Collects both volumes of the late BBC and film stars memoirs as well as previously unseen material and photographs from his private collection. Collects both volumes of the late BBC and film stars memoirs including An Autobiography and Past Forgetting as well as previously unseen material and photos from his private collection, covering such topics as the contrast between his roles and personality and the painful loss of his wife. This lavish new book collects both volumes of Peter Cushings memoirs An Autobiography and Past Forgetting with extensive unseen material from his private collection. Cushing was widely known as the gentleman of horror, his kind and sensitive nature a sharp contrast with the Hammer Horror roles that dominated his work from the 1950s onwards. This is Cushings own account of his remarkable career, and the devastating sense of loss he suffered following the death of his wife. It offers unparalleled insight to the meticulous professionalism and private torment of a legendary film star.
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Introduction |
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4 California ~ Here I Come |
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5 England's Green and Pleasant Land |
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7 `There's a Divinity that Shapes Our Ends...' |
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8 `Goodnight, my Beloved Peter...' |
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Overture and Beginners, Please: A Foreword by Peter Gray |
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Epilogue |
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Acknowledgements |
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Appendix I The Peter Cushing Story (1955) |
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Appendix II Stage, Screen and Radio |
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Index |
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Peter Cushing was born in 1913 and, after early roles in Hollywood, came to prominence as one of the original stars of BBC Television in the early 1950s. By the end of the decade his lead roles in numerous Hammer Horror films had made him internationally famous, and he is still best remembered for his numerous portrayals of Baron Frankenstein and Dr Van Helsing. His prolific career also saw him play Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and the ruthless Grand Moff Tarkin in the original Star Wars. He died in 1994.