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Saturday 15 June 2019

HEADS UP UP ON PRIZES THAT DRIPPED BLOOD AND REMEMBERING SANDOR ELES


REMEMBERED: TODAY WE REMEMBER Hungarian born actor SANDOR ELES…. Known for a lot of work on TV he guest starred in shows such as The Saint, One Step Beyond, The Avengers, Danger Man and a regular role in the UK Soap 'Crossroads'. Eles did a lot of good and interesting work, given the chance. He made appearances in The Avengers, The Professionals Strange Report and Upstairs, Downstairs. One of his most memorable film roles was as the mysterious Paul in the Brian Clemens thriller 'And Soon the Darkness' in 1970. The screenplay was written by Brian Clemens and Terry Nation, both of whom had contributed to The Avengers, as well as to several ITC crime series made in Britain. The film was directed by Robert Fuest.


ABOVE: You can read more about SANDOR ELES and his work in #Hammerfilms 'The Evil of Frankenstein' in a feature written for PCAS by Troy Howath, at the time of it's first time release on blu ray from Final Cut. It's complete with a gallery of great publicity stills rarely seen form the PCAS archive RIGHT HERE!


ELES CO STARRED with #PeterCushing in #Hammerfilms third Frankenstein film,  'The Evil Of Frankenstein' and presented a quite different style of Baron's assistant. Sympathetic and sensitive to the Baron's plight and dedication to his work, it was an angle that didn't arrive again until Shane Briant's excellent portrayal of Simon in 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell' from Hammer films in 1974. 


ABOVE IS A PHOTOGRAPH is a still I thought Frankenstein and Hammer fans would appreciate! It's a never before shared or published studio photographer still during the making of the Peter Cushing and Sandor Eles Hammer films 'The Evil of Frankenstein' in 1963 at Bray studios. Cushing and Eles can be seen at the back of the marquee tent, with their mask disguises, but note the top of the still. It just shows how LOW in height the back lot buildings were at Bray studios. The lighting, the rigging and boom microphone is just a few feet from the actors heads!!! 


ELES WAS IN MANY WAYS a jobbing actor, but capable of so much more, just watching his work as Paul Ross in the UK low budget, but extremely popular almost daily soap opera, 'Crossroads' from 1982 until 1985, he gave more than any of the scripts required. A guest role as himself in the film 'Surviving Picasso' 1996, is a raw and sad exit, for an highly skilled actor, who when given the chance on screen or stage, was anyone but himself....

SANDOR ELES, sadly died on September 4th 2002, in Kilburn, London. He was just 66 years old . .   


A HEADS UP and what many of you have been waiting for! The PCASUK and SECOND SIGHT FILMS COMPETITION kicks off TOMORROW -Sunday 16th June 2019 HERE and at the FACEBOOK PCASUK FAN PAGE. There are FOUR COPIES of the SECOND SIGHT FILMS REMASTERED BLU RAY of Amicus films, 'THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD' starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Jon Pertwee and Ingrid Pitt up for grabs and MUST be won! Look out for our PCASUK COMPETITION post tomorrow, and make sure to send us YOUR ENTRY! NEXT WEEK we'll be launching ANOTHER PCASUK Competition where FOUR COPIES of Amicus films, ASYLUM BLU RAY will be up for grabs too! Here's your chance to bag some great prizes TOMORROW! Are YOU up for it??

Friday 17 November 2017

HOW COLD WAS IT ON THE NIGHT THEY BURIED PETER CUSHING'S CAPTAIN CLEGG?


#THROWBACKTHURSDAY! HOW COLD was it on the NIGHT they BURIED Peter Cushing's CAPTAIN CLEGG??? Well, our behind the scenes photographs, tell all BRRRRRRR!!






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Sunday 12 June 2016

PETER CUSHING GIF GALLERY NUMBER 7 DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND ON THE SET!


AND ALREADY, we are at PCAS GIF GALLERY NUMBER 7! Gifs have proven to be extremely popular on both here and our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE and there is of course an ENDLESS supply of classic shots, scenes and moments to choose from, it's sometimes hard to make a choice! It's great that YOU make a choice too! If YOU have a favourite shot, moment, a piece of action... that you would like to REQUEST to appear here and at the FACEBOOK PAGE, to loop and rotate for all of eternity, do send us a message at the PAGE or send us an email to this website, via our email : petercushingpcas@gmail.com. In the meantime, here are a selection of gifs from our posts over the last five days!


THE RELAXED AIR of this photograph clearly demonstrates, that here we have two good friends, very comfortable with one another, even under the glare of the studio lighting.This pic, featuring Peter Cushing and his co star, Veronica Carlson is one of many shots, taken for publicity purposes, leading up to the release of Hammer films, 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed' (1969)

For more behind the scenes rare pics from Peter Cushing Hammer films, be sure to drop by on Friday's for our ‪#‎frankensteinfriday‬ galleries, posts and Saturday's for ‪#‎onsetsaturday‬, where we present all kinds of vintage and rare images from the sets of some of Peter Cushing classic and not so well known films!


#‎onsetsaturday‬ Peter Cushing relaxes on set of 'Frankenstein Created Woman' (1967) at Bray Studios while being 'groomed' and made up here by, George Partleton make-up artist and Frieda Steiger hairdresser.


#‎onsetsaturday‬ Here's ‪#‎christopherlee‬ on the set of Hammer films, 'Dracula AD 1972', popping in the fangs before the camera rolls.


#‎FrankensteinFriday‬: Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) 'getting out of the way' of The Monster (Kiwi Kingston) in Hammer's The Evil Of Frankenstein (1964) ‪#‎petercushing‬ ‪#‎frankenstein‬ ‪#‎Hammerfilms‬


#‎onsetsaturday‬ : Even DRACULA has bad hair days! Christopher Lee leaves his trailer and walks onto the filming location for the prologue of Hammer films, Dracula AD 1972... and once again, fight to the death with Peter Cushing's, Van Helsing! ‪#‎sherlockholmes‬ ‪#‎petercushing‬ ‪#‎hammerfilms‬


#‎TooCoolTuesday‬:This 1973 film has EVERYTHING going for it. A great 'monster', Peter Cushing AND Christopher Lee, supported by a superb cast all directed by the top talent that was Freddie Francis... it ticks NEARLY all the boxes for me. I have only one gripe.. THAT title! It was obviously an 'off day' at the Tigon films office, when they let the tea-boy, come up with that one! IF you had been standing there, instead of that tea-boy...what TITLE would YOU have given this film? It HAS to be better than The CREEPING Flesh, surely ;) ‪#‎christopherlee‬ ‪#‎petercushing‬

MORE GIFS NEXT WEEK! BE SURE TO LET US KNOW, IF Y9OU HAVE ANY REQUEST!


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