the fact that he could not possibly have many more years left, was NOT a matter for sorrow. But that, one should share his joy... because for him, he would have his wish... he would be together again, with his dear, Helen.."
Peter always had that quality, plus the REAL nature of a truly old fashioned Gentleman. I never, ever, heard anyone say one bad word about him, and that I don't think I can say that about any other actor I know of. And I never heard Peter say one bad word about anyone else.
He had a very jokey sense of humour, full of fun and laughs - which would have suited him exceptionally well in playing comedy roles, as opposed to the more serious roles he became serious for.
In the film, 'The Ghoul' I played the title role, Peter's son. It was during the making of this film that I realised the importance that Peter's late wife, Helen played in a totally non macabre way, in Peter's daily life. Peter was as much in love with Helen, AFTER she died as he was during her lifetime.
I think he was quite a deeply religious man, he often said during shooting...in a jolly undramatic, totally realistic way... that death had no fear for him, and that when his time came, he would embrace the moment with great joy, as it would mean he could be with Helen again.
Peter and I worked together also in the feature film, 'Star Wars'. For some reason, he was without his character's jackboots, and had to wear red carpet slippers. So, he ended up, stomping around in his full costume, but with slippers!
Peter inspired love in everyone he met. I loved him dearly. At that 80th Birthday party, I realised, that the fact that he could not possibly have many more years left, was NOT a matter for sorrow. But that, one should share his joy... because for him, he would have his wish... he would be together again, with his dear, Helen.."
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Wednesday 13 August 2014
SHOCK WAVES: FINE DETAIL ON BLU RAY AND EXTRA FEATURES REVEALED
It's COMING... freshly transferred and fully
restored in High Definition by Blue Underground from the only known
surviving materials!
Beneath The Living… Beyond The Dead… From The Depths of Hell's Ocean!
In the dark days of World War II, the Nazi High Command ordered its scientists to create a top secret race of indestructible zombie storm troopers – un-living, unfeeling, unstoppable monstrosities that killed with their bare hands. They were known as The Death Corps. No member of this horrific SS unit was ever captured by the Allied Forces – and, somewhere off the coast of Florida, they have survived…
Peter Cushing (STAR WARS), Brooke Adams (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS) and John Carradine (THE BOOGEY MAN) star in this suspenseful and genuinely creepy shocker co-written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II). One of the great horror "sleepers" of the 1970s, SHOCK WAVES has been freshly transferred and fully restored in High Definition by Blue Underground from the only known surviving materials!
Look for it in stores on November 25th.
Special Features
Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Ken Wiederhorn, Make-Up Designer Alan Ormsby and Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray
Nazi Zombies On A Budget – Interview with Producer/Cinematographer Reuben Trane
Notes For The Undead – Interview with Composer Richard Einhorn
Sole Survivor – Interview with Star Brooke Adams
From FLIPPER To SHOCK WAVES – Interview with Star Luke Halpin
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Radio Spots
Poster & Still Gallery
Beneath The Living… Beyond The Dead… From The Depths of Hell's Ocean!
In the dark days of World War II, the Nazi High Command ordered its scientists to create a top secret race of indestructible zombie storm troopers – un-living, unfeeling, unstoppable monstrosities that killed with their bare hands. They were known as The Death Corps. No member of this horrific SS unit was ever captured by the Allied Forces – and, somewhere off the coast of Florida, they have survived…
Peter Cushing (STAR WARS), Brooke Adams (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS) and John Carradine (THE BOOGEY MAN) star in this suspenseful and genuinely creepy shocker co-written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II). One of the great horror "sleepers" of the 1970s, SHOCK WAVES has been freshly transferred and fully restored in High Definition by Blue Underground from the only known surviving materials!
Look for it in stores on November 25th.
Special Features
Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Ken Wiederhorn, Make-Up Designer Alan Ormsby and Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray
Nazi Zombies On A Budget – Interview with Producer/Cinematographer Reuben Trane
Notes For The Undead – Interview with Composer Richard Einhorn
Sole Survivor – Interview with Star Brooke Adams
From FLIPPER To SHOCK WAVES – Interview with Star Luke Halpin
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Radio Spots
Poster & Still Gallery
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Tuesday 12 August 2014
'LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF' RON MOODY AND PETER CUSHING
Ron Moody Remembers Peter Cushing:
"Some
scripts are so terribly over the top, there's a terrible temptation to
send them up" I said to Peter Cushing. We were sitting in the late
summer sunshine outside a very realistic French bistro on the
lot of Pinewood studios, between takes on Tyburn films, 'Legend of the
Werewolf'. I was playing the zooo keeper, and regarded the whole thing
as a bit of a half term holiday, so i was decked out in a stove pipe
bowler hat, a black embrosse wig, a ten o'clock shadow and set of buck
teeth that made me look like a Neanderthal throwback! Actually, I rather
thought I looked like Humphrey Boart. Anyway, if the hero could be a
werewolf, why shouldn't the zoo keeper be an ape? Here, I must add,
Freddie Francis, the director, thought it was a very funny idea.
Peter didn't. He surveyed me quizzically for a moment, his eyes twinkled. "If you were sending it up" he said, "We wouldn't have you on the film." And he MEANT it. For this sweet-natured, gentle man, dangerously on the verge of sainthood, there could be no mockery of his beloved craft. He played every one of his 'horror roles' with no less dedication then he had applied to his earlier classical career and the stream of powerful dramas that had established him as television's leading actor. His total belief and immersion in everything he did lifted these fantasy / horror tales from the banal to the believable, he commanded respect for the genre, lifted it up, almost single highhandedly, to the level of credibility that made everyone of them a minor classic!
Working with a great actor, something always brushes off! My zoo keeper, hair, hat, teeth and all, was never sent up! In fact, I like to think that my animal man was totally believable, completely identified within film, and had, dare I presume to say it, a touch of Cushing
Peter didn't. He surveyed me quizzically for a moment, his eyes twinkled. "If you were sending it up" he said, "We wouldn't have you on the film." And he MEANT it. For this sweet-natured, gentle man, dangerously on the verge of sainthood, there could be no mockery of his beloved craft. He played every one of his 'horror roles' with no less dedication then he had applied to his earlier classical career and the stream of powerful dramas that had established him as television's leading actor. His total belief and immersion in everything he did lifted these fantasy / horror tales from the banal to the believable, he commanded respect for the genre, lifted it up, almost single highhandedly, to the level of credibility that made everyone of them a minor classic!
Working with a great actor, something always brushes off! My zoo keeper, hair, hat, teeth and all, was never sent up! In fact, I like to think that my animal man was totally believable, completely identified within film, and had, dare I presume to say it, a touch of Cushing
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CHRISTOPHER LEE REMEMBERS PETER CUSHING: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ACTORS DEATH
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TWENTY YEARS ON TODAY: ROY HUDD REMEMBERS PETER CUSHING:
ROY HUDD REMEMBERS PETER CUSHING:
"I made my first appearance in a feature film mid September 1967. It wasn't quite 'Gone with The Wind', but a small budget horror film called 'The Blood Beast Terror'. I had a smashing little part as the mortuary attendant. I could hardly believe my luck when I looked at the script and saw i had two scenes with Peter Cushing!
I religiously leaned every word of my dialogue, backwards and sideways. Anyway, I arrived a good hour before I was called, around five am, at a tiny studio off the Goldhawk road. Eventually, I was called for make up and there, in the next chair , was the great man himself. "Good morning" he said 'I'm Peter Cushing" - as if I didn't know. "Have you seen the script for today?" he asked, Had I seen it? - Seen it?? I'd LIVED it for the past seven days. "oh yes" I stuttered. "Not very good is it?" said Peter. "Well..." I blustered. "No we can do better than that", he said. "Can we?", I said. "How can we make it funnier?" asked the great man. "Well...." I advised.. And that was the start. Together we rejigged the whole two scenes. Peter was very patient, encouraging, and VERY inventive. It was his idea to have me eating pickled onions from the jar between the legs of the cadaver!
If you have never faced a studio full of camera people, lighting guys, production staff, actors and extras then you don't know what FEAR is! I was, petrified! So anxious not to make a fool of myself. The director shouted, "Lets rehearse" but Peter said, "No, Roy's never done a film before, so I just want him to feel at home" He held up shooting for a good half hour while he showed me the set, where the lights would be, and where the camera would move, the lot!'
He did make me feel at home and that, all too short morning spent in his company has stayed with me for forty odd years. A GREAT star, taking time and trouble to make a raw beginner feel able to give his best.
Thank you Peter. You were a gentle, dear and wonderful man...
Photograph: Peter Cushing and Roy Hudd on right, on set during the making of 'The Blood Beast Terror' (1967)
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MARKING THE DAY TWENTY YEARS ON AFTER HIS DEATH: REMEMBERING PETER CUSHING
Veronica Carlson Remembers Peter Cushing:
'My high regard for Peter, allows me to say how happy the days were,
that I was privileged to work along-side him. I can only reiterate my
deep respect for this wonderful man, who was a perfect gentleman
in every sense of the word. I was doubly fortunate to be able to work
with him twice - once. before Helen his beloved wife, died, and after
her passing. I saw the happy Peter, and the bereft Peter - I laughed
with him, and I wept for him. I remember those days with joy, - and with
sadness. I regret not a moment of them. I recall them often, especially
certain beautiful moments, and I smile. He gave me so much to remember
and to be glad I knew him . . .'
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