1951 Down Place #041 – Bad Blonde

January 31, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

It’s time for the Down Placers to take a gander at another “Hammer Noir”. This time it’s 1953’s Bad Blonde (directed by Reginald Le Borg). Do the gentlemen of Down Place prefer this blonde and how far did one of them go to actually become a “bad blonde”? It’s time to touch up the roots […]

1951 Down Place Special – Veronica Carlson Interview

January 21, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

In October of 2014, Scott attended the Monster Bash convention in Mars, Pennsylvania and got the opportunity to sit down and interview a few famous ladies of Hammer. The first interview We’d like to share with you is with Veronica Carlson, who has appeared in a few films for Hammer. She first appeared opposite Chrisopher […]

1951 Down Place #040 – The Phantom of the Opera

January 2, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

For Derek’s birthday pick, he selected the 1962 film The Phantom of the Opera (dir. Terence Fisher). It might be hard to believe, but when this film was released, there had only been a few film adaptations of the classic Gaston Leroux novel, so Hammer had a wide open playing field in regards to what […]

1951 Down Place #039 – Quatermass and the Pit

November 30, 2014 by · Leave a Comment 

It’s a very special time here at 1951 Down Place central as our intern Scott has celebrated another birthday this month. To honor this event, we’ve allowed Scott to pick the film to cover this month. Things are not quite what they seem as Scott’s choice shook the very foundations of 1951 Down Place. Listen […]

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