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Femmefatalesfriday! Here's an interesting musical motif connection,
between Valerie Gaunt and Christopher Lee. Btw Valerie is the subject of
next week's #femmefatale feature here at the website!
PETER CUSHING AGED NINE, with a letter from his school, that was requested by his father, George. It's interesting to read how even back then, he was consciousness and stood out, even at school!
THE ABOVE BANNER was posted today at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE. With it was a message to everyone who follows and comments at the page, that this is the last post for a while, on the page. FACEBOOK is a for PCAS is a great tool, to connect with fans of Peter Cushing's work, to devise competitions and get together with others, who have a love of Peter and the whole world, that connects to his work and life. But all of that shudders to a halt, if the followers can nit see the posts we make three to four times daily. Some are reporting seeing none at all, for DAYS!
ABOVE A FACEBOOK MESSAGE we received seconds after posting the news of taking a some time out from posting on the PCAS facebook fan page. If it wasn't so stupid and manipulative, it would be funny . . BELOW the revised header banner
THE SOLUTION appears to be clicking a button, making a prioritization of the posts you see on facebook..without it, you will not see the PCAS posts, and the account, is starved of the interaction that facebook insists it receives, OR it buries the account. We are taking a few days off from the PCAS PAGE, and waiting to see, if things change . . . .Posts will continue here, unchanged. Thanks to YOU both this website and our PCAS YOUTUBE CHANNEL are very healthy indeed! I'll keep you posted - Marcus
WHILE WE MAY BE EXPERIENCING visibility issues at our FACEBOOK PAGE, we are still very happy to promote and raise awareness of other society, groups and in this case, excellent video documentaries. I received a message from the chaps at the DARK CORNERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL a short time ago, asking if we could possibly, post a LINK to their channel. There reason, I had already discovered that very morning. TWO SUPERB documentaries called HAMMER AND THE FRANKENSTEIN FRANCHISE. Written and presented by Robin Bailes, directed and edited by Graham Trelfer, the docs are in TWO parts, and each are well worth your time, as are many of video docs. Packed with tons of images and clips, both are very well edited and presented, making these many steps above, what usually passes for docs and reviews on Youtube and also many extras on current blu rand DVD releases. Don't take my word for it, go look them up pr click these links for PART ONE and PART TWO HERE!
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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY! It's a nice touch, that when the new and rebooted AVENGERS came back to
TV, in the very first episode broadcast on the 17th October 1976, they
brought Peter Cushing along to help launch the new series. Cushing, had
of course appeared in the 1960's hey day series, in an episode entitled
'The Return of the Cybernauts' in 1967. Then, playing Paul Beresford, a
baddie through and through first time round, Cushing returns playing ,
Professor Maybach Von Claus, nice chap in an evil situation . .. In The
EAGLE'S NEST, Steed investigates the death of a colleague while Gambit
witnesses the kidnapping of Professor Von Claus. Purdey scuba dives to
the remote island of St. Dorca, where a monastery hides a secret and
Germany's greatest treasure.
TODAY IN THE TRUE SPIRIT of #TBT we take you back to FEBRUARY 17TH 1976, and the return of a gem from telly past, The Avengers, brushed down and polished, karate kicking and tea cup cup tilting, and ready for adeventures new with gentleman STEED, with two new companions. The inclusion of Joanna Lumley and Garethe Hunt, taking a little of an older, but just as iconic Steed, was a great idea, bring Peter Cushing along from the original AVENGERS series, was a master stroke!
#THROWBACKTHURSDAY!
Those of you who are big fans of the UK tv show, 'The Avengers' and
'The New Avengers' from the 60's and 70's, will probably know right
away, what this clip is about. For the rest of us well... In an episode
of 'THE NEW AVENGERS' called , "TARGET', our heroes Steed (Patrick
Macnee) Purdey (Joanna Lumley) and Gambit (Gareth Hunt) are being tested
on an ambush / gun assault -course- range (???) thing...! Presumably,
to check if their wits are sharp and they are still fit for the job??
THE ASSAULT RANGE is disguised as a small village, with a collection of
buildings and streets, with fake graffiti and road-signs and . . robot
assassins! There is also a 'police telephone box' which they blow up...!
Now, the writer of this episode is Dennis Spooner. Some believe the
inclusion of the box / tardis gave Spooner the opportunity for an
in-joke about a 'previous job', hint hint...as the police box is
spectacularly detonated at one point ! Rumour suggests this is the
actual TARDIS exterior from the Amicus Dalek movies. . . .what do you
think??
ABOVE YESTERDAY'S BANNER, an experiment to see if we could take an interactive post vote on facebook to see which Cushing Collectable Hi Res photographs. we most wanted to share. Sadly, facebook's practice of squashing any of our posts that contain links to platforms outside of the facebook domain, sabotaged what could have been a useful tool . However, the few that DID get to see the post, voted, and these are the two hi res stills, that were most popular with you! Top: A contact sheet of images from Hammer films, 'DRACULA ad 1972' and a striking colour portrait of Peter Cushing asGeneral von Spielsdorf, from THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970). Despite the setback this week,. we will continue with Cushing Collectors Wednesdays, and next week, there will be MORE rare images shared . . .!
TODAY MARKS WHAT would have been a very significant birthday in the life
of Peter Cushing...the birthdate of his wife, Helen. Peter never forgot
to mark anniversaries or special days with Helen, often making her
beautiful greetings cards, notes and..of course the silk scarves. He
never forgot her birthday, and neither shall we... so, in remembrance,
Happy Birthday Helen.
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#CUSHINGCOLLECTORS WEDNESDAY! Last week, we shared a RARE COLOUR CONTACT SHEET from Hammer Films, 'Dracula Has Risen From The Grave'. It was a VERY popular post, and I'd like to say thank you to the few of you, who downloaded the contact sheet of you who not only emailed and messaged me to say thank you, but also to send us pics of the hi res contact sheet you downloaded, and printed off to make individual photographs which you FRAMED! Pretty cool! Well, here are THIS WEEK'S digital images, or rather here are EIGHT digital images to choose from. This week, over at the PCASUK FACEBOOK FAN PAGE we are asking YOU to vote on which TWO we will be posting and sharing here on the website this week.
ALL OF THE DETAILS on how to vote are over at the page. The choices include contact sheets from Hammer films, 'VAMPIRE CIRCUS', 'CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER', 'LUST FOR A VAMPIRE' a FULL COLOUR CONTACT SHEET from the photo session that produced the iconic publicity shots of Christopher Lee and Veronica Carlson for Hammer films, 'Dracula has Risen From The Grave' There are also hi res full colour shots of Peter Cushing, Patrick Troughton and Christopher Lee. The voting closes 6am GMT. So even the US and OZ can join in! The two most popular pics will be uploaded here in HI RES watermark free TOMORROW!
VOTE NOW!We'll give the voting a good six to seven hours. It's for fun! The most popular photographs will be posted later today.
#CUSHINGCOLLECTORSWEDNESDAY!
You may remember our post about a Hammer 'Dracula' (1958) cinema poster
about to go, under the 'Hammer' a few weeks ago? Well, if you do, you
may recall, the estimate for this rare and valuable collectors item was
between 6,000 and 8,000 UK pounds?? Well, at auction last night at
Whyte’s auction house in Dublin, the final and winning bid was...
SIXTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS! (22k US Dollars) Someone is a few quid lighter this morning, but probably very happy with this hanging on their wall.
THROWBACK Last week's PCAS post about the auction and estimated price !
THE LOCAL PRESS covered the story today: "A Dracula poster was sold for €16,000 – more than double its estimate at auction. Film lovers vied to get their hands on a fully-restored and
linen-backed version of the 1958 print showing Christopher Lee’s iconic
vampire. In it, the count is about to feast on Mina Holmwood, played by
actress Melissa Stribling. After several minutes of furious bidding, lot 484, which had an estimate
of between €6,000 and €8,000, took much more than what was expected. It was just one of 544 unusual lots up for grabs at Whyte’s auction
house in Dublin last night. Autographs of all four members of rock band
Led Zeppelin, which had an estimate of €1,500, sold for €3,400. Three
volumes of JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings sold for €6,400, while
hair from French general Napolean Bonaparte went for €130......!
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#TOOCOOLTUESDAY!
I would guess maybe 98% of you here would be able to name the face
under that all the make up, sitting in the make up chair. For those who
can't there is one big give away, for all of us who have been been part
of a running joke here for months...can you spot it??
TODAY WE REMEMBER the wonderful actor Patrick Macnee who was born on this day
in 1922. He was best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed
in the British television series The Avengers and The New Avengers.
PATRICK MACNEE and Peter Cushing had the opportunity to work
together several times. In 1968 Patrick was very much established in a
superb tv programme made in the UK called The Avengers...Peter worked
with both Patrick and Diana Rigg on this programme. Later in
1970, they worked together again, Macnee and Cushing both 'landed' in a
film called 'Incense For The Damned' aka 'Bloodsuckers'.
IT RECEIVED a
limited release at the time, but seems to have found something of a
'cult-status' in the land of '100 Horror Poor and Weird Films' dvd
compilations!! In 1978, the Avengers tv series was rebooted and
relaunched and it's first episode, not only brought us Macnee and
Cushing ....but also two new side -kicks for Macnee...Gareth Hunt as
'Tough man' Gambit and Joanna Lumley as Purdey.....who not only supplied
buckets of sex appeal to the tea time Sunday evening program, but high
kicks and a hair style that anyone who considered themselves a bit of a
catch, were proudly modeling within days of the first program being
broadcast! Lumley had played Cushing grand-daughter Jessica Van Helsing
in Hammer films 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula' (1973)
MACNEE also shared a close friendship with Christopher Lee, since the
pair attended school together (at Summerfields Preparatory School in
Oxford) and also performed together several times, including playing
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in two TV movies in the early 1990s,
Incident at Victoria Falls and Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady.
Patrick Macnee died peacefully at his home, in Rancho Mirage, California
on 25th June 2015. He was 93.
The NAME of the COMPANY. WHY was he asked to make it? It was a MODEL of WHAT? ANSWER THURSDAY!
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NEWS!
SCREAM FACTORY have just announced the release of the arrival of THE
HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD of BLU RAY. It's a FIRST. DUE IN MAY 2018. Here
are are the details from SCREAM FACTORY:Region A Release date May 8th 2018. Newly Remastered Extras are in progress and will be announced at a later date.
#MOMENTOFTERRORMONDAY!
This weeks clip, is a REAL TREAT! From 'The House Of The Long Shadows'
which for the FIRST TIME featured all FOUR of our favorite actors in ONE
MOVIE! Personally, I LOVE this scene. ATTICS in horror films are always
a NO GO area, and in this case...it's no exception. Cushing is great in
this scene. ENJOY
DON'T MISS THE HUGE feature we posted on PRUDENCE HYMAN who played THE GORGON for Hammer films back in the 60's. Most Hammer fans may think, that was all she did in her career. BUT there was more to this lady, than we ever knew! RARE CLIPS, IMAGES and MORE. YOU can find it : RIGHT HERE!
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