A noted film historian and archivist, Jack “The Agnostic” Garcia celebrates the remarkable careers of the silver screens greatest duo. Part 1 of 4 examines Cushing’s early days on the London stage, Lee’s extraordinary World War II military service and their first meeting on the set of Laurence Olivier’s classic film adaptation of Hamlet (1948) , that would cement their life long friendship and shared cinematic destinies.  Jack also provides in depth analysis on the rise of Hammer films – the British production company that broke cinematic taboos and revitalized the horror genre with such classics as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and The Horror of Dracula (1958) and made Lee & Cushing the leading character actors/stars in the world.

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