'The TELLER and The TALE' as spoken by Peter Cushing in the tribute
montage video we post earlier today. Written by a Peter Cushing fan,
MARY ANN ROSBERG in 1978. and appears in Peter Cushing autobiography,
'Past Forgetting' . .
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MORE NEWS FROM the GOOEY FILMS CAMP on the progress of FUNDING JOSH KENNEDY'SHOUSE OF THE GORGON, the film that will BRING and REUNITE FOUR HAMMER FILM ACTORS on screen for the first time since their days at Hammer!
THE GREAT NEWS IS the INDIGOGO FUNDING WINDOW IS TO BE EXTENDED PAST it's original closing date, to FEBRUARY 7th 2018! So, STILL TIME to make YOUR contribution to the BUDGET POT! SO DON'T DELAY. DO IT TODAY!
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TODAY January 14th marks the 47th anniversary of the passing of HELEN
CUSHING. Peter and Helen were married for nearly 28 years. They were a
devoted couple. She lived for HIM and he lived for HER. . .. the story
of the effect on Peter of Helen's passing is well documented here on the
page and website. Both of them thought their meeting was kismet, meant
to be . . . years after, she would remember their first meeting, as if
it were yesterday
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SO FIRST THING FIRST- I’ve been away a little while, but now I’m
back! So as before every Sunday I’ll be stealing the lime light to ramble a
little about a differing aspect of Cushing and his work. It seemed best to
return with a bang and following on from my two-part review of the ‘Dr. Who’
movies, we’re presenting another two-part piece on the films, though this time
it’ll be more along the lines of a ‘behind the scenes feature’. Primarily there’s
two reasons for this. A) I am of course a massive Doctor Who fan. B) There’s a
lot of neat images and footage we have yet to share.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASON FOR this article was to showcase
some footage available on the BBC DVD of the Jon Pertwee story Death to the Daleks. (see above) Recently discovered
at the time of that stories release, the footage is a rare behind the scenes
look at the making of the 1965 film. The BBC’s presentation of the footage is
admirable as they’ve gone to the trouble of interviewing some of the original
crew along with Hammer Historian Marcus Hearne, for what is an admittedly small
amount of film.
THE FOOTAGE has some interesting Cushing moments, showcasing
him exploiting the slapstick comic potential of his character as he jumps
around wildly in a doorway when their escaping the Dalek trap. The real delight
however is a tiny moment in which Cushing and fellow star Roy Castle are seen
partaking in a small song and dance number of what we can presume is some kind
of Broadway theme. Unfortunately as the footage has no sound we’ll never know
what this sounded like! Though I’m sure someone with excellent lip-reading
skills could tell us the name of the song.
ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING facts in terms of the
films promotion centres around its sets. Designed by Scott Slimon (who worked
on many contemporary horror pictures including Scream and Scream Again and The
Skull amongst others) they are easily one of the most striking aspects of
the production. Indeed so striking were they deemed by Milton Subotsky that not
only did sections of them appear alongside the Daleks at the Cannes Film
festival in the 1965, but they then went on a country-wide tour across the UK
promoting the film.
SEVERAL OF THE DALEKS from the film would be loaned out the BBC
and appear as ‘Dalek guards’ in The
Chase, which due to the shows tight turn-around would actually be broadcast
before the film’s release. Their noticeable by the fact they are missing their
large bases.
OF COURSE THE FILM was released during the height of
so-called ‘Dalekmania’ within Britain, when the titular killer pepper-pots from
the planet Skaro were taking over the toy stores. Indeed it’s often easy to
forget that during this period it wasn’t really the ‘Doctor’ that was the draw
of ‘Doctor Who’. The year the film was released the Daleks appeared in a
massive 19 television episodes and that’s excluding cameo appearances, indeed
one of the episodes didn’t even feature the Doctor (Mission to the Unknown).
BY THE TIME the film hit cinema screens then a slew of Dalek related merchandise
was available for the avid collector. Some was explicitly related to the
Cushing film (The ‘Paint and Draw the Film of Dr. Who and the Daleks’ book)
whereas a majority was simply ‘Dalek’ merchandise (Dalek soap, Inflatable
Daleks). Most famous….or perhaps that should be infamous was the ‘Dalek
Playsuit’. A red plastic dome would fit upon the head of the wearer, with a
plastic sucker and gun arm, whilst there body would be draped in a plastic sheet,
designed to look like a Dalek.
MORE EXPLICITLY movie related merchandise
including a Dell comic adaptation, that like all Dell comic adaptations of the
timetold the story of the film with some rather unimpressive artwork. Meanwhile
child star Roberta Tovey released the album ‘Who’s Who’ with a B-side featuring
Jack Dorsey’s Dance of the Daleks. Listen to it at your peril…
PLEASE JOIN ME HERE AGAIN, next week! Where I’ll be discussing
tid-bits concerning the second Dalek movie…DALEK INVASION EARTH 2150 AD!.
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CONSIDERING THERE ARE SO MANY film, actor fan pages and groups, across
facebook and the web, I only belong to a handful, mainly because, just posting a
fuzzy photograph or asking you name your top five films, every other
day. . .doesn't quite cut it for me personally. I want to see some
thought put in and some interesting and engaging material. . .
.please...! Rare photographs / memorabilia shared and a true insight to
the subject matter of said page / group. I want to feel when I have taken time to visit there, that I have learned something or and had fun.
THE SIR ROBERT STEPHENS APPRECIATION SOCIETY, has only recently been
launched, and I am very happy to say, that if what has been shared there
already, is anything like we can expect in the future.... Joanna Keani
Jones, who creates the posts and admins the group, is doing a fabulous
job.
"The Sir Robert Stephens Appreciation Society is a celebration of the
life & artistry of this incredibly gifted actor. Sir Robert always
gave his best in performance and in the process, created a myriad of
incredible character studies in which the viewer could relate to,
understand and very often, find sympathy with, regardless of the
character's intentions.
Because of Sir Robert's ability to create such emotion-fueled, nuanced portrayals in film, theatre, TV & radio, he
garnered many admirers of his work which continues on today, some
20-plus years after his passing. This group has been created to discuss
and share information with like-minded enthusiasts of all things Sir
Robert." -Joanna Keani
Jones
YOU HAVE TO BE PASSIONATE TO CREATE banners, images and content like
Joanna has. Rare theatre programmes, stills, reviews, clippings. It's
ALL there and shared in hi res. As I mentioned in our early post,
Stephens was a very rare talent indeed. A complicated man, with a
complicated life. I can assure you, the content at the 'Sir Robert
Stephens Appreciation Society Group', will never be dull, just because
Stephens was far from dull, and Joanna shares material that really does
show the breath of his career and the diverse roles he played.
I CAN'T PRAISE THIS GROUP enough and I am so happy to see someone doing
such a fine job. Don't take my word for it, first watch the excellent
promo trailer below and then if you have a facebook account, GO SEE FOR YOURSELF. THEN LIKE and come
back and tell us, what you think? .Thank you. - Marcus
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