It’s Armistice Day, November 11th, in thenation's capital. It is a brisk day at Arlington National Cemetery. Dignitaries stand silently on the third anniversaryof the ending of World War I, watching as a single white casket is lowered into a marbledtomb. In attendance is President Calvin Coolidge,former President Woodrow Wilson, Supreme Court Justice (as well as former President) WilliamHoward Taft, Chief Plenty Coups, and hundreds of dedicated United States servicemen. As the casket settles on its final restingplace in the tomb, upon a thin layer of French soil, three salvos are fired. A bugler plays taps and, with the final note,comes a 21 gun salute. The smoke clears and eyes dry as the UnknownSoldier from World War I is laid to rest; the first unknown soldier to be officiallyhonored in this manner in American history. The United States’ allies in World War I,France and Britain, were the first countries to practice the concept of burying an “unknownsoldier.” World W...
Welcome to our Hammer Frankenstein Top Ten. A few years ago we released a two-part special charting the Hammer Frankenstein franchise and the history of the studio that made it, from inception ‘Where did it all begin?’ to demise... 'There's nothing more to see. It's all over now' This is a sort of companion piece looking at the best characters ‘Bit of a barney getting it out it was. Tricky thing a brain’ Moments... and scenes from across the series. And there’s only one place to start. ‘I am Baron Frankenstein’ Immediately distinguishing it from the Universal franchise, Hammer made their films all about the Baron himself rather than the creature. ‘You are a very clever man then Baron’ ‘Yes I am’ And their Baron Frankenstein was a very different character. 'There is nothing - do you hear me - nothing more important to me than the success of this experiment' As written by Jimmy Sangster, directed by Terence Fisher, and performed by Peter Cushing, Hammer’s Victor...