Not just news but GREAT NEWS!
In an auction house far, far away (well, Bristol actually), the enduring power of the force was clear. The Dave Prowse Auction happened today, and the date and the timing were perfect!
In an auction house far, far away (well, Bristol actually), the enduring power of the force was clear. The Dave Prowse Auction happened today, and the date and the timing were perfect!
A
DARTH VADER HELMET sold for £2,200, more than five times the top
estimate, and a signed picture of Alec Guinness in his Obi-Wan Kenobi
robes was snapped up for £3,100, treble what was anticipated. Someone,
somewhere, paid £9,000 for a prototype lightsaber, the weapon of choice
of #Jediknights
in the Star Wars saga, which the Earthlings at East Bristol Auctions
had judged might bring in £80-£120. An image of Mark Hamill, who played
Luke Skywalker, with Prowse went for £15,000. The interest may well have
been the inscription, “For David – You’ll Always Be ‘Dad’ #Vader
To Me.”And a colour still from The Empire Strikes Back signed by Prowse
and James Earl Jones – who provided Vader’s voice – sold for £4,100.
THE AUCTION HOUSE and Alzheimer’s Research UK said they were delighted. Tim
Parry, the director of the charity, said: “The response to the auction
has been simply incredible and testament to the iconic role David
brought to life in one of the biggest movie franchises of all time.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of bids have been placed from
around the world, helping to smash pre-auction estimates. TWO personal
letters from #petercushing to Prowse sold for £600!
TODAY we mark and remember the BIRTHDAY of make up artist, PHIL LEAKEY. This is the man we can thank for kick staring the '#Hammer look' not just in their very first #Frankenstein
film, 'The Curse of Frankenstein' but a much smaller little flick
called 'X The Unknown' in 1956. He started with Hammer when they were
first known as exclusive films and moved with them from #OakleyCourt to #DownPlace, which became Bray studios. After Curse of Frankenstein, Leakey would work on other Peter Cushing Hammer films like #TheAbominableSnowman 1957, #Dracula 1958, #TheRevengeofFrankenstein.
DURING THIS TIME, a young Australian called Roy Ashton, worked along side him
as an uncredited assistant. After the feature, 'I Only Asked' Leakey
moved on and Ashton, became Hammer's make up artist. Leakey worked on a
variety of films, 90 in all retiring in 1975.
HIS LAST HORROR genre feature was ' Vampira' with #DavidNiven, #LindaHayden and #VeronicaCarlson. His last work with #PeterCushing was the TV series 'The Zoo Gang' in an episode called 'The Counterfeit Trap' in 1974.
#PhilLeakey, was the gentlest of men, a real gentleman and a real craftsman. Without him putting his mark on the #HammerFilms creations, I doubt they would have had the appeal and the box office draw. Happy Birthday, Phil Leakey!
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