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Friday 3 February 2017

RARE FOOTAGE: PETER AND HELEN CUSHING AWARDS 1956


#FRANKENSTEINFRIDAY: Here's a rare piece of footage of both Peter Cushing and his wife, Helen. The occasion was the  Chronicle TV Awards at the Dorchester Hotel London, in 1956. Peter Cushing was presented with the BEST TELEVISION ACTOR AWARD. This was the fourth Best Actor Award that Cushing won in as many years. This evening was just months away from Cushing working for  #HAMMERFILMS for the very first time., and his casting in 'The Curse  of Frankenstein' , would change his career, forever . .


THE FOOTAGE shows Peter and his wife, arriving at the Dorchester and meeting Sir Robert Fraser of ITA (The Independent Television Authority). This is the first time, this footage has been available for fans to share . . . 



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Saturday 22 December 2012

HELEN AND PETER CUSHING AT TV AWARDS DORCHESTER HOTEL 1956 VIDEO CLIP


Film clips of Peter and his wife Helen are quite rare. But, we found one recently at the ITN resource library. It's Peter and Helen in 1956 arriving at the Dorchester Hotel in London for the 'Television Top Ten News Chronicle Awards' Peter won The Best Actor that year. It's short but worth seeing.

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