The Mad Magician
Blu ray
Powerhouse Films/Indicator
1954 / 1.85:1 / 73 min.
Starring Vincent Price, Donald Randolph, Eva Gabor
Cinematography by Bert Glennon
Directed by John Brahm
For Vincent Price, revenge was a dish served cold and in 3-D. In 1954, just a year after his three-dimensional rampage in Andre DeToth‘s House of Wax, the actor returned in a virtual remake – the budget was lower and the black and white imagery couldn’t hold a candle to the rich WarnerColor but John Brahm’s The Mad Magician scares up some legitimate in-your-face fun.
Price plays Don Gallico, an undervalued inventor at Illusions, Inc., a full service shop for professional prestidigitators. It’s a dead end job in more ways than one and his newest creation could give him the break he’s waited for. His biggest obstacle is his own boss, a Dickensian villain named Ross Ormond (Donald Randolph) who’s managed...
Blu ray
Powerhouse Films/Indicator
1954 / 1.85:1 / 73 min.
Starring Vincent Price, Donald Randolph, Eva Gabor
Cinematography by Bert Glennon
Directed by John Brahm
For Vincent Price, revenge was a dish served cold and in 3-D. In 1954, just a year after his three-dimensional rampage in Andre DeToth‘s House of Wax, the actor returned in a virtual remake – the budget was lower and the black and white imagery couldn’t hold a candle to the rich WarnerColor but John Brahm’s The Mad Magician scares up some legitimate in-your-face fun.
Price plays Don Gallico, an undervalued inventor at Illusions, Inc., a full service shop for professional prestidigitators. It’s a dead end job in more ways than one and his newest creation could give him the break he’s waited for. His biggest obstacle is his own boss, a Dickensian villain named Ross Ormond (Donald Randolph) who’s managed...
- 3/21/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Rock Hudson and Donna Reed star in a kidnapping-vengeance-pursuit western filmed in large part in gorgeous Sedona, Arizona, in 3-D and (originally) Technicolor. It’s another 3-D treasure from the 1950s boom years. The trailer is in 3-D too.
Gun Fury 3-D
3-D Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1953 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 82 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Phil Carey, Roberta Haynes, Leo Gordon, Lee Marvin, Neville Brand.
Cinematography: Lester WhiteMusical Director (Stock Music): Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Written by Irving Wallace, Roy Huggins
Produced by Lewis Rachmil
Directed by Raoul Walsh
I have a new theory for why the 1950s 3-D craze only lasted about 2.5 years: they couldn’t find any more one-eyed directors to make them.
Gun Fury arrived at the end of 1953, in the thick of what would be called the ‘fad’ of 3-D. Columbia Pictures jumped into ‘depth pictures’ as if it were a gimmick,...
Gun Fury 3-D
3-D Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1953 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 82 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Phil Carey, Roberta Haynes, Leo Gordon, Lee Marvin, Neville Brand.
Cinematography: Lester WhiteMusical Director (Stock Music): Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Written by Irving Wallace, Roy Huggins
Produced by Lewis Rachmil
Directed by Raoul Walsh
I have a new theory for why the 1950s 3-D craze only lasted about 2.5 years: they couldn’t find any more one-eyed directors to make them.
Gun Fury arrived at the end of 1953, in the thick of what would be called the ‘fad’ of 3-D. Columbia Pictures jumped into ‘depth pictures’ as if it were a gimmick,...
- 9/26/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
By Hank Reineke
Though Vincent Price would eventually garner a well-deserved reputation as Hollywood’s preeminent bogeyman, it was only really with André De Toth’s House of Wax (1953) that the actor would become associated with all things sinister. In some sense the playful, nervously elegant Price was an odd successor to the horror film-maestro throne: he was a somewhat aristocratic psychotic who shared neither Boris Karloff’s cold and malevolent scowl nor Bela Lugosi’s distinctly unhinged madness or old-world exoticism.
His early film career started in a less pigeonholed manner: as a budding movie actor with a seven year contract for Universal Studios in the 1940s, the tall, elegant Price would appear in a number of semi-distinguished if modestly-budgeted romantic comedies and dramas. His contract with Universal was apparently non-exclusive, and his most memorable roles for the studio were his earliest. In a harbinger of things to come,...
Though Vincent Price would eventually garner a well-deserved reputation as Hollywood’s preeminent bogeyman, it was only really with André De Toth’s House of Wax (1953) that the actor would become associated with all things sinister. In some sense the playful, nervously elegant Price was an odd successor to the horror film-maestro throne: he was a somewhat aristocratic psychotic who shared neither Boris Karloff’s cold and malevolent scowl nor Bela Lugosi’s distinctly unhinged madness or old-world exoticism.
His early film career started in a less pigeonholed manner: as a budding movie actor with a seven year contract for Universal Studios in the 1940s, the tall, elegant Price would appear in a number of semi-distinguished if modestly-budgeted romantic comedies and dramas. His contract with Universal was apparently non-exclusive, and his most memorable roles for the studio were his earliest. In a harbinger of things to come,...
- 1/30/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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The Mad Magician
3-D Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1954 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 72 min. / Street Date January 10, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O’Neal, Jay Novello, Corey Allen, Conrad Brooks, Tom Powers, Lyle Talbot.
Cinematography: Bert Glennon
Editor: Grant Whytock
Original Music: Arthur Lange, Emil Newman
Written by: Crane Wilbur
Produced by: Bryan Foy
Directed by John Brahm
Twilight Time, bless ’em, hands us another treat to go with their 3-D discs of Man in the Dark, Miss Sadie Thompson and Harlock Space Pirate 3-D — and this time it’s a fun bit of 1950s horror — with a hot pair of short subject extras.
There have been plenty of theories as to why horror films became scarce after WW2; it’s as if the U.S. film industry took a ten-year break from the supernatural, and partly...
3-D Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1954 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 72 min. / Street Date January 10, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O’Neal, Jay Novello, Corey Allen, Conrad Brooks, Tom Powers, Lyle Talbot.
Cinematography: Bert Glennon
Editor: Grant Whytock
Original Music: Arthur Lange, Emil Newman
Written by: Crane Wilbur
Produced by: Bryan Foy
Directed by John Brahm
Twilight Time, bless ’em, hands us another treat to go with their 3-D discs of Man in the Dark, Miss Sadie Thompson and Harlock Space Pirate 3-D — and this time it’s a fun bit of 1950s horror — with a hot pair of short subject extras.
There have been plenty of theories as to why horror films became scarce after WW2; it’s as if the U.S. film industry took a ten-year break from the supernatural, and partly...
- 1/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Today is Vincent Price’s 104th Birthday! Price was born here in St. Louis on this date in 1911 and is the most iconic movie star to hail from our city. Price, who died October 25th 1993, was also a gourmand, author, stage actor, speaker, world-class art collector, raconteur, and all-around Renaissance man. Vincent Price was simply one of the most remarkable people of the 20th Century. Four years ago we had the opportunity to celebrate his 100th birthday and St. Louis was the place to do it. I teamed up with Cinema St. Louis to present Vincentennial, The Vincent Price 100th Birthday Celebration, an event that lasted through much of the Spring of 2011. The following year Vincentennial won two coveted Rondo Awards, one for “Best Fan Event” and a second for myself as “Monster Kid of the Year” for directing the event. The Rondo Awards are prestigious Fan Awards given out...
- 5/28/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We’ll be celebrating the 5th year anniversary of Super-8 Movie Madness at The Way Out Club in St. Louis on Tuesday October 7th with an encore performance of our most popular show. It’s Super-8 Vincent Price Movie Madness in 3D, the show that we took on the road to promote Vincentennial back in 2011. We’ll be honoring the hometown horror hero by showing condensed (average length: 15 minutes) versions of several of Price’s greatest films on Super-8 sound film projected on a big screen. They are: Master Of The World, War-gods Of The Deep, Pit And The Pendulum, The Raven, Witchfinder General, Tim Burton’s Vincent, Two Vincent Price Trailer Reels, Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein and The Mad Magician in 3D (We’ll have plenty of 3D Glasses for everyone)
The non-Price movies we’re showing October 7th are The Three Stooges in Pardon My Backfire...
The non-Price movies we’re showing October 7th are The Three Stooges in Pardon My Backfire...
- 10/1/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Festival will also see director Rowan Joffe and novelist Sj Watson present Before I Go To Sleep, starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong.
The 34th edition of the Cambridge Film Festival (Aug 28 - Sept 7) is to open with The Kidnapping Of Michel Houellebecq, Guillaume Nicloux’s comedy-drama based in part on true events.
It recounts the disapperance of reclusive French novelist Michel Houellebecq during a book tour in 2011. The rumours of his whereabouts led to endless speculation, including a kidnapping. The film, which stars the novelist as himself, will be presented at the festival by Nicloux.
Special guests at this year’s festival include writer-director Rowan Joffe and novelist Sj Watson who will present Before I Go To Sleep, an amnesiac thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong.
Skip Kite will present his timely tribute to late politican Tony Benn: Will and Testament, while Andrew Sinclair, director of 1972’s...
The 34th edition of the Cambridge Film Festival (Aug 28 - Sept 7) is to open with The Kidnapping Of Michel Houellebecq, Guillaume Nicloux’s comedy-drama based in part on true events.
It recounts the disapperance of reclusive French novelist Michel Houellebecq during a book tour in 2011. The rumours of his whereabouts led to endless speculation, including a kidnapping. The film, which stars the novelist as himself, will be presented at the festival by Nicloux.
Special guests at this year’s festival include writer-director Rowan Joffe and novelist Sj Watson who will present Before I Go To Sleep, an amnesiac thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong.
Skip Kite will present his timely tribute to late politican Tony Benn: Will and Testament, while Andrew Sinclair, director of 1972’s...
- 8/7/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is a monthly newspaper run by Steve DeBellis, a well know St. Louis historian, and it’s the largest one-man newspaper in the world. The concept of The Globe is that there is an old historic headline, then all the articles in that issue are written as though it’s the year that the headline is from. It’s an unusual concept but the paper is now in its 27th successful year! Steve and I collaborated in 2011 on an all-Vincent Price issue of The Globe and he has asked me to write a regular monthly movie-related column. Since there is no on-line version of The Globe, I will be posting all of my articles here at We Are Movie Geeks. Since this month’s St. Louis Globe-Democrat is written as if it’s 1959, I decided to write about two of my favoririte films from that...
- 5/12/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Mad Magician (1954)
Starring: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor
Writer: Crane Wilbur
Director: John Brahm
Synopsis (From Sony):
Vincent Price plays Gallico the Great, an inspired inventor of magic acts who longs to perform his creations himself. When he finally gets his chance, the production is closed by Gallico’s cruel manager, who wants a rival magician to perform Gallico’s greatest trick, The Lady and the Buzz Saw. An enraged Gallico turns into a homicidal maniac, taking out his victims with the same methods he used to create his illusions.
Review:
The Mad Magician is one of those movies where a man is wronged in the worst imaginable ways, and he goes off the deep end, and you don’t blame him. Matter of fact, you’ll root for him. Losing his hard work to his manager is really just the tip of the iceberg; something of...
Starring: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor
Writer: Crane Wilbur
Director: John Brahm
Synopsis (From Sony):
Vincent Price plays Gallico the Great, an inspired inventor of magic acts who longs to perform his creations himself. When he finally gets his chance, the production is closed by Gallico’s cruel manager, who wants a rival magician to perform Gallico’s greatest trick, The Lady and the Buzz Saw. An enraged Gallico turns into a homicidal maniac, taking out his victims with the same methods he used to create his illusions.
Review:
The Mad Magician is one of those movies where a man is wronged in the worst imaginable ways, and he goes off the deep end, and you don’t blame him. Matter of fact, you’ll root for him. Losing his hard work to his manager is really just the tip of the iceberg; something of...
- 10/5/2013
- by Eric King
- The Liberal Dead
TCM devotes Thursday nights in October to Vincent Price, the versatile actor whose career lasted more than five decades and extended far beyond the horror films for which he was best known.
The chronological lineup includes such classics as The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Three Musketeers (1948) and While the City Sleeps (1956).
And on Oct. 23 and Oct. 31, Price’s talents in the horror genre are on full display in 17 films, just in time for Halloween.
Thursday, Oct. 3
8 p.m. – The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
10 p.m. – Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Midnight – The Keys of the Kingdom (1945)
2:30 a.m. – The Three Musketeers (1948)
5:15 a.m. – The Bribe (1949)
7 a.m. – The Long Night (1947)
Thursday, Oct. 10
8 p.m. – The Baron of Arizona (1950)
9:45 p.m. – His Kind of Woman (1951)
Midnight – The Las Vegas Story (1952)
1:30 a.m. – Dangerous Mission (1954)
3 a.m. – Son of Sinbad (1955)
4:45 a.m. – Serenade (1956)
Thursday,...
The chronological lineup includes such classics as The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Three Musketeers (1948) and While the City Sleeps (1956).
And on Oct. 23 and Oct. 31, Price’s talents in the horror genre are on full display in 17 films, just in time for Halloween.
Thursday, Oct. 3
8 p.m. – The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
10 p.m. – Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Midnight – The Keys of the Kingdom (1945)
2:30 a.m. – The Three Musketeers (1948)
5:15 a.m. – The Bribe (1949)
7 a.m. – The Long Night (1947)
Thursday, Oct. 10
8 p.m. – The Baron of Arizona (1950)
9:45 p.m. – His Kind of Woman (1951)
Midnight – The Las Vegas Story (1952)
1:30 a.m. – Dangerous Mission (1954)
3 a.m. – Son of Sinbad (1955)
4:45 a.m. – Serenade (1956)
Thursday,...
- 10/3/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Head down to the Way Out Club on Tuesday October 1st for the eye-popping event Super-8 3D Movie Madness. Only six 3D movies were produced in the Super-8 Sound format and we’re showing all six of them! And we’ve got plenty of 3D glasses for everyone. The 3D films are: Murder In 3D, It Came From Outer Space, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Vincent Price in The Mad Magician, and a Three Stooges 3D double-bill of Pardon My Backfire and Spooks.
Super-8 3D Movie Madness is sponsored by the new movie Carrie starring Chloe Grace Moritz which opens nationwide October 18 so one of the non-3D movies we’re showing is the original Carrie starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta. We should have plenty of posters, movie passes, and other giveaway stuff from the new Carrie for all attendees.
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Head down to the Way Out Club on Tuesday October 1st for the eye-popping event Super-8 3D Movie Madness. Only six 3D movies were produced in the Super-8 Sound format and we’re showing all six of them! And we’ve got plenty of 3D glasses for everyone. The 3D films are: Murder In 3D, It Came From Outer Space, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Vincent Price in The Mad Magician, and a Three Stooges 3D double-bill of Pardon My Backfire and Spooks.
Super-8 3D Movie Madness is sponsored by the new movie Carrie starring Chloe Grace Moritz which opens nationwide October 18 so one of the non-3D movies we’re showing is the original Carrie starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta. We should have plenty of posters, movie passes, and other giveaway stuff from the new Carrie for all attendees.
The...
- 9/25/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Previously, during the two week long 3-D film festival at the Egyptian Theatre, I had the pleasure to watch Creature From The Black Lagoon, House Of Wax, It Came From Outer Space, The Mad Magician and Jaws 3-D. This past Saturday night, I completed my experience with the World 3-D Film Expo with a screening of Jack Arnold’s Revenge Of The Creature, the sequel to the Universal classic Creature From The Black Lagoon.
As with many of the other screenings, I got to see Revenge in the format it was intended to be seen in, dual 35 mm, in luscious 3-D. The film had some great 3-D gags, and some fantastic underwater sequences, and didn’t look much worse for wear in comparison with Joe Alves’ Jaws 3-D. In fact, after seeing them both in such a short time, I was startled by the similarity in the two movies (in the less heralded sequels,...
As with many of the other screenings, I got to see Revenge in the format it was intended to be seen in, dual 35 mm, in luscious 3-D. The film had some great 3-D gags, and some fantastic underwater sequences, and didn’t look much worse for wear in comparison with Joe Alves’ Jaws 3-D. In fact, after seeing them both in such a short time, I was startled by the similarity in the two movies (in the less heralded sequels,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
This past weekend, the World 3-D Film Expo wrapped up its third year at the Egyptian. As always, it was packed with golden age film luminaries, wonderful 3-D shorts, a bundle of nostalgia, all coming together with classic 3-D films made when the idea of 3-D didn’t make you shudder in terror.
What follows is an introspective on my experiences as well as a discussion of the films I saw. On this particular day, Friday the 13th, I was in store for two treasures: Jack Arnold’s It Came From Outer Space (1953) and Vincent Price in The Mad Magician (1954). It Came From Outer Space was one of four Arnold films screened for the Expo, along with Creature, Revenge Of The Creature, and The Glass Web
Before screening It Came From Outer Space in its original dual 35 mm format (we got to wear the classic paper white glasses), the treat...
What follows is an introspective on my experiences as well as a discussion of the films I saw. On this particular day, Friday the 13th, I was in store for two treasures: Jack Arnold’s It Came From Outer Space (1953) and Vincent Price in The Mad Magician (1954). It Came From Outer Space was one of four Arnold films screened for the Expo, along with Creature, Revenge Of The Creature, and The Glass Web
Before screening It Came From Outer Space in its original dual 35 mm format (we got to wear the classic paper white glasses), the treat...
- 9/18/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
After opening day of the World 3-D Film Expo III at the Sid Grauman Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, where two diverse hits from 1953 where aired, Hondo and House Of Wax, the next day brought with it the blockbuster outing of the entire festival. Especially for monster kids.
Following The Maze and Bwana Devil, Saturday brought us Jack Arnold’s Creature From The Black Lagoon on the big screen, in 3-D, how it was intended to be seen, with star Julie Adams (aka Kay Lawrence, the luminescent bombshell in the classic white swimsuit) in attendance for a Q&A after the show. It doesn’t get much better than that.
I was blessed with the opportunity to talk with Julie Adams and her son Mitch Danton before the festival, in an interview that is forthcoming (stay glued to Facebook, Twitter, and the website for details!). At the Expo, I was able...
Following The Maze and Bwana Devil, Saturday brought us Jack Arnold’s Creature From The Black Lagoon on the big screen, in 3-D, how it was intended to be seen, with star Julie Adams (aka Kay Lawrence, the luminescent bombshell in the classic white swimsuit) in attendance for a Q&A after the show. It doesn’t get much better than that.
I was blessed with the opportunity to talk with Julie Adams and her son Mitch Danton before the festival, in an interview that is forthcoming (stay glued to Facebook, Twitter, and the website for details!). At the Expo, I was able...
- 9/10/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
For the third year running, the World 3-D Film Expo has come to Hollywood, with 35 screenings of rare, classic 3-D prints spread out over two weeks at the resplendently restored and iconic Grauman’s Egyptian Theater.
This year, audiences are treated to a stellar lineup that includes House Of Wax, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Revenge Of The Creature, Jaws 3-D, Wings Of The Hawk, It Came From Outer Space, The Mad Magician, Robot Monster, Hondo, and many more.
The event began this past weekend, and I had the pleasure of being in attendance for a couple of the screenings. It was my first experience with the Expo, and it’s all been fantastic thus far. Over the next week, I’ll be discussing my experiences at the event (I’m attending four days), the movies, and the special guests in attendance (like The Julie Adams, Joe Alves, and Piper Laurie). In fact,...
This year, audiences are treated to a stellar lineup that includes House Of Wax, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Revenge Of The Creature, Jaws 3-D, Wings Of The Hawk, It Came From Outer Space, The Mad Magician, Robot Monster, Hondo, and many more.
The event began this past weekend, and I had the pleasure of being in attendance for a couple of the screenings. It was my first experience with the Expo, and it’s all been fantastic thus far. Over the next week, I’ll be discussing my experiences at the event (I’m attending four days), the movies, and the special guests in attendance (like The Julie Adams, Joe Alves, and Piper Laurie). In fact,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Bava’s bizarre 1970 psychodrama Hatchet For The Honeymoon is one of his few masterworks that remains less celebrated, and that’s a shame, because it’s a triumph of style, satire and bizarre, obsessive imagery. Fangoria and Toronto’s Revue Cinema (499 Roncesvalles Avenue) will present a special screening of Hatchet Wednesday, October 24 at 9 p.m., and are honored to have as special guest for the evening revered pianist, artist and composer Stephen Forsyth, who starred as Hatchet’s murderous, mentally unbalanced lead and was a major star in Italy during the 1960s, starring in several high-profile, violent spaghetti Westerns and thrillers. Fango editor Chris Alexander will sit down with Forsyth for an in-depth discussion dissecting Bava’s unique directing approach and reflecting on those long-gone, never-forgotten days when the internationally exported genre cinema was king.
Wanna see the film and meet Mr. Forsyth for free?
To win a double pass...
Wanna see the film and meet Mr. Forsyth for free?
To win a double pass...
- 10/23/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
Bava’s bizarre 1970 psychodrama Hatchet For The Honeymoon is one of his few masterworks that remains less celebrated, and that’s a shame, because it’s a triumph of style, satire and bizarre, obsessive imagery. Fangoria and Toronto’s Revue Cinema (499 Roncesvalles Avenue) will present a special screening of Hatchet Wednesday, October 24 at 9 p.m., and are honored to have as special guest for the evening revered pianist, artist and composer Stephen Forsyth, who starred as Hatchet’s murderous, mentally unbalanced lead and was a major star in Italy during the 1960s, starring in several high-profile, violent spaghetti Westerns and thrillers. Fango editor Chris Alexander will sit down with Forsyth for an in-depth discussion dissecting Bava’s unique directing approach and reflecting on those long-gone, never-forgotten days when the internationally exported genre cinema was king.
Wanna see the film and meet Mr. Forsyth for free?
To win a double pass...
Wanna see the film and meet Mr. Forsyth for free?
To win a double pass...
- 10/23/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
Vincentennial, the Vincent Price 100th Birthday Celebration, which took place here in St. Louis last Spring and was covered in depth at We Are Movie Geeks, has been nominated for a Rondo Award for “Best Fan Event”. Now in their tenth year, The Rondo Awards are prestigious Fan Awards given out annually for the year’s best horror-related stuff–movies, magazines,articles, toys, etc. The Rondos are completely fan-based; nominees are selected by horror film fans and focus specifically on the horror genre. The awards are debated at The Classic Horror Film Board and presented at the Wonderfest Hobby Expo in May in Louisville, Ky. The awards are named for Rondo Hatton, the 1940′s-era character actor whose glandular disease resulted in a misshapen face and brutish appearance (an article I wrote for Wamg about Mr. Hatton can be found Here)
The Rondos have 31 categories covering all aspects of film and the horror genre in general,...
The Rondos have 31 categories covering all aspects of film and the horror genre in general,...
- 2/24/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Vincentennial is over but you have one last chance to Super-8 Vincent Price Movie Madness in 3-D. At 11:00pm this Friday night I will present this 90-minute show as part of the Contamination Horror, Sci-Fi, and Pop Culture Convention here in St. Louis at the Westport Sheraton Hotel. Condensed versions of the following Vincent Price films will be screened on Super-8 sound film: The Pit And The Pendulum, War-gods Of The Deep, The Raven, Master Of The World, Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (Yes, Price is in that !), The Conqueror Worm, a 7-film Vincent Price Trailer Reel, and The Mad Magician which is in 3-D !!!(I have plenty of 3D glasses for everyone). and Tim Burton’s 6-minute short Vincent. I’ll also be talking about Vincentennial and handing out free copies of our all-Vincent Price issue of the St. Louis Globe Democrat. The Vincent Price presentation is...
- 6/21/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hollywood actor who shot to fame as Marlon Brando's girlfriend in The Wild One
Co-starring with Marlon Brando in his prime is a bonus for any actor's filmography. The fame of Mary Murphy, who has died aged 80, was boosted considerably when she played his love interest in The Wild One (1953). Tame by today's standards, it was the film in which the brooding, rebellious, black-leather-clad Brando, as the leader of a motorcycle gang, emerged fully as a sex symbol.
The pretty, clean-cut Murphy, never considered a sex symbol herself, served as an excellent foil to Brando who, when asked what he is rebelling against, replies: "What've you got?" As the sheriff's daughter, she immediately attracts the attention of Brando when he comes in for a beer at the diner where she works. Gradually, the attraction becomes mutual as he rides his large, phallic motorcycle with her clutching his waist, her...
Co-starring with Marlon Brando in his prime is a bonus for any actor's filmography. The fame of Mary Murphy, who has died aged 80, was boosted considerably when she played his love interest in The Wild One (1953). Tame by today's standards, it was the film in which the brooding, rebellious, black-leather-clad Brando, as the leader of a motorcycle gang, emerged fully as a sex symbol.
The pretty, clean-cut Murphy, never considered a sex symbol herself, served as an excellent foil to Brando who, when asked what he is rebelling against, replies: "What've you got?" As the sheriff's daughter, she immediately attracts the attention of Brando when he comes in for a beer at the diner where she works. Gradually, the attraction becomes mutual as he rides his large, phallic motorcycle with her clutching his waist, her...
- 6/3/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Tonight at 10pm at the Way Out is our Vincentennial edition of Super-8 Vincent Price Movie Madness. We’re starting at 10pm because there is a 7pm screening of Witchfinder General at brown Hall on the campus of Washington University that no Vincent Price fan in St. Louis will be missing. I’ve now added a special screening to the festivities at The Way Out Club. At 11:30pm, I’m showing a 16mm print of Dr Goldfoot And The Girl Bombs, Price’s 1966 collaboration with legendary director Mario Bava. This is a superb technicolor print of a movie generally considered one of Price’s worst but is actually a film that has aged into kitschy, campy fun. Dana Jung’s reassessment of the film he wrote a few weeks ago here at We Are Movie Geeks can be found Here.
Super-8 Vincent Price Movie Madness is a 100 minute show...
Super-8 Vincent Price Movie Madness is a 100 minute show...
- 5/26/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Vincentennial Vincent Price Film Festival starts this Thursday, May 19th . This is a great opportunity for movie fans to see these wonderful Vincent Price films on the big screen. Most of the films are free, but the ones at the Hi-Pointe will be ticketed.
Here.s the complete lineup:
Thursday May 19:
7:30pm- The Fly (1958) to be presented at Missouri History Museum.S
MacDermott Grand Hall. With activities, a cash bar, and a special bonus at the door for Vincent Price look-a-likes. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for an 8:30 p.m. screening of The Fly. Admission is free.
The Vincentennial Vincent Price Film Festival then moves to the The Hi-Pointe Theater for the next three days.
Friday May 20:
7:00pm . The Last Man On Earth (1964) will be presented in a stunning 35mm print to be preceded by Tim Burton.s 6-minute stop-motion animation short Vincent.
Here.s the complete lineup:
Thursday May 19:
7:30pm- The Fly (1958) to be presented at Missouri History Museum.S
MacDermott Grand Hall. With activities, a cash bar, and a special bonus at the door for Vincent Price look-a-likes. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for an 8:30 p.m. screening of The Fly. Admission is free.
The Vincentennial Vincent Price Film Festival then moves to the The Hi-Pointe Theater for the next three days.
Friday May 20:
7:00pm . The Last Man On Earth (1964) will be presented in a stunning 35mm print to be preceded by Tim Burton.s 6-minute stop-motion animation short Vincent.
- 5/16/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Vincentennial: The Legacy of Vincent Price Exhibit opened at the Sheldon Art Galleries in St. Louis last Friday, April 22nd. Despite tornado alerts and it being Good Friday, there was a turnout of over 250 enthusiastic people on hand for the opening night reception. The free wine, Stella Artois beer, and snacks were appreciated by the crowd who at one point were sent downstairs while the tornado alarms went off. Fortunately, the Vincent Price Exhibit was downstairs as well, and when the beer made it down there, it just became more of a party. I’m pretty sure Vincent Price was behind the wicked weather. The Sheldon is located at 3648 Washington Boulevard in Saint Louis. The exhibit is in the Ann Lee and Wilfred Konneker Gallery on the first floor and runs through August 6th. The exhibition is underwritten by Mary Strauss and curated by Tom Stockman.
Vincentennial: The Legacy of...
Vincentennial: The Legacy of...
- 4/26/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Vincentennial: The Legacy of Vincent Price Exhibit opens April 22nd at the Sheldon Art Galleries in St. Louis. The Sheldon is located downtown at 3648 Washington Boulevard (around the corner from the Fox Theater). The exhibit will be in the Ann Lee and Wilfrid Konneker Gallery on the first floor. There will be a free exhibit grand opening reception Friday April 22nd from 6 to 8pm at the Sheldon that will include free wine, hors d’oeuvres, and Stella Artois beer. The Exhibit runs through August 6th. The Gallery’s Hours are Tuesdays, 12 noon . 8 p.m, Wednesdays – Fridays, 12 noon . 5 p.m, and Saturdays, 10 a.m. . 2 p.m.
Vincentennial: The Legacy of Vincent Price is a one-of-a-kind exhibit of historical artifacts, movie memorabilia, and collectibles assembled from the collections of several Vincent Price fans from across the country. In honor of the upcoming centennial of his birth, this exhibit is designed to honor...
Vincentennial: The Legacy of Vincent Price is a one-of-a-kind exhibit of historical artifacts, movie memorabilia, and collectibles assembled from the collections of several Vincent Price fans from across the country. In honor of the upcoming centennial of his birth, this exhibit is designed to honor...
- 4/8/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Schedule for the Vincentennial Vincent Price Film Festival in St. Louis has been announced. May 27th is the 100th birthday of the most iconic actor to hail from St. Louis so Cinema St. Louis will be throwing a film festival in his honor to celebrate. Here’s the lineup:
Thursday May 19:
7:30pm- The Fly (1958) to be presented at Missouri History Museum’S
MacDermott Grand Hall. With activities, a cash bar, and a special bonus at the door for Vincent Price look-a-likes. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for an 8:30 p.m. screening of The Fly. Admission is free.
The Vincentennial Vincent Price Film Festival then moves to the The Hi-Pointe Theater for the next three days.
Friday May 20:
7:00pm – The Last Man On Earth (1964) will be presented in a stunning 35mm print to be preceded by Tim Burton’s 6-minute stop-motion animation short Vincent.
Thursday May 19:
7:30pm- The Fly (1958) to be presented at Missouri History Museum’S
MacDermott Grand Hall. With activities, a cash bar, and a special bonus at the door for Vincent Price look-a-likes. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for an 8:30 p.m. screening of The Fly. Admission is free.
The Vincentennial Vincent Price Film Festival then moves to the The Hi-Pointe Theater for the next three days.
Friday May 20:
7:00pm – The Last Man On Earth (1964) will be presented in a stunning 35mm print to be preceded by Tim Burton’s 6-minute stop-motion animation short Vincent.
- 3/18/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
‘Super-8 Vincent Price Movie Madness in 3-D’. at the Way Out Club will be held on Tuesday October 5th from 8pm to Midnight. These are Super-8 Sound films condensed from features (they average 15 minutes in length) and will be projected on a large screen at the Way Out Club. Admission is a measly Three Bucks!!!!
October 5th will be our one-year anniversary show and we have a special event honoring St. Louis’ greatest movie star. Condensed versions of the following Vincent Price films will be screened: The Pit And The Pendulum, War-gods Of The Deep, The Raven, Master Of The World, Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (Yes, Price is in that !), The Conqueror Worm, a 7-film Vincent Price Trailer Reel, and The Mad Magician which is in 3-D !!!. I’m also going to set up a video projector at one point in the evening and show an episode of the...
October 5th will be our one-year anniversary show and we have a special event honoring St. Louis’ greatest movie star. Condensed versions of the following Vincent Price films will be screened: The Pit And The Pendulum, War-gods Of The Deep, The Raven, Master Of The World, Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (Yes, Price is in that !), The Conqueror Worm, a 7-film Vincent Price Trailer Reel, and The Mad Magician which is in 3-D !!!. I’m also going to set up a video projector at one point in the evening and show an episode of the...
- 9/28/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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