Dracula: Prince Of Darkness (1966)
An original 1966 Hammer Films / 20th Century-Fox Black and White Publicity Still #DPD/19, unframed.
The Count in full flight: Christopher Lee as Dracula on the gallery of his castle, cape spread, hand outstretched, a carved pillar and faded tapestries behind him. Pure Hammer Gothic, framed like a stage set.
Director Terence Fisher, who had launched the series in 1958, brought Lee back for this second outing alongside Barbara Shelley and Andrew Keir. To save money, Hammer shot it back to back with Rasputin, the Mad Monk on the same Bray Studios sets and with much of the same cast, and in Britain it opened on a double bill with The Plague of the Zombies. Prints like this were made for American cinema lobbies and the press, then meant to be handed back, which is why the National Screen Service number 66/23 still sits in the margin.
- Year: 1966
- Nationality: United States
- Type: Original Black and White Publicity Still
- Size: 8 x 10 inches
- Framed Size: 13 x 15 inches
- Condition: Unframed
- Product Code: T7383
