Directed by William Castle AND Otto Preminger; shared the screen with Gene Tierney, Kermit the Frog, Diana Rigg, AND Joe Piscopo; the muse of Roger Corman AND Tim Burton. A legend, a charmer, a connoisseur of art and food, AND a very respectable on-screen kill count!
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
And Vincent Price is the only non-Brady actor to appear on both THE BRADY BUNCH *and* THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR. He lived an amazing life.
@bernd6471
10 ай бұрын
Part of his art collection lives on at the aptly named Vincent Price Art Museum at East L.A. College.
@eddieboyky
10 ай бұрын
Don't forget Adam West!
@jimprice9703
10 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to find one of Mr Price's cookbooks at an estate sale and snapped it up despite several pages being somewhat the worse for wear. Found out later that the damage was from a bullet that entered the spine and exited the book between the cover and first page. Seems somehow appropriate for a Vincent Price book. It is now a prized belonging that has offered up several tasty dishes enjoyed by my family despite my very bad impression of Vincent whenever I serve one.
@leocook5377
10 ай бұрын
I met him years ago at a party. Some friends of mine saw him at a after a presentation at IU and introduced themselves. They were all in punk bands and Price showed up to their gig. Later on he went to the after party. He was in the corner drinking beer out of a keg with the rest of us. I spoke to him briefly but I was so flabbergasted and intimidated by his presence. I could not get over him hanging around all of these punk rock folks. What a cool person!
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Oh my God, thank you for this story. It just makes me love him even more!
@kennethhershkowitz8362
4 ай бұрын
I met his daughter Victoria Price years ago during a q and a and she looked so much like her father and she was very nice in person before I saw her I saw Martin Landau too
@Scipio488
10 ай бұрын
"I'm a harmless scientist from New Mexico" is my new pick-up line; I will marry the first human who recognizes it.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
LOL!
@Bigbadwhitecracker
10 ай бұрын
hahahahaha!!!!!!
@SuperMarbles13
10 ай бұрын
😹
@JosephDickersonUX
10 ай бұрын
When Vincent Price died onscreen in Edward Scissorhands, I was absolutely gutted. I wept, openly. When he died in real life less than two years later I was beside myself. I performed in an appearance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show less than a week later we paid tribute to the man. Still miss him.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
That's so cool that you paid tribute to him. (He would've been a great Criminologist in that show.) I miss him, too.
@spiceupyourafterlife
10 ай бұрын
I absolutely ADORE Vincent Price! It's a shame this didn't take off because I would have loved to have seen him play a variety of different characters in an anthology show a la Inside No.9.
@TexasTimeLord
10 ай бұрын
Vincent Price recorded on Michael Jackson's Thriller Album for $20,000 instead of taking a percentage of the sales. It is estimated he would have earned at least $200,000.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
That's interesting! Rod Temperton who wrote "Thriller" came up with the speech Price delivers on way to the recording studio. Technically he's playing the "Midnight Man" which was one of the early titles for "Thriller" along with "Starlight". Peggy Lipton, who was married to Quincy Jones at the time, was friends with Vincent Price and suggested he perform the spoken word section.
@leonardhayhurst5469
10 ай бұрын
You need to check out Time Express from 1979. An anthology show with Price and his then-wife, Coral Browne, running a time traveling train. Kind of Fantasy Island-esque.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Yes, I have seen a little of the show. A couple of people have mentioned stuff like FANTASY ISLAND or TIME EXPRESS as anthology shows. I hadn't thought to include those kinds of shows under the anthology title -- but sure, let's use a big tent!
@pantheonvideo
10 ай бұрын
That's sound like an amazing show. And/or a fever dream.
@jons.6216
10 ай бұрын
Barbara Stanwyk was another star that briefly had her own anthology show too in the early 60s.
@stevesloan7132
10 ай бұрын
What a talent. And what a sense of humor!
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Really a one of a kind. I can't think of anyone who fits the bill as a modern day Vincent Price.
@princebloodgrave8097
10 ай бұрын
I liked Vincent Price as the host of "The Hilarious House of Frightenstein." :D
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
I've only seen clips, but I know that show had a long run and friends of mine have a real fondness for it.
@heartofalegend
10 ай бұрын
Yes! When I think of an unknown Vincent Price tv series, this is the one that comes to mind. Hardly anyone remembers this.
@princebloodgrave8097
10 ай бұрын
@@heartofalegend As a Canadian, I was raised on the show. :D lol
@themoviedealers
6 ай бұрын
It played in New York for a while. Loved it. Supposedly he recorded hundreds of one liners over a weekend and they spread them out throughout the series.
@eddieboyky
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for this wonderful video! I had never heard of this one. What a shame it wasn't picked up. I adore Vincent Price. Lots off horror icons could bring either the terror or the camp. He's the only one who could do both at the same time and make it totally work.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
You're so right, that's what made him so unique that he could do both at once.
@MsDisneylandlover
10 ай бұрын
He did the recorders for the Phantom Monor attraction for Disneyland in Paris. ❤
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
I didn't know that. The guy really kept busy and worked a lot.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
And he had a relationship with Disney -- he played the villain in THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE. I wonder if he recorded for Disneyland around the same time.
@TheLadyp1214
10 ай бұрын
He did a mystery show and I remember one on Mary, Queen of Scots. I'd love to see it again!!!
@Patrick-hm4eg
10 ай бұрын
Karloff also did a show called the veil. That show had a dodgy history. It's on Tubi.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
That's right! I forgot about The Veil. I have only seen THRILLER.
@hydrolito
10 ай бұрын
Boris Karloff hosted show called Thriller that was followed by Thriller comic book he hosted which was quickly replaced by Boris Karloff tales of mystery.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Cool -- I didn't know about the comic book. Was it a Gold Key title? They did so many tv tie-ins.
@leesimmons5453
5 ай бұрын
@@atomicabeIt was. The stories were pretty tame violence wise, but they had good stories and atmosphere. I think Dark Horse did some collections.
@richardcathcart2952
10 ай бұрын
During the early or mid-1960's, in San Francisco Ca, at a Sears Roebuck Store, I met Mr. Price who hosting an Art sales event at the store. He was so nice, polite, kind.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
I love hearing these stories. I'm envious.
@richardcathcart2952
10 ай бұрын
@@atomicabe I"m 80 and these are all I have that reallyl matter.
@ATMyles
4 ай бұрын
This channel is great, I’m so glad I found it. I only wish I’d found it sooner.
@atomicabe
4 ай бұрын
Hey, welcome! We're also very glad you found it.
@BrianJosephMorgan
10 ай бұрын
Brava, Marian Seldes!
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, she's really good in this. And holds her own with Vincent Price.
@candidgamera
10 ай бұрын
Brilliant use of a Mr. Show clip.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I love Mr. Show, that sketch is a favorite of mine. (Especially Bob as the country singer C.S. Lewis III)
@amcaesar
10 ай бұрын
@@atomicabe Don't mess... with God's America.
@cate7540
5 ай бұрын
Thriller with Boris Karloff was a great show. Also, I love Vincent Price.
@Merylstreep1949
9 ай бұрын
How about a video on Darkroom, the twilight zone esque show with James Coburn? Especially the vampire story with a young Helen Hunt?????
@freedomgilbert5037
10 ай бұрын
Vincent Price scared the crap out of me when I was a kid 😂😂😂
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
He was scary. Do you remember what you saw him in that scared you? The reveal of HOUSE OF WAX freaked me out.
@freedomgilbert5037
10 ай бұрын
I'll have to look up his movies to see if I remember which one
@SilvestriMelissa
10 ай бұрын
I don't know if Beyond Belief counts as an anthology show, but Jonathan Frakes as the host did like to play it up with puns and metaphorical winks to the camera, in a way like how Price did, only more with his Riker swagger attitude.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
ooh, great call. Yeah, he's got swagger to burn.
@adorablychaotic
10 ай бұрын
More please!💘
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Thanks! There's more coming.
@menocu87
5 ай бұрын
Vincent Price went on to host the classic horror anthology movie Escapes.
@Hogtownboy1
10 ай бұрын
I actually saw this it aired in Toronto
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
REALLY? Oh wow. Do you remember when it aired? That's very cool.
@Hogtownboy1
10 ай бұрын
@@atomicabe yeah it was on ChCh TV 11 before Tiny Talent Time so maybe 1960 or 61. This station played failed TV shows and old movie serials like Green Horent and Batman
@StaceAyyy
9 ай бұрын
I wasn't even alive when most of these shows you cover came out, but it's still so interesting! Idk why!
@atomicabe
9 ай бұрын
Same here. Thanks for saying that. It means a lot!
@StaceAyyy
9 ай бұрын
@@atomicabe You're very welcome! You do a great job covering these shows, very succinct but i can tell you definitelyyyy do your research and enjoy what ya do 😊I'm sold! Haha
@patrickdoherty4527
27 күн бұрын
I've listened to all of the Price of Fear episodes he made for the BBC. Really great stuff.
@atomicabe
27 күн бұрын
ooh, I need to hear those. I heard a radio drama about the making of WITCHFINDER GENERAL, but it was an actor playing Price. It was great.
@patrickdoherty4527
27 күн бұрын
@atomicabe Sounds good. Will check that out! If you happen to listen to Price of Fear, there's a particularly good episode featuring both Price and Peter cushing called The Man who Hated Scenes. Really worth a listen.
@atomicabe
25 күн бұрын
thank you! Just found a copy via the Vincent Price Legacy.
@patrickdoherty4527
25 күн бұрын
@@atomicabe Great. Hope you enjoy it!
@ivanleterror9158
10 ай бұрын
His wife was an avid antique collector. At times when she would come in for gas driving her huge International Travel All she share her latest finds with us. Very amiable and down to earth lady. (Richards Texaco, Lindley & Ventura Blvd. Tarzana, CA.)
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Curiously, the same year he made HALF AN HOUR TO KILL, Price filmed another pilot called COLLECTOR'S ITEM about a pair of art collectors. (It co-starred Peter Lorre)
@fjccommish
6 ай бұрын
I want to include your show in my Anthology of Anthology of Anthology of TV Shows.
@rogermunyon6867
10 ай бұрын
Karloff's "Thriller" was on the ratings bubble at the end of the second season. NBC managed to persuade Alfred Hitchcock to move his show from CBS to NBC, and supposedly, Hitchcock insisted that there was only going to be ONE master of mystery on the network. That gave Thriller the final push off the sched.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Now that's what I call hot 1960s anthology TV gossip! Thanks for sharing it.
@rogermunyon6867
10 ай бұрын
Very kind, thank you. Glad to have discovered your site. Looking forward to enjoying more from it. @@atomicabe
@cgyute67
10 ай бұрын
I know he did some in the 70s radio dramas called the price of fear is pretty good actually and they dance good stories
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
I'll have to listen to some of those. I heard Vincent Price as Mister Rochester in a radio production of JANE EYRE.
@cgyute67
10 ай бұрын
I still think the best one was the man who doesn’t make a scene
@robshimer
10 ай бұрын
If you want my Mr. Price. KZitem has The Sant radio show.
@jeffthevideoguy23
10 ай бұрын
I know a lady who worked in a hotel where he stayed. As he was leaving, he told her he left something for her in his room. She wasn't sure what it would be. Turned out it was a silver dollar. Cool dude.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
That story made me nervous. But phew!
@FoxUnitNell
10 ай бұрын
A haunted silver dollar.
@vincepugliese911
8 ай бұрын
Hilarious House of Frightenstein also featured Vincent Price.
@clarencewalker3925
10 ай бұрын
Nobody mentions a rarely seen, let alone mentioned, televison show entitled. "'Way Out!" It was hosted by Roald Dahl and lasted only fourteen episodes. Very creepy and unusual.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
I'm a fan of WAY OUT -- thought I've only seen one episode (the one where Murray Hamilton plays a henpecked husband who is enchanted by a side-show attraction.) The low-budget production and black and white video made it that much more creepy and dream-like. I need to watch more episodes. (Meanwhile I've seen like 6 seasons of Dahl's TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED.)
@randyacuna5643
10 ай бұрын
Way out only lasted around 13 episodes but I remember it coming on after the twilight zone on channel 2 in the LA market. I remember the smoke and hands showing the credits. This was around 1962 I believe.
@80sdreamwave32
10 ай бұрын
Love Vince Price
@Monkofmagnesia
10 ай бұрын
The ONLY reason I bought the Thriller album was just so I could learn how to imitate Vincent Price's voice.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
That's wonderful. Can you still do it?
@hydrolito
10 ай бұрын
Blowing up the moon is a bad idea, pieces of it would hit the earth.
@amcaesar
10 ай бұрын
But do it during a full moon, so you get the whole thing.
@trevor2001
2 ай бұрын
The greatest actor in the history of film.
@atomicabe
2 ай бұрын
It's hard to imagine anyone else playing the Vincent Price role in a Vincent Price movie. Without him, the movie might not have gotten made.
@SmartCookie2022
10 ай бұрын
Great stuff. Love your videos, Abe.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
thank you kindly!
@themoviedealers
6 ай бұрын
The Veil with Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr. In 13 Demon Street.
@orbyfan
10 ай бұрын
I counted five mentions of the words "icon" or "iconic," which seems to be about average for this kind of video.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Hey I worked for shows on Vh1, so I know all about the dangers of superlative language and hyperbole. But this is Vincent Price we're talking about. The praise is warranted.
@PsRohrbaugh
10 ай бұрын
I never really realized Orson Wells and HG Wells were different people. How embarrassing...
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
I'm certain you are not alone.
@Merylstreep1949
9 ай бұрын
Vincent Price would have been awesome in this show. Probably just a bit ahead of its time like most classic tv....always classy with a creepiness just under and mostly on the surface
@anthonycerulli5524
10 ай бұрын
The craziest movie Vincent Price ever did was Dr Goldfoot.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Dr Goldfoot is so much fun. At @9:39 we show a clip from the Dr. Goldfoot tv special. You can look it up, there's an episode of the tv show SHINDIG! that was bought-out as an ad for the movie. And here's the wild part -- the film was originally a musical, but they got cold feet and cut all the songs. So they put all the songs on the episode of SHINDIG!
@randyacuna5643
10 ай бұрын
Yes, I agree, Dr. Goldfoot IS a lot of fun, but price fans need to see 1950's Champaign for Ceasar with Ronald Colman, Vincent is so funny in this overlooked gem.
@MsDisneylandlover
10 ай бұрын
I remember on the recent Scooby-Doo espsiode of hex girls there was segment n the show. Where they were watching espsiode of Vincent some spooky show of his. N something about him having a lizard face..lol..
@cyrysvonnachtseite4546
10 ай бұрын
Vincent price kids show on Saturday morning. The hilarious house of frankenstien
@blackamerican40
6 ай бұрын
Every Halloween when I play the Thriller video, Vincent Price is very much the iconic narrator. 😊😊
@cgyute67
10 ай бұрын
Vincent Price to do the price of fear and they’re pretty good stories. They had some good stories did the lake 70,s he released these radio dramas
@redbeard36
10 ай бұрын
I'd argue that there are 4 types of anthology shows...There's the show with the regular cast or a character loosely connected to the story. like The Millionaire or Sweepstakes or Class of 65. And then there are the shows like Love Boat, Fantasy Island or Hotel that have a regular cast who might have some storyline, but it's the guests who have a single episode story.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Both good points. And then you've got a different kind of anthology show like AMERICAN HORROR STORY, FARGO, MIRACLE WORKS or even BLACK ADDER, where each *season* of the show is different. But maybe that's something else.
@redbeard36
10 ай бұрын
Good points! @@atomicabe
@fredricclack7137
10 ай бұрын
👀 VP as 👿 in Damn Yankees, wanted autograph, dad said too long & 1/2 way up stairs he came out & was Swamped! 😢
@canadaclaret
10 ай бұрын
Count Floyd!
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
We did a video about Sitcom Actors Killed in Horror Movies and I wore my Count Floyd shirt: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lqeCuGmlbax9lYIsi=_Ohu4jGT_1IA26ul
@fredricclack7137
10 ай бұрын
FLWright! 🏡
@BabbleOn777
10 ай бұрын
You should never assume.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
You're correct, of course. But this is a gamble we were willing to take.
@BabbleOn777
10 ай бұрын
@@atomicabe Bold. Lol, huge Vincent Price fan, I actually have the Ackerman set of lifel masks of Lugosi, Karloff and Price. I work in the horror film industry, and Horror Hosting. Vincent also has his visage inked on me, as I met him when I was very young, and he adored my red hair, which helped me not be so subc9nscious about it growing up. I cried the day he died, but knowing it was coming from his portrayal in Edward Scissorhands put that scene in my mind. Have you seen Whisper to a Scream? I also just got a rather rare VHS in mint of Nefertiti: Queen of the Nile. It was a very long search to add to my almost complete collection.
@jeraldbaxter3532
10 ай бұрын
😊
@fredricclack7137
10 ай бұрын
Edsel... 😅
@hydrolito
10 ай бұрын
Vince Price was an actor he never killed a real wife.
@amcaesar
10 ай бұрын
Pishtosh.
@maxpayne2574
10 ай бұрын
Shows that the thing most needed is good writers because this was BAD.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Ultimately I think anthology stories are a writer's medium. Yes they need good production, direction, editing, performance and lighting. But for a 30-minute program, the story needs to be strong and self-contained.
@fredricclack7137
10 ай бұрын
Always 150%! 🎭😊
@robshimer
10 ай бұрын
I thought Henry Rollins hosted a horror anthology show on MTV/VH1. It was called "Tales from the B Side" or some such. June allyson and Dick Powell were married. She told him she was pregnant on his radio show. Richard Diamond.
@atomicabe
10 ай бұрын
Oh cool, I don't know that one. I watched some of NIGHT VISIONS (the series featured in this video.) There was one episode directed by Tobe Hooper. I hadn't realized June Allyson and Dick Powell were married. That's amazing about the radio announcement!
@robshimer
10 ай бұрын
@@atomicabe It was probably NOT hosted by Rollins. I may be getting 2 if them confused. I do know that there was a show that was like Hitchhiker/Tales from the Crypt that was centered on music business. Found IT: "Strange Frequency" IMDb.
@hydrolito
10 ай бұрын
Back in those days private phones numbers were generally in local telephone books.
@SallySallySallySally
10 ай бұрын
The implication was that is would have been unlisted or non-published and would not have been in the phone book.
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