#MONSTERMONDAY: Mr D.D. Denham. Was there ever a more frightening business man? Hmmm, maybe 😉
A vampire Count, taking down mankind with a deadly plague. I happen to
really like 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula', for me it makes the evolution
of the Hammer character all the more interesting...and the fact that
the family Van Helsing are still on his tail and cramping his plans and
style, makes me smile.
HE IS THIS Monday's Monster, the author of hell and damnation, Dracula's 'nom de plume'... D. D. Denham 😉 Worthy of the Monster Monday Crown? Tell us what you think . . .
ABOVE Highlights from The Satanic Rites of Dracula starring Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Joanna Lumley, Michael Coles and William Franklyn
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TODAY MARKS THE BIRTHDAY of a very special B'day girl, Joanna Lumley!
She appeared as Peter Cushing's granddaughter, in quick bit of recasting
for Hammer in The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and also appeared
with Cushing in The Eagle's Nest the first of the new series 'The New
Avengers in 1976. The first episode established the new team, Gareth Hunt as Mike Gambit, Joanna Lumley as Purdey and Patrick Macnee as John
Steed.
LUMLEY'S SECTION OF 'THE NEW AVENGERS' TITLE SEQUENCE!
Peter Cushing, Derek Farr, Joanna Lumley and Gareth Hunt in 'The Eagle's Nest' episode one of 'The New Avengers' 1976
ABOVE: An
interesting and rare peep at both Peter Cushing and Joanna Lumley on
set, during the making of 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula' !
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#GETTHECUSHIONITSCUSHINGSUNDAY!
whew.... 'Yes, I killed him, and your Captain too, perhaps...But not
in the way you think.' Peter Cushing's chilling lines from the 1977
SHOCK WAVES. The character of SCAR is an interesting one, and this film
too has an interesting history. There's a BIG feature on it at our
website. We have chosen this clip, as there is little really of PC is
the film, but what there is, he certainly makes the best of his screen
time. Is SHOCK WAVES a winner with you?
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#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY : Yesterday being #frankensteinfriday,
we shared the trailer for The Revenge of Frankenstein and thinking
about our previous post today, about the Hammer Queens Award for Export
back in 1968, I had a quick scroll through the titles of Hammer film
titles from 57 to 75, and most of the big winners in there were, the
Frankenstein and Dracula series. It could be said, they were the most
popular Hammer films, certainly if Peter and Christopher Lee appeared in
them.
BUT THERE are other titles like One Million Years BC....which were also
very popular indeed. With the exclusion of the Cushing and Lee Hammer
films... what do you consider to be your personal Hammer film favorite?
The Nanny? Plague of the Zombies? Nightmare? Slave Girls?? Surprise me. Send you comments, which will be posted below to our email address, petercushingpcas@gamil.com
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#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: In a few weeks time, it will be almost 50 years since Hammer films were awarded the Queens Award to industry Award, a highly sort after and respected acknowledgement of a company's efforts towards the country's economical well being.
THE EFFORTS and contributions of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee were certainly a contribution to all that lolly in the UK's coffers. Here is a lovely GIF taken from news footage shot at the award ceremony, which Peter, Christopher lee, Veronica Carlson and many others from Hammer films attended...It was certainly a day to celebrate.
THE AWARD is now in a private collection. Look out for our own celebration to mark that day 49 years ago, in a few weeks time!
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THIS WEEKEND HERE IN THE UK, it's a Bank Holiday. Which means, traditionally means, The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews will be screened on tv for the 100th time, relatives will visit, over stay and eat you out of house and home, it WILL rain for the entirety of the holiday break, and boredom will reign too! SO, here's a little treat, to be enjoyed and savored, not only here by us Brits, but across the globe, or were ever people need a giggle.
YOU CAN WATCH MANY OF PETER CUSHING'S APPEARANCES ON THE MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW, IN OUR SPECIAL PLAYLIST AT OUR PCAS YOU TUBE CHANNEL :HERE!
FOR THE FIRST TIME we present Peter Cushing's appearance as a guest on the This Is Your Life UK show, featuring one half of that great British comedy duo, Morecambe and Wise. Sadly, Eric Morecambe had passed by this point in 1993, but Ernie bravely worked on for several years. Peter Cushing appeared many times as a guest on their show. The first was in 1969, he appeared in a comedy play 'written' by Ernie, where Peter played king Arthur. Throughout the BBC era of the show, he would regularly join Wise and his comic partner, Eric Morecambe. On stage; he would constantly seek payment for his first 1969 appearance, wearily asking "Have you got my five pounds yet?"
FULL FILM: Peter Cushing in 'A Chump At Oxford' with Laurel and Hardy
THIS RUNNING JOKE continued when the duo left the BBC and moved to Thames Television
in 1978. Cushing appeared in their first special for Thames Television
on 18 October, still asking to be paid, with the hosts repeatedly trying
to get rid of him; at the end of the show, Morecambe placed some money
in a wallet wired up to a bomb, in an attempt to blow Cushing up in
exaggerated comedic style. In the duo's 1980 Christmas special, Cushing
pretended to be the Prime Minister while Morecambe and Wise caroled outside 10 Downing Street; he made the comedians give him money and finally came out to declare "Paid, at last!"
ON FEBRUARY 3rd 1972 and "Live" on television, all glitter and
glamour, is the once-a-year event, held in the Albert Hall, when the
film and television industry presents awards covering the whole range of
the industry . . .. and Peter Cushing is there to present his pals,
Morecambe and Wise with their Best Light Entertainment Performance
Award, along with their writer, Eddie Braben . . . and no, they didn't
bring him his money!
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#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY:
Hammer films first step into their Frankenstein franchise was The Curse
of Frankenstein in 1957. This was quickly followed, after it's huge
commercial success by The Revenge of Frankenstein the following year. As
with Curse, it's success is no small part because of Cushing's stellar
return and performance, as the Baron who cheated death. But for me,
there has always been more than one act of cheating in this particular
return. . . .
FRANCIS MATTHEWS is terrific and
believable as the good doctor's assistant, Hans. Eunice Gayson as
Margret, struggles but does well with what she has been given by
scriptwriter Jimmy Sangster, who had an annoying habit of giving his
female characters a one dimensional, very shallow filed to plough, when
it came to any of his written women. And the supporting cast were top
too. I love Michael Gwynn's work, but not in this one. This is not
because he was weak, like with Gayson's lot. No, Gwynn was working with a
very weak concept...a man who turns Cannibal! Sangster went on record as
saying, he did struggle with coming up with an angle, a 'thing' ..part
of what that latest Frankenstein abomination did, that was above murder
and creating chaos. This creation should repulse and make audiences
shriek with terror once again. He thought long and hard, and eventually
came up with, cannibalism. Well, I don't buy it. I never have, never
will.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN PLUS EYE OUR LOVELY GALLERY OF RARE PICS AT OUR FEATURE :HERE!
THE WHOLE PREMISEthat supports the reason why poor ol Karl has the
human munchies, in the framework of this Gothic horror, sticks out as
desperate, ill conceived, heavy handed and over the top. I would have
been quite happy with another round of, just murder, unhappy monster and
leave it at that. The Hammer Frankenstein's were most entertaining when
they focused on 'The Baron'.. how bad, how manipulative, cruel and
relentless HE could be. It's interesting that the most popular and
financially successful films of the series, Curse and Destroyed, had
Baron Frankenstein at the center of the story. On the whole, I think the
Frankenstein audience went to see Peter Cushing, and were quite
informed about how they liked their Gothic horror menu served
up...intelligent, imaginative and with some class and taste. To me, if
you throw cannibalism into the recipe, it's just too rich, one spice too
many. Cannibalism...In other words, just doesn't taste that good... 😉 What do you think? Agree? disagree? - Marcus
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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY: VERY INTERESTING evidence has come to light of a film that Peter Cushing appeared in the 1940's. THE NEW SCHOOL, in pre production titles, The New Teacher, was made in the UK by the UK government's CROWN FILM UNIT and mostly shot in Yorkshire and at the Homerton Collage, Cambridge . There are several pieces evidence, that appear to indicate that this was a public information film, popular at the time, and before the advent of mass broadcasting television in the UK. For the first time, we are presenting here a cover from the shooting script, a photograph of the crew on location at Homerton Collage, along with it's Crown copyright reverse side. We are working alongside a partner interest in finding out more about this 'unknown' addition to the Cushing filmography, and will keep you up to date, with any further developments and finds. Many thanks to S. Paterson for their keen eye and assistance. - Marcus
IT MIGHT BE YOU
(1946) IS ANOTHER example of a film which Peter Cushing made with the
CROWN FILM UNIT (above) In it, Peter Cushing plays a doctor, in a what
is basically a film about driving and road safety. His diction is very
much standard BBC, clipped and perfect! ... Peter Cushing appears for
the duration after 1.45 mins into the short. Look out also for actor
Peter Madden who would later work with Cushing in Hammer films,
'Frankenstein Created Woman' (1967) as the Chief of Police and before
that, in Amicus films, 'Dr Terrors House of Horrors' in 1965. Enjoy!
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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY:
Remember when the younger Tarkin played by Wayne Pygram appeared in Star
Wars Revenge Of The Sith. Just like the recent CGI Tarkin in #ROGUEONE, the balloon went up, and the cries of disapproval went out!
TRIVIA: This make up work was carried out by Oscar winner Dave Elsey,
who many years ago, was a fully paid up, corresponding member of PCAS
back in the 1970's and 80s! Elsey has worked on a number of famous
projects such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Candyman, Alien 3
and many more, eventually winning an Oscar with Rick Baker for The
Wolfman in 2010.
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