OUTSTANDING #HORROROFDRACULA #PETERCUSHING #CHRISTOPHERLEE EXCLUSIVE FIGURES DOUBLE PACKAGE FROM #KAUSTICPLASTIK & #INFINATE

IT'S A POST TODAY at the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Page UK that's VERY popular! You will no doubt remember, the last time that, TWO superb figures of both #PeterCushing as #VanHelsing and #ChristopherLee as #CountDracula were released a few years ago... Well, it could very well be that, these TWO NEW stunners are probably THE NEW DEFINITIVE figures of Cushing and Lee from that #Hammerfilm 1958 feature film... Presenting, #KauticPlastik and #InfinateStatue Cushing and Lee Dracula / Horror of Dracula figures! How do you rate these figures and the THREE additional / different, that come with the figure? You can see these and take part in the debate at the PCASuk Facebook Fan Page, right now! All details below  . . . . : Marcus  

 

 
HORROR OF DRACULA!  THE OFFICIALLY LICENSED FIGURES in 1/6 Scale Double PACK EXCLUSIVE EDITION! Christopher Lee as Count Dracula & Peter Cushing as Van Helsing (1958 version) - Exclusive Edition Double pack contains EVERYTHING, including the WHITE COFFIN! A luxury edition for the true lovers of Hammer Movies! Available for pre-order NOW! NOTE: Double Package version contains ALSO the White Coffin!

 

HORROR OF DRACULA – DRACULA FIGURE - Double Pack – Exclusive Edition 200 pcs hand numbered

Features:

 

3 Lifelike Hand-painted Head sculpts (1958 Likeness)

1 Fully Articulated Body

8 Interchangeable Hands (No Wrist Pegs)

1 Black Jacket With Working Buttons And Eyelets

1 Black Gilet

1 Pair Of Black Pants

1 White Shirt

1 Black Tie

1 Pair Of Black Boots (Magnetic)

1 Black Cape

1 Candelabra

1 Magnetic Stand

 

HORROR OF DRACULA Van Helsing Figure – Double Pack – Exclusive Edition 200 pcs hand numbered

Features:

 

3 Lifelike Hand-painted Head sculpts (1958 Likeness)

1 Fully Articulated Body

8 Interchangeable Gloved Hands

1 Grey Jacket With Working Buttons And Eyelets

1 Red Gilet

1 Pair Of Grey Pants

1 White Shirt

1 Black Tie

1 Long Coat

1 Scarf

1 Pair Of Black Boots (Magnetic)

2 Candelabras

1 Hammer

1 Stake

1 Cross

1 Magnetic Stand

1 Luxury Artwork

This release ONLY: The luxury Dracula White Coffin
Luxury Double Package

 

 

SEE THE FIGURES IN CLOSE DETAIL IN PROMO ABOVE

PLACE YOUR PRE-ORDER HERE NOW! 

 

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REMEMBERING ACTOR GEORGE WOODBRIDGE : THE MUMMY! DRACULA! WEREWOLF! JACK AND MORE!

TODAY we mark the birthday of a face that could be familiar to those of us, who have a liking for early #Hammerfilms and a certain charming children's  television programme of the early 1970's. . . 

 

 

GEORGE WOODBRIDGE, was born on February 16, 1907 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK.  Heavy-set, ruddy-complexioned Devon-born character actor, who specialised in bucolic types, jovial policemen or innkeepers. Perhaps weirdly, he appeared in nine films with Michael Ripper, who for a time also played inn keepers, policemen and soaks, The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953), The Constant Husband (1955), Richard III (1955), The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), The Mummy (1959), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), Jack The Ripper (1960) Out of the Fog (1962), The Scarlet Blade (1963) Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966) and The Reptile (1966)..
 

GEORGE'S physical characteristics, natural accent,  portly, rosy cheeked charm, made a memorable character, in most of the films he appeared in, especially comedies. A stand out role was as charming Prison Warder Jenkins,  in the Peter Sellers film 'Two Way Stretch' for the Boulting brothers in 1960. Another great film was the comedy horror, 'What A Carve Up' in 1961. George played Dr Edward Broughton in the film which co-starred Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Esma Cannon and Shirley Eaton. George worked with Peter Cushing in 'The Flesh and the Fiends' and Hammer films 'The Curse of the Werewolf' in 1961, both directed by John Gilling, along with 'The Reptile' in 1966... 

 

IN 1963 George played the Bishop in another classic Boulting Brothers' comedy 'Heavens Above', again starring Sellers. Later roles on the big screen included that of the Publican in the 1970 film 'Take A Girl Like You' and a Fat Bather in the brilliant 1971 big screen adaptation of the Frankie Howerd series 'Up Pompeii'. 

 

AS Woodbridge's popularity grew and his career progressed, the world of television also came calling. Later in his career, George became a regular fixture on the small screen. Having initially debuted in very earliest days of the new medium just before the Second World War, by the 1960s George was appearing in guest roles in the likes of 'Dixon of Dock Green, Softly Softly', 'The Forsyte Saga' and the 'Benny Hill Show'. 

 

 

Nigel Plaskitt, who played Hartley, Tortoise and others, has written this tribute to George Woodbridge, the actor who played Inigo Pipkin and who sadly died during the recording of the second series.

'I first met George on 17th August 1972 when we started rehearsals for series one of Inigo Pipkin. He was playing the title role, and I was more than a little in awe of him.  I'd seen him in many a Hammer horror film as the innkeeper or in any number of British comedy films. He was the voice of experience compared to the rest of us who were just starting out.

He was a charming grandfatherly man who made us all at our ease and he would tell us stories of the ATV Studios at Elstree, now BBC Elstree, where we were shooting the programme, as it was during the days when it was a film studio, pointing out the lawn by the canteen where he had 'swashbuckled' in a pirate film. He loved the idea of making a children's programme and he said to me  "We could be on to a winner here, I think this will run and run". His prediction was true but sadly he never lived to see it as he died five weeks into the shooting of series two on the 30th March 1973.

 

WOODBRIDGE'S career  gained another jump in popularity quite late, as the title character, the puppet maker in the children's TV show, Inigo Pipkin. Sadly, George died five weeks into the filming of the second series, an occurrence which was dealt with in the programme's storyline. The series continued on for another seven years, however, under the revised title of Pipkins. Suffering from ill health by the early 1970s, George continued to act right up until the end. He died from kidney failure in Barnet, North London on 31 March 1973 at the age of 66. But today, we mark George's birthday, a jolly and charming gentleman, with a big heart for his friends, who loved to work and probably left his best until last? Happy Birthday George Woodbridge! 

 

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TALES OF TOM MIX : DEUCES WILD : SCOTT MCCREA LATEST CRACKING WESTERN NOVEL HAS FAMILIAR BAD GUYS & PACKS IN THE BLACK HEARTED VILLIANS A PLENTY

TALES OF TOM MIX is a series of novels set in the sunset days of the Old West, based on the life of Cowboy movie legend Tom Mix; written by Scott McCrea and published by Dusty Saddle Publishing. Born & raised in New York City, Scott McCrea always dreamed of wider horizons. His love of the Old West began when he started reading about Tom Mix, a working cowboy & performer in Wild West shows who became the first big time star of American Western films. Mix’s real life experiences in the rapidly changing West provide an excellent starting point for many different kinds of adventures.

 

When a stranger in town is found to be cheating at cards, the other players take the law into their own hands. Shortly thereafter, the members of the lynch mob start turning up dead. Marshall Tom Mix is in
a race against time to find the killer.

This is a very entertaining whodunnit featuring well written characters and a likable, believable lead. It has a nice period feel; I especially enjoy Tom Mix reading a dime novel on the train. There are enough red herrings to keep you wondering, and the reveal comes at just the right time for the exciting final reel. It’s made even more fun by basing some of the characters on Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Lon Chaney Jr, Dwight Frye & Vincent Price, with cameos by Glenn Strange, Telly Savalas and Francis DeWolf. Described in terms of some of their more well known characterizations, all are recognizable, with accurate, if not always flattering, descriptions. Christopher Lee is the hardest to describe; aside from his height, he has no remarkable physical features (at least not to the casual cinema goer), a factor which stood him in good stead in his career as a character actor. More might, perhaps, have been made of Lee’s piercing eyes and long, expressive, hands & fingers, or the “Errol Flynn” pinkie, but such descriptions, satisfying as they would be to fans, would not have advanced the plot. As is, knowing that Lee is one of the featured players, it is easy to pick him out of the crowd and he does get by far the most satisfactory death scene, as befits a man who died onscreen so often and so well.

Peter Cushing is easier to describe due to those marvelous cheekbones and he is especially well drawn, with his trademark attention to diction, coldness of attitude (totally at odds with the real man) and dialogue reminiscent of the educated tones of Frankenstein or Van Helsing. There are also a number of references to films in which these various gentlemen appeared, which are a delight to come across. I have not read a lot of Westerns (the few that I did read growing up were mostly about horses), but Western films and TV series were a staple diet of my childhood and adolescence in the 60s. This book reminds me a bit of Gunsmoke, where the Marshall was sweet on the Lady saloon owner and the Bartender was always at hand. These were stories for a simpler time, before the rise of the anti-hero; when the good guys were Good, if a little conflicted. The bad guys might be black hearted villains, or might have some redeeming features, but all paid for their crimes by story’s end. There were, however, few, if any, tales of the time when the Old West was fading away and the modern world asserting itself, like some kind of ivy that takes over a wall, eventually destroying it. This is the small moment in time in which the Tales of Tom Mix are set, with Our Hero holding true to tradition, while aware that times are changing.

Deuces Wild is the 4th novel in the series, following Mountain Killer, Savage Mesa and Cowboy Justice. Tom Mix’s life spanned the end of the Old West and the early days of American cinema. Along the way, he met many legendary people, such as Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill Cody, Boris Karloff & John Wayne, any of whom may turn up in stories! And, as we’ve seen in Deuces Wild, there may be other “guest stars” waiting to be discovered.

Colleen Crouch 

Editors Note: As a young child, Peter Cushing was a huge fan of Tom Mix and spent many of pocket-money pennies, visiting the local cinema with his older brother David, enjoying shorts and feature length Tom Mix western adventures, most of which would be re-enacted for weeks later in his garden at home, on his bicycle 'horse', complete with his lasso rope. A dangerous exercise, at the best of times. ' Little did I dream- when all but killing myself with my lasso- that one day I would actually meet the man who had inspired those reckless activities - no less a person than the great Tom Mix himself!' - Peter Cushing, An Autobiography : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986

 

All enhanced character photographs in this feature

created and edited by  PCASuk Stills Editor Jamie Somerville

 

For further information, please visit the series’ website www.talesoftommix.com Books are available from the website & also on Amazon, in both hard copy and Kindle formats. HERE!

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DR WHO AND THE DALEKS : IT'S ABOUT TIME THE BOOK THAT IS BIG ON INFO STYLE AND IMAGES!

TO BE VERY HONEST with you, over the past year or two, I've found myself getting quite cynical and disappointed, about some of the #PeterCushing, #Hammerfilm, #Amicusfilms 'product' rolling out and claiming our hard earned coffers. Repackaged blu rays with lean extras, books that recycle well worn tales, with the style and presentation of a cheap mag and for all the world is presented like a male order seed cataloge. Documentaries, with the slimmest of threads or themes on which to hang 90 minutes of 'who-he?' talking heads and footage culled from fly blown trailers, where the words claim to be HIS very own, but everyone else's and rarely his. Distributors like #Indicator and #Network seem to be the only companies with a conscience and quality control. Yup, I still purchase, I order and moan. BUT the one thing above all of these gripes, which for me personally, regarding BOOKS, that sort-out the standards of 'worth my lolly, worth re reading and a job well done' is the tight-fisted meanness, bad editing skills of VISUAL content. 

 

FOR ME, maybe I am on my own, film is more so a visual medium. I love or hate the score, but seeing stills, a visual token of a scene or emotive happening in a film, is what sells or includes me in on what's being shared, communicated by the writer or even press book. So, why do so many authors of cinematic tomes, present us with match box size photographs?? The film was made to be presented on the BIG SCREEN. Write you description on the still, present the behind the scenes photograph with  coffee cup stain, fine. It's better than nothing. But, give a full size, colour, bleeding off the page vintage press or archive photograph, and you'll make my day. Sadly, by the time I get ten pages into a book, I don't get many happy days. . . . 

 

THAT WAS UNTIL, last week, when I received John Walsh's #DrWhoandthe Daleks' : The Official Story of the Film. The Christmas break, tripped up my postman/woman delivery, so a trek to the sorting office, that should have been taken on a raft or canoe, was quite the adventure, BUT it was very much worth it. Why? I'll tell you . . .  

 

DEPENDING ON your age, the memory of lying on your bed for hours, studying the fine detail of full page colour photograph of Peter Cushing as Arthur Grimsdyle, after crawling out of the grave, now upright and stalking through that gothic Amicus crooked gravestone cemetery, conjured up, in a magical other worldly blue filtered fog... the took the amazing eye of Norman Warwick's cinematography and Tony Curtis, art direction..  was for me, hypnotic. Author Alan Franks four Horror film hardback books, were capable of pulling in me and thousands of other teenage horror film fans, into that world. Such was the power of the photographs. We learned much from the text and critiques, but those photographs, said a thousand words. Walsh's impressive book, is standing in those same foundations. And, I am not the only one who thinks so of the book . . 

 

'John Walsh tells the story behind these movies in a well-pitched and considered style. . .  as someone who does know the subject matter, I was quite surprised by the number of things I didn't previously know. However, where the book excels is the quality and quantity of photographs. Walsh had access to both the Studio Canal archives and a number of private collectors, and as such, brings together a great number of previously unpublished photos. - Amazon Review 

 

'John Walsh has done it again, finally a book to celebrate the cinematic adventures of Dr Who. This book is a lavishly illustrated tribute to Peter Cushing's colourful adventures, fighting the Daleks. I'm old enough to have caught The first film on it's re-release in the early seventies with my Brother and late Mum. . .'  - J.R. Cook

 

'Amazing! From the moment I opened the book and was greeted by the original Dalek plans on the end papers I was hooked. The research that has gone into this to pull out fascinating behind the scenes details of not only the filming but the advertising and the merchandise is amazing. I'll be reading, re-reading and reading again. WHOray!' - Lord Andy

 

'Author and film expert John Walsh has unearthed a treasure trove of archive material, interviews and stunning artwork, and takes us through the whole process of translating the metal monsters from small screen to big. In-depth information on the production, design, casting and special effects is accompanied by full-colour illustrations, including props, posters, and behind-the-scenes photography – making it the perfect gift for fans of the films.' - Tardis Data Core 

 

THERE ARE MORE, many more just like the above. Reviews and blog appreciations. Walsh has managed to not only present THE book on the history and making of what was, quite a cinematic event. It was no easy task, bringing a concept from the monochrome tv screen, to the full colour big screen and wider audience. Here now, is a book that not only connects with those who are, older fans of the films, factually and visually, but also emotionally. Many of us saw these films as children, in the cinema or at home on tv re-runs with our families, grannies. For many, that's quite a relationship and one that Walsh has bridged across time and memory, to make the perfect and personal connection. Quite a talent and skill. Here's a benchmark, maybe one that future authors of our precious cinematic memories and passions, might want to take a look at too.....   

 

John Walsh is an award-winning London-based filmmaker. He is a double BAFTA and double Grierson Awards nominee for his ground-breaking work ranging from television series to feature films. John's documentary on Ray Harryhausen (Movement Into Life) is held in the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation's archiveHis books include Harryhausen: The Lost Movies, Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film, Escape From New York: The Official Story of the Film .

 

Marcus Brooks

 

Dr Who and the Daleks: The Official Story of the Films

Hardcover 160 pages

Dimensions: 26.16 x 1.83 x 31.27 cm 

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1803360186 

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1803360188

 

 

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