REMEMBERING PRUDENCE HYMAN ON HER BIRTHDAY TODAY

She was the subject of our #MonsterMonday requested Gallery yesterday and today... we celebrate her BIRTHDAY! Today we remember, Prudence Hyman, the actress and dancer who played Barbara Shelly's alter ego in Hammer films, 'The Gorgon'. Not the easiest of roles to play, especially when you have six pounds of wig and writhing rubber serpents balancing on your head. Hammer couldn't quite pull it off when it came to the reveal, but Prudence did a grand job, petrifying Peter Cushing and setting her place in stone, in the Hammer films Walk of Fame. Happy Birthday Prudence!

 

 

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PRESS AND WATCH TRAILER : PETER CUSHING APPRECIATION SOCIETY ENTERS IT'S 60TH YEAR : 1956 - 2016

This year the PETER CUSHING APPRECIATION SOCIETY enters it's 60th year. Founded by Gladys Fletcher in 1956 for Peter Cushing fans in the UK, it's presence on the internet and now at several social media sites, now makes it a truly international platform for fans and admirers, of the life and career of the late Peter Cushing. Updated daily with rare photographs, features, prize competitions, news and galleries. Regularly working with leading publications in providing visual materials, validating memorabilia and collectables at auction houses and assisting distributors like Warner Brothers and Hammer films, to give you the best prizes and the fastest news on any dvd and blu ray releases that feature the work of Peter Cushing.

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Limited Edition Lobby Cards for the promotion of the release of Hammer films, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Blu Ray....also incorporating our PCAS

Competition and exclusive interview with Shane Briant!

The Horror Channel has also supported our Peter Cushing promotions in conjunction with the planned releases of a Peter Cushing dvds or blu releases.

We are very proud of our relationship with dvd and blu ray distributors, major and limited releases. Warner Brothers chose the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society as one of only three outlets to sponsor with exclusive copies of their very successful recent release of HORROR CLASSIC, as prizes in our PCAS competition!

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MONSTERMONDAY : THIS WEEKS REQUEST HAMMER FILMS : THE GORGON

It's MONDAY. It's MONSTERMONDAY! Every week, we ask you to request a 'monster' for us to feature in a gallery at our website. This MONDAY, it's a request from TRACEY WOODWARD from Birmingham, UK.Tracey says, "Pictures please of the lady with the Snake head! And Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. And my favourite Dr Who too, Patrick Troughton! Did you know the actress who played the Gorgon in this Hammer film, was a ballet dancer, Prudence Hymen? She was really beautiful when she was a young dancer. I wonder why Hammer picked her?? Thank you in advance. Best wishes, keep up the great work, Tracey"....



Thank YOU Tracey. Here's your gallery AND there's much more in an extension of this feature posted at the FACEBOOK FAN PAGE... in the next hour. If YOU have a REQUEST for a MonsterMonday, drop us a line!

Well, her she is in all her glory... Prudence Hyman, in her dancing days...and in a reference photograph belonging to the make up artist on the film, Roy Ashton. I am not sure why Hammer choose Prudence, but I do have some recollection of Roy telling me, it was something the props guys had in mind, in connection with how the Gorgon would move on camera...she had to float and have grace. So, they hired a dancer! There is for those who are not aware of it, a whole back story of misfires and trial and error, in regard of the Gorgon's look in this film...and those troublesome snakes...!

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THE PASSING OF TERRY WOGAN KB DL 1938 - 2016 : PETER CUSHING LAST WOGAN SHOW APPEARANCE

I am extremely sad to hear about to hear about the passing of television and radio broadcaster TERRY WOGAN. A giant in the history of the BBC, the face of Children In Need, Eurovision..so much more. An all around very nice guy. Peter Cushing appeared on his BBC tv talk show many times. Five, I think? Terry had enormous respect for Peter and it came through in the interviews. Wogan made time for Peter in his later interviews, never rushing him, patronising....just kind and patience. Another institution, sadly leaves us. God bless Terry.

 Peter Cushing's fourth appearance on Wogan on 

the 24th February 1988

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GIF GALLERY FOUR FROM PETER CUSHING APPRECIATION SOCIETY

A selection of GIFS from DRACULA AD 1972 THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRESHOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS make up our FOURTH Peter Cushing Appreciation Society GIF Gallery! Feel free to use and repost! The LINKS above will take you to several FEATURES and GALLERIES that we have uploaded over the past two years. A great resource of RARE STILLS, POSTERS and MEMORABILLIA. The banner for these features are posted below...

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FRANKENSTEIN FRIDAY CONNECTION : GIF FEATURES AND VINTAGE LOBBY CARDS

Action Cushing: Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) swinging into action from Hammer's THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964)…. Peter loved doing his own stunts, but he did get scorched while filming this scene…. #FrankensteinFriday

MORE on THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN and it's female co stars KATY WILDE and CARON GARDNER HERE  and VERONICA CARLSON in FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED : HERE 

GALLERY AND FEATURE ON  'THE EVIL OF FRANEKNSTEIN ' HERE

FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: A poor ol smouldering Freddie Jones gets gets the 'flaming sheaf of papers' in the face treatment from Peter Cushing's, nastier than usual Baron Frankenstein in Hammer films, knock out 'FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED' (1969) Tis a pity they spend the whole film trying to retrieve these sacred notes, only for the Baron to set fire to them...and then drop and forget them... in the climax of the film!

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WOMEN IN WAR AND CONE OF SILENCE : CUSHING IN UNIFORM

Cushing In Uniform: Peter Cushing in uniform from Women In War (1940) as Captain Evans and Cone Of Silence (1960) as Captain Clive Judd.

'WOMEN IN WAR' was released in June 1940, and stands as one of Peter Cushing's lesser known films. Made in line with four other films in 1940, 'Laddie',  'A Chump At Oxford', 'Vigil in the Night' and the short, 'The Hidden Master'. In these films, Cushing did at least receive a screen credit, in 'Women At War'... he did not. An uncredited role with fleeting screen time, playing the character Captain Hughes, he gets a couple of lines, but also in his limited screen time, flags up what could be the first of his 'Cushinisums' : 'a visual jesture, often repeated in performances through out his career. i.e '...the pointing of his index finger', appears in several films and tv performances from the 1958 DRACULA  to FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL in 1971.

Cushing pauses to wipe his brow and back of his neck with a handy handkerchief! What could be the first appearance of a Cushingnism!

'Women in War' tells the story of a "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out of it is to volunteer--albeit reluctantly--to be a nurse in the war effort. She travels to England and is assigned to a hospital under a very strict matron. What the girl doesn't know is that the matron is the mother she has never seen. The film is at this time unavailable as a home release.

An interesting aside... PATRIC KNOWLES who appeared with Peter Cushing in WOMEN IN WAR in 1940, is also known for playing protagonists in a number of horror films, including The Wolf Man (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943).

'CONE OF SILENCE / TROUBLE IN THE SKY' released in 1960 stars Peter Cushing as Captain Clive Judd. The film was inspired by true events surrounding the De Havilland Comet in the early 1950s.

The film tells the story of a seasoned pilot who is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.

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