Very sad to hear of the passing of actress Kate O'Mara today. Probably best known for playing Alexis Colby's scheming sister Cassandra 'Caress' Morrell in the US soap Dynasty during the mid 1980s, along with appearances in Dr Who, Triangle and Howard's Way. But, for us she stands out in two films where she worked with Peter Cushing. In 1971 she played Mme Perrodot, The Governess in Hammer films 'The Vampire Lovers' and Val Nolan
in the Robert Hartford-Davis film, 'Corruption' (1968).
Sunday 30 March 2014
KATE O'MARA 1939 - 2014
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kate omara death.,
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Sunday 23 March 2014
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION . . .
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classic horror,
hammer films,
horror films,
nominee,
peter cushing,
rondo hatton,
tales from the crypt,
unlimited stills,
vote
VAN HELSING : FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS
Over at the UK Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page, we're asking you to vote for your favourite Peter Cushing /Van Helsing performance. It's a close run thing at the moment. Please join us!
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Friday 21 March 2014
PETER WILTON CUSHING O.B.E.
Peter
Wilton Cushing. O.B.E. We're coming up to our third year as a facebook
fan page, fourth year as a website and as a society... we've been around
since 1956. Help us spread the word. Help us celebrate the life and
career of the gentlest man of British cinema.. Peter Cushing!
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centenary,
hammer films,
helen cushing,
horror,
o.b.e. website,
peter cushing appreciation society facebook fan page,
peter wilton cushing,
unlimited stills,
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VINTAGE RADIO TIMES: MADELINE SMITH : 'UP POMPEII, TWO RONNIES, DRACULA AND FRANKENSTEIN'
Another
snippet from the UK listing magazine Radio Times... on Maddie Smith who
starred with Peter Cushing in 'Frankenstein and the Monster from
Hell'. Madeline also appeared regularly in a variety of UK tv comedy
shows..one show and actor connects her to a Hammer Dracula film
actor..who is that actor and can you name the show?
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benny hill,
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dracula,
frankenstein monster,
hammer films.,
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madeline smith,
peter cushing,
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two ronnies,
unlimited,
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BEHIND THE SCENES: SYDNEY BROMLEY OLD TOM KETCH : NIGHT CREATURES CAPATIN CLEGG (1962)
Peter
Cushing as Captain Clegg / Dr Blyss in Night Creatures / Captain Clegg
(1962)...and two behind the scenes shots featuring actor Sydney Bromley,
who you may remember playing terrified Old Tom Ketch in the film.
Bromley had to fall backwards into a frog filled pond behind him, and
land on a sunken mattress. Well, poor old Bromley missed the mattress,
and hurt his back. The image on the right shows director Peter Graham
Scott, giving him a helping hand out of the bog!
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dr blyss,
dr syn.,
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matress,
night creatures,
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peter graham scott,
pirates,
russell thorndyke,
smuggling
WHEN FRASER TENNANT MET PETER CUSHING. A CHANCE MEETING IN THE CAVENDISH BOOK STORE IN WHITSTABLE.
When Fraser Met Peter Cushing: Thanks to
Fraser Tennant who sent in this pic of his meeting with PC in Whitstable
back in 1986. If you have pic of a meeting with Peter Cushing that
you'd like to share, we'd love to share it!
Here's Fraser story
behind this meeting: 'This picture was taken on 27 July 1986 in
Whitstable, Kent, but outside a bookshop (the name of which I can no
longer recall). My family and I had gone to Whitstable on holiday with
the vague notion of perhaps meeting Cushing , I cannot recall why we
thought this, but it was around the time of the publication of his first
autobiography. We visited the afore-mentioned bookshop where we were
told that he was away. As we were leaving Whitstable we stopped at the
Tudor Tea Rooms where we encountered the man himself.
Being slightly
intimidated at that time, my father approached him first and then I went
over to speak to him face-to-face. I remember he was reading a Sherlock
Holmes story. Next he kissed my mother’s hand and we all discussed a
few things including that week’s Royal Wedding (Andrew and Sarah) and
the House of the Long Shadows film. He then went outside and got on his
bike and we went back to meet him at the bookshop where the picture was
taken and he signed a number of items for me including the book and some
photographs. I’m really so glad that we got a picture as memory does
tend to fade after a while....'
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hammer films.,
house of the long shadows,
kent,
peter cushing,
royal wedding,
sherlock holmes,
tudor tea rooms,
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