Showing posts with label studios. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studios. Show all posts

Thursday 16 June 2016

HAPPY BIRTHDAY : STAN LAUREL REMEMBERED


#throwbackthursday A CHUMP AT OXFORD (1940) was the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Hal Roach studios. Stan Laurel played Stan / Lord Paddington, Oliver Hardy is Ollie! The film is of particular note to us, because Peter Cushing also featured in the cast..SEE the actual contract below!



STAN LAUREL was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16th June 1890, at 3, Argyle Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, England. He travelled to the US with the Karno trope, and after a long period eventually Laurel signed with the Hal Roach studio, so did Oliver Hardy, who was a member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy All Star players...and the rest is history! If I were to pick anyone from this era of cinema history, Stan and Olyy get my vote every time.


IF YOU HAVE NOT seen A Chump At Oxford, I highly recommend it, not just for an opportunity to see a young Peter Cushing at work, but also the joy of watching the skill and talent of the two 'boys'. It never got better. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Stan, you still remain head and shoulders above the rest!



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Monday 18 April 2016

DON'T LOOSE YOUR HEAD! MONSTERMONDAY : PITT AND THE VAMPIRE!


In todays #MonsterMonday we feature Carmilla from Hammer's The Vampire Lovers (1970) played by the lovely Ingrid Pitt in what many considered to be her finest role… A fine cast supports her in the film, Peter Cushing, George Cole, Maddie Smith and Douglas Wilmer who we sadly lost last month. Ingrid's performance made Carmilla one of Hammer's most successful female vampires, How do you rate her performance?



Ingrid and the gals get together for a publicity shot on
 The Vampire Lovers 1970


BTS: Peter Cushing, ever the gentleman...happy to come to the aid of Ingrid Pitt, to ensure she doesn't slip or hurt herself...before he hacks her head off! Peter Cushing and Ingrid Pitt in The Vampire Lovers (1970)

 


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FEATURE: RIGHT HERE! 


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Thursday 2 August 2012

PETER CUSHING : 'QUATERMASS AND THE PIT' PHOTO OP AT ELSTREE STUDIOS 1967


A photo opportunity on the set of Hammer Film Productions 'Quatermass and the Pitt' (1967) with Peter posing with Hammer producer Anthony Nelson - Keys on his right, Nigel Kneale to his left and the film's director Roy Ward Baker. We are still undecided if the woman and childrem are Kneal's or Baker's family. If you know, maybe you could message and tells us?

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