Stuff Of (A) Legend

Welcome back, Acting Fans and fellow bloggers, yep, it's wednesday and blog time once again, but for today we will be turning our view from our ongoing production to wish a fellow actor and stage and screen legend to get better soon. We are talking about Tim Curry who it's recently come to our attention is currently recovering after substantial stroke.

Yes, the star of Legend, It and, of course, every misfit, outcast or sexually repressed, impressed or just underdressed drama students' favourite movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
We would like wish him all the best and that his recovery soon and he can once again starts to lend his booming baritone voice and unique presence to more projects. I know this may be a bit of old news to some but, well, we are Retro, yep, even our news updates can be some times. He's apparently still in good voice and approaching recovery withe good cheer but, even if it's a bit late, - All the best, Tim!

Well, that's all for now folks, we do have some H&H news and so please stay tuned for the next blog post coming up soon.

TTFN

Vernon Harcourt

 

The Fantastic Voyages of Ray Harryhausen

Hello, Acting Fans, it's blog time again and this Wednesday it's a bit of a break from the goings on at H&H Productions. You see we'd like to take the time to mourn the passing and salute the work of a Hollywood Legend - Mr. Ray Harryhausen.

Source: JoBlo

Ray's special effects in his various fantasy features are virtually in our bones at H&H Productions, thanks to otherwise-boring Bank Holiday weekends or rainy summer school holidays. His craft in Stop-Motion work lifted young imaginations into flight just like his own had been when he saw Willis O'Brien's work in King Kong as a child himself. When he walked out of the cinema he knew exactly what he wanted to do and eventually (even being mentored early on by O'Brien himself) he got there, crafting spectacular and dreamlike impossible sequences, often single-handedly. The man sure had plenty of anecdotes about the trials and tribulations of being THE special effects man and you can read a lot of them here:

When asked about the main portion of his career he would often say, "It's all in the book!" In fact one time he even said it to me:

"It's all in the book!"

Yes, Acting Fans, your truly got to meet a Hollywood Legend and thank him for the amazing things he'd brought to our screens. Heck, I even got told an anecdote that ISN'T in the book! And, well, I'm not going to write it here but if you ever meet me I might just tell it to you - for the price of a drink!

Anyway we (myself & Vern) would once again thank Ray for his fantastic work, and for the lesson that if you really want to do something, you should do it! Thanks, Ray, we hope your last amazing voyage is a great one!

TTFN

Christopher Haigh