Friday 28 September 2012

PETER CUSHING: DR WHO: SUGAR PUFF DALEK: UP FOR SALE!


CUSHING CORNFLAKE DALEK UP FOR SALE!
An original Dalek is among items up for sale at Dickins Auctioneers’ Antiques and Collectables auction on October 5 and 6 in Middle Claydon, UK. Lot 800 in the two-day auction is “A 1966 Dr Who Dalek fro
m the film Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150 AD, starring Peter Cushing.”

The Dalek, which has been put up for sale by a local vendor, was a 'SUGAR PUFFS' competition prize. It stands 61¾in high and is estimated to fetch £250 to £350.

Thursday 27 September 2012

VINTAGE HAMMER FILMS : 'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN' COLOUR STILL: PETER CUSHING AND ROBERT URQUAHRT.


PETER CUSHING AND ROBERT URQUHART AS VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN AND PAUL KREMPE IN HAMMER FILMS FIRST CUSHING / FRANKENSTEIN FILM 'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN' (1957) DIRECTED BY TERENCE FISHER.

Sunday 23 September 2012

PETER CUSHING : CHRISTOPHER LEE: DRACULA AD 1972 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! AT OUR PCASUK FACEBOOK FAN PACE


This FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER PCASUK celebrates the 40 year anniversary of the Hammer Film Productions 'DRACULA AD 1972' at our UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page.
Galleries, Features and all things AD 72! come and join us!

TENDRE DRACULA: EURO POSTER: PETER CUSHING AS MACGREGOR.


PETER CUSHING: HAMLET : (1948)


Peter Cushing as the sinister Beau Brummell of the Danish Court 'Osric' with Terence Morgan as 'Laertes' in HAMLET (1948) directed by Laurence Olivier. Peter's brother-in-law Reginald Beck (who had edited Olivier's HENRY V) was associate producer.

Cushing said of Olivier: 'When the production started, Larry was a kind, considerate, patient director...but as time went by he became more and more autocratic...towards the end it was 'do it this way, do it that way, and don't argue, goddamit!' '. The film is beautifully shot in B&W and takes obvious visual cues from Orson Welles as well as Universal horror. Cushing also said: 'If Hamlet had been a Hammer film...they'd say 'This is disgusting! Dreadful! All these deaths. Think of the bodies littering the floor!' ' The film also features great genre actors Patrick Troughton and Niall MacGinnis, and uncredited extra work by Doreen Lawrence (Peter's first love and one-time fiancé), Desmond Llewelyn, Patrick Macnee and Christopher Lee (making this the first film Cushing and Lee ever appeared in together).

Saturday 22 September 2012

JENNIE LINDEN: 'DR WHO AND THE DALEKS' (1965) PROMOTION PHOTOGRAPH

A GREAT PUBLICITY STILL FEATURING JENNIE LINDEN WHO STARRED AS BARBARA IN 'DR WHO AND THE DALEKS' WITH PETER CUSHING AS DR WHO BACK IN 1965

PETER CUSHING COLOURISED FULL SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS


A SELECTION OF COLOURISED STILLS BY LEE 'GOATBOY' HARTUP AS FEATURED ON THE UK PETER CUSHING APPRECIATION SOCIETY FACEBOOK FAN PAGE!  ABOVE PETER CUSHING IN THE BBC 1954 PRODUCTION OF '1984'


A BEHIND THE SCENES SHOT ON THE SET OF HAMMER FILMS PRODUCTIONS 'FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED' (1969) AT ELSTREE FILM STUDIOS. FROM THE LEFT: SIR JAMES CARRERAS CEO OF HAMMER FILMS, DIRECTOR TERENCE FISHER, PETER CUSHING AND PRODUCER ANTHONY NELSON-KEYS


ON THE SET OF SAMMY DAVIS JR FILM 'ONE MORE TIME' CHRISTOPHER LEE AND PETER CUSHING. BOTH CUSHING AND LEE APPEARED IN CAMEOS AS DRACULA AND BARON FRANKENSTEIN.


PETER CUSHING WITH DIRECTOR ROBERT DAY BEHIND THE SCENES DURING THE MAKING OF HAMMER FILMS 'SHE'  (1965)


A YOUNG PETER CUSHING WITH SWEET HEART DOREEN HAWKINS
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