The Peter Cushing Scrapbook

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The Peter Cushing Scrapbook

A centenary celebration
Wayne Kinsey, Tom Johnson and Joyce Broughton
Soft back – 328 pages – A4 Landscape Full Colour throughout!

Foreword by George Lucas. Afterword by Janina Faye

Leading fantasy film historians Wayne Kinsey (Hammer Films – the Bray Studios Years, The Elstree Studios Years, A Life in Pictures, the Unsung Heroes and On Location) and Tom Johnson (Hammer Films – an Exhaustive Filmography, Peter Cushing – the Gentle Man of Horror and his 91 Films and The Films of Oliver Reed) come together with Joyce Broughton (Cushing’s secretary and aide for over 35 years) to present the definitive pictorial history to Peter Cushing. A perfectionist in his work and a talented artist in every sense of the word with a great sense of humour and always a boy at heart, 26 May 2013 would have been the 100th birthday of this much loved actor. Join us as we celebrate his centenary with this unique pictorial book packed with Cushing memorabilia that showcases his private and professional life:

  • Watercolor paintings
  • Sketches
  • Bird drawings
  • Tudor Tea Room Profiles
  • Costume designs
  • Humorous cartoons drawn for his wife
  • Painted scarf and jewelry designs
  • Model theatre sets
  • Letters
  • Annotated script pages
  • Notations for photographs written by Peter Cushing
  • Candid photographs
  • Material from the estate of Roy Ward Baker
  • Film props
  • Alternate script for Captain Clegg
  • Rare material from two unfilmed Hammer projects to have starred Cushing; Kali – Devil Bride of Dracula and The Savage Jackboot.
  • Rare film posters

Never before has so much visual Cushing memorabilia been gathered into a single book (from collectors and the collection of Joyce Broughton) and, with personal insights from Joyce herself, this will be a loving tribute to ‘the gentleman of horror’.