‘Vincent Price’s ham actor is artfully overplayed‘ Hollywood Reporter, 24 May, 1950 Released on 25 May 1950, Universal’s Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (aka Take the Stage in the UK) Continue Reading
Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) is the quintessential private eye. A student of Philip Marlowe, the laconic gumshoe is hired by Juliet Forrest (played suprisingly well by Rachel Ward) to investigate Continue Reading
This attempt by Milton Subotsky at resuscitating the horror anthology formula that he started back in 1965 with Dr Terrors House of Horrors, but in a semi-comic vein, proved a disappointment Continue Reading
Wanting a big screen vehicle for the outrageous British TV comic Kenny Everett, writers Ray Cameron and Barry Cryer devised the OTT horror spoof, Bloodbath at the House of Death, Continue Reading
In 1945, Vincent Price got the chance to work with one of Hollywood’s cinematic giants, Ernst Lubitsch, in the screwball comedy, A Royal Scandal (aka Czarina), which was based on Continue Reading
Of all of Vincent Price’s many guest appearances on US comedy shows, I’ve always loved his turns on The Carol Burnett Show, the hilarious variety sketch show that also starred Continue Reading
Vinnie made his Hollywood screen debut (which he jokingly used to pronounce as his ‘day-boo’ during many of his talk show appearances) in the 1938 screwball comedy, Service de Luxe, Continue Reading
On 20 February 1974 in the US, ABC’s Wide World of Entertainment presented The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute, an entertaining 70-minute videotaped TV production hosted by Vincent Continue Reading
‘You’re invited to a funeral’ Welcome to the Hinchley & Trumbull funeral parlour, the only establishment of its kind that has found the secret of increasing business – by Continue Reading
