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Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) | When Steve Martin crossed Vincent Price

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

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Posted On : 15th April 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) | When Vincent Price appeared in the original ‘Scary Movie’

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, a Continue Reading

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Posted On : 30th March 2017 Published By : The Curator
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The Original Da Vinci (1960) | When Vincent Price met Red Skelton’s Freddie the Freeloader

On 15 March 1960, Vincent Price guest starred on The Red Skelton Show in which Skelton’s alter-ego Freddie the Freeloader found an original DaVinci painting in the city dump. This Continue Reading

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Posted On : 15th March 2017 Published By : The Curator
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The Carol Burnett Show (1974) | Vincent Price shows his funny side

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

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Posted On : 9th February 2017 Published By : The Curator
V is for Vampire (1967)
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V is for Vampire (1967) | When a palefaced Vincent Price scared the boys silly on F-Troop

The satirical US sitcom F Troop may have only lasted two seasons (1965-1967), but it remains a cult classic – and who better to make a suitably spooky appearance at Continue Reading

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Posted On : 2nd February 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Darling of the Day (1968) | Vincent Price’s first and only Broadway musical

The Theatre Guild and Joel Schenker Present Vincent Price and Patricia Routledge In a new musical DARLING OF THE DAY Based on Arnold Bennett’s Buried Alive and his play The Continue Reading

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Posted On : 26th January 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Co*Star: The Record Acting Game | Where YOU act scenes opposite your favourite star

  CO*STAR, The Record Acting Game was a series of 15 LP records released by Co Star records, a subsidiary of Roulette Records, that appeared in the late 1950s and Continue Reading

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Posted On : 28th March 2016 Published By : The Curator
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Service de Luxe (1938) | Vincent Price’s big-screen debut

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

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Posted On : 16th March 2016 Published By : The Curator
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)

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

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Posted On : 8th March 2016 Published By : The Curator

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