Justin Hammer / Peter Cushing 1 1

[Get Marwood & I]

11 minutes ago, Cushing Fan said:

Ah yes, House of the Long Shadows. The only film which had all four surviving horror stars together. I enjoyed the film even though Desi Arnaz Jr was pretty wooden in his role. I actually have that same UK Quad poster framed at home.

Come on then CF, tell us how you came to be under the spell of Mr Cushing. Was it Hammer or Shtar Vaws? 

[Get Marwood & I]

3 minutes ago, Larryw7 said:

Before Star Wars, this is what Cushing was best known for.

What a pair them two were. We'll not see their like again....

[Cushing Fan]

4 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

Come on then CF, tell us how you came to be under the spell of Mr Cushing. Was it Hammer or Shtar Vaws? 

It was a Hammer connection - I caught The Evil of Frankenstein with Cushing on TV when I was seven years old and have been a fan ever since. 

Here is a pic of my first biography which was devoted to Peter Cushing. Another comic book connection as my friend, comic book artist Neil Vokes, did all the chapter intro illustrations.

[Cushing Fan]

8 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

What a pair them two were. We'll not see their like again....

Cushing and Lee were a great duo. Here they are in an Argentinian comic book adaptation of Horror Express.

[Get Marwood & I]

3 minutes ago, Cushing Fan said:

It was a Hammer connection - I caught The Evil of Frankenstein with Cushing on TV when I was seven years old and have been a fan ever since. 

Here is a pic of my first biography which was devoted to Peter Cushing. Another comic book connection as my friend, comic book artist Neil Vokes, did all the chapter intro illustrations.

You did that? 

[Cushing Fan]

2 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

You did that? 

Yes, that was my first biography that I got published in 2004. My second biography was on Donald Pleasence (pic below). I have a bio on actor Ralph Bates (another Hammer actor) coming out this year and I'm halfway done with a bio on German actor Anton Diffring who did a lot of war and thriller films.

[Get Marwood & I]

Just now, Cushing Fan said:

Yes, that was my first biography that I got published in 2004. My second biography was on Donald Pleasence (pic below). I have a bio on actor Ralph Bates (another Hammer actor) coming out this year and I'm halfway done with a bio on German actor Anton Diffring who did a lot of war and thriller films.

Brilliant! You have excellent taste Christopher! I always liked Donald too - I felt sorry for his hard of sight Blythe in the great escape, performing his match routine to try and fool James Garner

I will have to look out for your Cushing bio. What a cool thing 

[Cushing Fan]

2 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

Brilliant! You have excellent taste Christopher! I always liked Donald too - I felt sorry for his hard of sight Blythe in the great escape, performing his match routine to try and fool James Garner

I will have to look out for your Cushing bio. What a cool thing 

Thanks! Pleasence was another of my favorite actors - an outstanding character actor who gave some really great performances in many films - The Great Escape being one (Pleasence was a real POW held by the Germans in WWII), You Only Live Twice, and of course Halloween being a few.

[Get Marwood & I]

7 minutes ago, Cushing Fan said:

Thanks! Pleasence was another of my favorite actors - an outstanding character actor who gave some really great performances in many films - The Great Escape being one (Pleasence was a real POW held by the Germans in WWII), You Only Live Twice, and of course Halloween being a few.

He doesn't look particularly 'pleasant' on the cover of your bio does he! 

I imagine you could create a great journal on here about these gentlemen. I'd follow it. The wife and I are off to Whitstable next week. I'll post a picture of the Peter Cushing pub when I get back 

[Cushing Fan]

6 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

He doesn't look particularly 'pleasant' on the cover of your bio does he! 

I imagine you could create a great journal on here about these gentlemen. I'd follow it. The wife and I are off to Whitstable next week. I'll post a picture of the Peter Cushing pub when I get back 

Enjoy Whitstable! Yes, Cushing often frequented the Tudor Tea Rooms pub and there is a photo of him above his regular table. Cushing was also an accomplished artist and had three booklets published of sketches he did of the patrons at Tudor Tea Rooms.

[Martin Sinescu]

 

1 hour ago, Cushing Fan said:

Yes, that was my first biography that I got published in 2004. My second biography was on Donald Pleasence (pic below). I have a bio on actor Ralph Bates (another Hammer actor) coming out this year and I'm halfway done with a bio on German actor Anton Diffring who did a lot of war and thriller films.

Circus of Horrors  

[Cushing Fan]

8 minutes ago, Martin Sinescu said:

 

Circus of Horrors  

 

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This thread just heated up 

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30 minutes ago, Martin Sinescu said:

This thread just heated up 

That is the gorgeous Yvonne Romain. Here she is in Curse of the Werewolf. 

[Jayman]

3 hours ago, Cushing Fan said:

Cushing and Lee were a great duo. Here they are in an Argentinian comic book adaptation of Horror Express.

Ah, Horror Express. One of my all time favorites with Telly Savalis too! 

 

[Jayman]

3 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

Before Star Wars, this is what Cushing was best known for.

I liked him in Shock Waves!

 

[Cushing Fan]

13 minutes ago, Jayman said:

Ah, Horror Express. One of my all time favorites with Telly Savalis too! 

 

One of my favorites as well - I provided a Peter Cushing audio interview for this Blu-ray release.

[Cushing Fan]

13 minutes ago, Jayman said:

I liked him in Shock Waves!

 

A great underrated horror film and besides Cushing you also get a cranky John Carradine. My favorite poster art for this film comes from Italy.

[Jayman]

9 minutes ago, Cushing Fan said:

One of my favorites as well - I provided a Peter Cushing audio interview for this Blu-ray release.

Did you actually interview Peter Cushing? That's very cool! Or am I misunderstanding?

[Cushing Fan]

2 minutes ago, Jayman said:

Did you actually interview Peter Cushing? That's very cool! Or am I misunderstanding?

Unfortunately I never got to interview Cushing. I had a rare 1970s interview Cushing did on audio which I provided for the DVD.