Suzanna Leigh and Virginia Wetherell with the screenwriter Michael Pertwee and others
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Title
Suzanna Leigh and Virginia Wetherell with the screenwriter Michael Pertwee and others
Subject
Cork Film Festival, Suzanna Leigh, Virginia Wetherell, Michael Pertwee, Hammer horror
Description
This is a black and white photo of the English screenwriter Michael Pertwee with the actors Suzanna Leigh, Virginia Wetherell and others who are unidentified. The five guests stand and pose for the camera as Pertwee turns towards Leigh standing at the far left of the photo.
Suzanna Leigh is best known for her television and film roles, in particular her work with the film director Hall Wallis who directed her in Boeing, Boeing (John Rich, 1965) with Tony Curtis, and Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Michael D Moore, 1966) opposite Elvis Presley. She worked in several Hammer horror films, including The Deadly Bees (Freddie Francis, 1967) and Son of Dracula (Freddie Francis,1974) starring Ringo Starr. Her fellow actor in this picture, Virginia Wetherell, also worked in Hammer horror productions including Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Roy Ward Baker, 1971) and Demons of the Mind (Peter Sykes, 1972), both of which were released around the time of this picture when she came to visit the festival in 1972.
Suzanna Leigh is best known for her television and film roles, in particular her work with the film director Hall Wallis who directed her in Boeing, Boeing (John Rich, 1965) with Tony Curtis, and Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Michael D Moore, 1966) opposite Elvis Presley. She worked in several Hammer horror films, including The Deadly Bees (Freddie Francis, 1967) and Son of Dracula (Freddie Francis,1974) starring Ringo Starr. Her fellow actor in this picture, Virginia Wetherell, also worked in Hammer horror productions including Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Roy Ward Baker, 1971) and Demons of the Mind (Peter Sykes, 1972), both of which were released around the time of this picture when she came to visit the festival in 1972.
Creator
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival
Source
Cork Film Festival Collection
Publisher
University College Cork
Date
1972
Rights
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Please credit the Cork International Film Festival Archive and provide a link back to the site.
Format
Photo
TIFF
JPEG
TIFF
JPEG
Language
English, eng
Coverage
1972
Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
242 x 142mm
Collection
Citation
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, “Suzanna Leigh and Virginia Wetherell with the screenwriter Michael Pertwee and others,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/349.