The stunning Vera Day
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VERA DAY
A Spectacular Pictorial Tribute!
Our staff dug very deep in our vast photo archives
and even called in a few favors from collectors
around the world! We created this lavish pictorial
tribute to honor a Hammer Glamour Queen and
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oriented anywhere online...
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Vera Day
"Why don't you come up and see some time"
In 1998, she starred in Guy Ritchie’s gangster
Vera give a grand standing speech on the rules of poker
which is definitely one of the most memorable moments
in that movie. Best of all... she did it in just one take!
More great Hammer photos here
The gorgeous lady in charge...
In 2012 at age 71, Vera is still more beautiful than
ever before! She still attends different Hammer
Glamour events and shows through out Britain.
Vera autographs 8x10 photos and takes pictures with her
loyal fans that come to meet her from around the world!
A gorgeous nude photo of Vera Day lying on her bed!
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Vera Day... Simply stunning!
Stunning shot of Vera Day showing off her figure!
Just in case you did not know...
Vera was once hailed as the "British Marilyn Monroe."
She played Marilyn's friend "Betty." However, as far as we
are concerned, Vera was even more gorgeous, charming,
photogenic, sultry and charismatic that Marilyn ever was!
The sultry Vera Day
More great Hammer photos here
Captivating Publicity shot of Vera Day
 Photographer: Hulton Archive/Stringer (January 1st, 1955)Actress Vera Day poses in a bikini at Shepperton Studios, UK... where she is starring in the film It's a Great Day, 1955. She was at one time married to photographer Terry O'Neill. |
Vera Day publicity pose on top of a giant
35mm prop camera for the movie: |
Vera Day
horror when she sees it! In more than sixty years of movie acting
she has been strangled by Boris Karloff, infected by the alien
contagion of Quatermass II and involved in the writhing pseudopodia
ENSNARE THE BEAUTIES OF TWO CONTINENTS!”
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Actress Vera Day (Sally Norton) on set at Twickenham Studio, UK.She is rehearsing a scene for the Horror Film "Womaneater" (1958) |
She survived all these terrifying experiences to give a grandstanding speech on
the rules of poker in Guy Ritchie’s gangster film Lock, Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels (1998). It’s one of the most memorable moments in the picture,
and she did it in one take. "Every girl was a glamour girl in those days,
whether she was blonde, brunette or redhead,” she reflects. It was
obligatory to have the 37-22-24.”
She traces the hour-glass shape in the air. I suspect the same
calculations were made by Jack Hylton, the band-leader and impresario
who plucked her from a hairdressing salon and put her into a show at
the London Hippodrome, and by the movie director Val Guest, who first
She soon became one of British cinema’s most prolific showbiz blondes!
At the 1955 Royal Variety Show she shared the bill with Morecambe and Wise,
Gracie Fields and Alma Cogan. She spent a season crooning for the diners at the
Edmundo Ros supper club on Regent Street, and much longer performing live
TV dramas and comedies. (“By raising an eyebrow,” said The Times of Vera’s
turn in the title role of The Red-Headed Blonde, “she can put down an
opponent as if with a feather dipped in acid.”) The film work also came briskly.
Photo submitted by: Sam Sherwin
(England, 1955) British actresses Vera Day (left) in her bikini
and Nancy Roberts are pictured during the shooting of the film.
IT'S A GREAT DAY, NOT FOR LOVE
THE HAUNTED STRANGLER (UK,1958) 78 min
GRIP OF THE STRANGLER (Original Title)
Very Rare Production Photo!
Vera Day (Pearl) having a few laughs on the set of the movie.
Synopsis: A writer (Boris Karloff) investigating the execution of a serial killer known as
"The Haymarket Strangler" 20 years after his actual death since he begins to
suspect that the wrong man might have been hanged. However, after he digs up his
grave and picks up a scalpel used by the murderer, he finds himself possessed by
the killer's spirit and begins committing similar murders!
CAST: Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson,
Vera Day, Tim Turner, Diane Aubrey, Max Brimmell, Leslie Perrins,
Jessica Cairns, Dorothy Gordon, Desmond Roberts, Derek Birch,
Peggy Ann Clifford, John Fabian, Joan Elvin.
Original Title: Grip Of The Strangler
Director: Robert Day
Country Of Origin: England
Year Of Release: 1958
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Running Time: 1hour 18minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: A writer (Boris Karloff) investigating the execution of a serial killer known as
"The Haymarket Strangler" 20 years after his actual death since he begins to
suspect that the wrong man might have been hanged. However, after he digs up his
grave and picks up a scalpel used by the murderer, he finds himself possessed by
the killer's spirit and begins committing similar murders!
CAST: Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson,
Vera Day, Tim Turner, Diane Aubrey, Max Brimmell, Leslie Perrins,
Jessica Cairns, Dorothy Gordon, Desmond Roberts, Derek Birch,
Peggy Ann Clifford, John Fabian, Joan Elvin.
Original Title: Grip Of The Strangler
Director: Robert Day
Country Of Origin: England
Year Of Release: 1958
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Running Time: 1hour 18minutes
Language: English
Did you know that... Critics were not kind to this horror movie when it was first released! "Rare are the moments that do not feel the pose and fireworks. This judgment also applies to Karloff," wrote a respected columnist in New York Times. However, over time of course, all that has changed and "The Haunted Strangler" is now considered a horror classic. Boris Karloff is incredible and very energetic at 71 years old! The staging is both stylish and vigorous scenario offers a creative revision on the Jekyll and Hyde theme.
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THE HAUNTED STRANGLER (UK,1958) 78 min
GRIP OF THE STRANGLER (Original Title)
Very Rare "Front Of House" theatrical photo!
as the strangler tightens his grip around her lovely neck!
 Grip of the Strangler (Strangle Hold)The Haunted StranglerAnthony Dawson (Actor), Boris Karloff (Actor), Robert Day(Director)[ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - United Kingdom ]
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THE HAUNTED STRANGLER (UK,1958) 78 min
GRIP OF THE STRANGLER (Original Title)
In this scene, a drunken party goer is holding a bottle of champagne in the club "JUDAS HOLE." Vera Day is seated on the right looking at him with disgust. 
GRIP OF THE STRANGLER (Original Title)
A few seconds later, that drunken fool spills some of that champagne on Vera Day's dress! What a really nice close-up as that the champagne trickles down her breast!
US THEATRICAL ONE-SHEET POSTER
THE HAUNTED STRANGLER (UK,1958) 78 min
GRIP OF THE STRANGLER (Original Title)
Main Title Lobby Card #1
THE HAUNTED STRANGLER (UK,1958) 78 min
GRIP OF THE STRANGLER (Original Title)
Starring Boris Karloff and Vera Day
US 11X14 Theatrical Lobby Card #6
Note: There are 8 different scenes in the actual set
THE HAUNTED STRANGLER (UK,1958) 78 min
GRIP OF THE STRANGLER (Original Title)
Vera Day (Pearl) is talking to Mr. Karloff's assistant Tim Turner in the "Her youth and beauty had a fatal fascination for the Haunted Strangler" night club "Judas Hole," after he rescued her from that drunken gentleman. More great Hammer photos here 
US Theatrical Door Panel
THE HAUNTED STRANGLER (UK,1958) 78 min
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Too Many Crooks (Mario Zampi, 1959)(l to r) Bernard Bresslaw as Snowdrop, Joe Melia as Whisper,
Sid James as Sid, George Cole as Fingers and Vera Day as Charmaine
 (l to r) Bernard Bresslaw as Snowdrop, Joe Melia as Whisper,
Vera Day as Charmaine and Sid James as Sid
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 Too Many Crooks (Mario Zampi, 1959)
Great profile shot at night which shows off Vera Day's great figure!
TOO MANY CROOKS (1959)
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| Great British newspaper ad for: TOO MANY CROOKS (1959) |
In Too Many Crooks (1959) she’s the moll in a gang of thieves
led by George Cole and Sid James, in one brilliant scene, she stuffs
fistfuls of stolen banknotes down the front of her dress, as a distracted
Terry-Thomas attempts to yank them out again.
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| Vera Day and Terry-Thomas in TOO MANY CROOKS (1959) |
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| Six (6) British"Front Of House" photos from: TOO MANY CROOKS (1956)Starring Terry-Thomas and Vera Day |
In Fun at St Fanny’s (1956), she is a conniving actress who
infiltrates a private school attended by a very little Ronnie Corbett
and the agreeably horse-faced comic Cardew Robinson.
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| Vera Day Fun at St. Fanny's (1956) |
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| British "Quad" Poster Carol Reed's Production A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS (1955) |
In A Kid for Two Farthings (1955), Carol Reed’s strange symbolist
drama set among the stalls and shops of Fashion Street, she fights Diana Dors
for the attentions of an East End bodybuilder. Reed, Vera recalls, "would
instruct actors by performing the lines himself. It was strange, watching
him being me, and then Primo Carnera, this huge Italian wrestler.”
Read entire article here
 (l to r) Vera Day, Prunella Scales and Dora Bryant |
THE CROWDED DAY
Directed by: John Guillermin
Produced: 1952
Countries & Regions: British Film
DVD+Blu-ray B&W Details
Certificate: PG
Publisher: BFI
Length: 163 mins
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Region: 0
Cat No: BFIB1084
Film Description: The Crowded Day (1954) is a bittersweet comedy-drama that sees five young women's lives intertwine in a tale of shop-floor intrigue. Set against the busy backdrop of a department store in postwar London, and with interiors shot at Bourne & Hollingsworth on Oxford Street adding authenticity, this engaging, tightly-written ensemble piece is bustling with familiar faces from the golden era of British cinema, including John Gregson, Joan Rice, Thora Hird, Vera Day, Edward Chapman, Rachel Roberts, Dora Bryan, Dandy Nicholls, Prunella Scales, Sid James and Richard Wattis.
A high-quality comedy-drama aimed squarely at the women's market, and billed as 'a story of shop girls and their men.' More great Hammer photos here
Extremely rare 8x10 theatrical publicity photo
THE CROWDED DAY
(l to r) Rachel Roberts, Vera Day, Thora Hird and Joan Rice
Vera Day and Rachel Roberts
The Crowded Day (1952)
Read complete review here 
DUAL FORMAT EDITION
Contains both DVD and Blu-ray versions
THE ADELPHI COLLECTION
The Crowded Day
Song of Paris
Digitally restored and with new High Definition transfers taken from the original elements preserved at the BFI National Archive, the films are packaged with an illustrated booklet that includes film notes, original promotional materials and new essays by John Guillermin, actresses Prunella Scales and Vera Day, author Mary Cadogan on The Crowded Day and the 1950s' and BFI National Archive Curator Vic Pratt. More great Hammer photos here |
The sexy British actress Vera Day
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 The sultry pin up model Vera Day wearing her fishnet stockings, long black gloves, high heels and tight black corset. Here, she is sitting on top a black barrel. More great Hammer photos here  More great Hammer photos here  British Film, Glamour Pin UP Model and Television Actress:RANK ORGANIZATION STARLET More great Hammer photos here   legs in that tight outfit! She is simply stunning!  off her great figure and long legs! More great Hammer photos here  More great Hammer photos here |
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British star Vera Day looks back at her career with Professor
Steve Chibnall, from first major role in Carol Reed’s
to a memorable speech on the rules of poker in Guy Ritchie’s
The gorgeous Vera Day and George Coulouris in a scene from
THE WOMAN EATER (1959)
Extremely rare US HALF-SHEET POSTER
THE WOMAN EATER (1959) starring Vera Day
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| More great Hammer photos here 2 (two) extremely rare 8x10 Theatrical movie stills from: "THE WOMAN EATER" (1959) Starring George Coulouris and Vera Day |
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| THE WOMAN EATER (1959) Starring George Coulouris and Vera Day |
In between she starred in cult horror Hammer classics
she’s the sexy moll in a gang of thieves led by George Cole
and Sid James. Once hailed as the "British Monroe,"
she acted alongside Marilyn Monroe as her friend
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| Studio publicity portrait Vera Day TOO MANY CROOKS (1959) Photo by: Albert Clarke, Rank Films, 334-P35 |
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| In 1956, at the height of her popularity, Monroe went to England to make a film, The Prince and the Showgirl, with Sir Laurence Olivier. He was thrilled to work with such a fox, but when she arrived, she drove him mad. “She was late and we used to sit and moan about her,” says Vera Day, who played one of Monroe’s onscreen pals. “She was very difficult.” My Week With Marilyn chronicles the tumultuous shoot, made all the more disruptive by her affair with an assistant. Read entire article here |
UK Glamour Burlesque Photography
VERA by Harrison Marks
Hardcover Book
VERA: A STUDY OF A BEAUTIFUL GIRL
By pioneering British glamour photographer HARRISON MARKS
Highly collectible book published in 1962 by
Kamera Publications, UK. Contains 64 pages of nude photos,
some in colour... featuring busty actress and pin up model VERA DAY
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A stunning nude photo of Vera Day
VERA: A STUDY OF A BEAUTIFUL GIRL
By British glamour photographer HARRISON MARKS
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Four erotic photos of Vera Day
VERA: A STUDY OF A BEAUTIFUL GIRL
By British glamour photographer HARRISON MARKS
PARADE
Saturday, Nov 23, 1963
(32 Page Issue)
VERA DAY
PIN-UP VINTAGE GLAMOUR MAGAZINE
Features: CARON GARDNER, BOBBY SISSON,
PERIN LEWIS, MICHELLE MARTIN,
JANE FRENCH (Centerfold),
DAWN CARROL, ANNY NELSEN,
FIAMETTA DIROCCO, PAULA KING,
JULIE MARTIN, DIANE McNEIL,
HELGA, GINA MILLAR
66 Magazine (September 1957)
Photographs of Vera Day
and Pin-Up Starlets
(September 1957)
66 MAGAZINE
Inside cover with Vera Day
The bubbly blonde star with the Monroe measurements. There
is a sparking series of photographs of the curvaceous Vera,
plus more exclusive shots in our Pin-Up Parade of Stars and Starlets.
 Personally signed by: VERA DAY 
Vera Day is assisted by 2 colleagues to get up off the floor in a scene from:
The radiant Vera Day rehearsing a scene from:
QUARTERMASS II (1957) |
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| United Artists Poster and Theatrical Door Panel for QUARTERMASS II "A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror against the earth"  A 1957 British science fiction horror film, released in the USA in September 1957. Made by Hammer Film Productions, it is a sequel to an earlier Hammer film The Quatermass Xperiment. Like its predecessor, it is based on a BBC Television serial: Quatermass II... written by Mr. Nigel Kneale. It was directed by Val Guest and stars Brian Donlevy reprising his role as the eponymous Professor Bernard Quatermass. John Longden, Sid James, Bryan Forbes, William Franklyn and the captivating Vera Day appear in supporting roles. It was produced by Anthony Hinds and the Executive Producer was Michael Carreras. The movie was filmed on Canvey Island, Essex, England. Hammer review on their website here |
Vera Day is shown topless on the "Continental" version on
the Theatrical Door Panel as she looks up at the sky! (right)
More great Hammer photos here
The plot concerns Professor Quatermass' investigation of reports of strange meteorite showers in England in an area known as Winnerden Flats. His inquires lead him to a huge industrial plant, strikingly similar to his own plans for a Moon colony. This top-secret plant is in fact the centre of a conspiracy involving alien infiltration of the highest echelons of the British Government. Professor Quatermass struggles to convince a skeptical public of the threat before it is too late! Hammer review on their website here
QUARTERMASS II
American Door Panel Poster Version from:
UNITED ARTISTS
Vera Day is wearing a blouse!
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| Vera Day dances in QUARTERMASS 2 |
The main difference between the two versions is at the climax: in the television version Quatermass blasts off in a rocket to confront the aliens in outer space whereas in the film the rocket is fired, unmanned, to destroy the aliens' asteroid base. Returning director Val Guest once again employed many cinema vérité techniques in order to present the fantastic elements of the plot with the greatest degree of realism. More great Hammer photos here
QUARTERMASS II (1957)
US THEATRICAL HALF-SHEET
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British "QUAD" Poster for:
QUARTERMASS II (1957)
Vera Day is on the bottom left hand corner starring up at the sky!
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| The gorgeous Vera Day |
As a result, it would be ten years before Hammer adapted the next Quatermass serial for the cinema with Quatermass and the Pit in 1967. Quatermass 2 was, however, the first film Hammer pre-sold the distribution rights in the United States, a financial model that would quickly become the norm for subsequent Hammer productions. Hammer review on their website here
COMPLETE DETAILS ON
QUARTERMASS II (UK,1957)
diving board by a pool as she splashes her sexy legs in the water.
More great Hammer photos here
The gorgeous Vera Day drying off her hair with
a white towel while standing on the diving board in the pool.
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The stunning blond beauty
Vera Day
(Nurse Betty in changing room)
Below, she does her famous erotic
and breathtaking strip routine! WOW!
A STITCH IN TIME (1963)
So, wasn't that sequence of photos featuring Vera Day simply incredible?
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| 1962 Boston Actress Vera Day with VP and Manager of Hotel Madison Wire Photo Photo Caption: Wire Photo of Boston Actress Vera Day with VP and Manager of Hotel Madison. Taken: February 9, 1962. Photo by:Reed Seely 
TV Episode (60 min)
Genres:Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
December 13,1962, UK
The Saint (TV series) Vera Day (Jane) with Roger Moore (Simon Templar) Season 1 Episode 11: The Man Who Was Lucky Production Company:Incorporated Television Company (ITC)Director:John Gilling
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| April 12, 2005 FORBIDDEN PLANET MEGASTORE, UK HAMMER GLAMOUR! Halloween event to celebrate the release of author Marcus Hearn's new Hammer Glamour book. Joining him were (l to r) Madeline Smith, Vera Day and the gorgeous Caroline Munro, who all signed at the London mega-store. More great Hammer photos here 
Portrait of Vera Day copyright © Definitive Images
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August 13, 2006 Vera Day poses at the Memorabilia event, NEC, Birmingham, UK More great Hammer photos here  THE IDEA GENERATION GALLERY, London, England Vera Day, Valerie Leon and the new Hammer Chief Executive Mr. Simon Oakes attend THE HAMMER FESTIVAL More great Hammer photos here  Vera Day attends The Hammer Festival private view. The Idea Generation Gallery London, England Behind Vera are framed images of herself from the 1950s More great Hammer photos here |
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