{"id":5766,"date":"2011-05-19T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2011-05-19T11:31:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T17:31:11","slug":"special-exhibits-film-festival-to-honor-the-100th-birthday-of-vincent-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=5766","title":{"rendered":"Special Exhibits, Film Festival, to Honor The 100th Birthday of Vincent Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Maggie Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He went by the nickname of the \u201cMerchant of Menace.\u201d\u00a0 He was a gourmet chef and author of cookbooks.\u00a0 He received an art history degree from Yale. His likeness appeared on such Milton Bradley games as \u201cHangman.\u201d\u00a0 He attended the private school, Country Day (now MICDS).\u00a0 He was one of this country\u2019s most versatile and beloved performers, and he was born right here in St. Louis, one hundred years ago on May 27, 1911.<\/p>\n<p>His name at birth was Vincent Leonard Price, Jr., and he began his career on the Broadway stage with Helen Hayes.\u00a0 Hollywood easily found him on-going work from his first screen role in 1938\u2019s \u201cService de Luxe;\u201d followed by \u201cLaura,\u201d \u201cThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex,\u201d \u201cKeys of the Kingdom,\u201d \u201cHouse of 7 Gables,\u201d \u201cDragonwyck,\u201d and \u201cLeave Her to Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later achieved worldwide fame with his series of horror films like \u201cThe Raven,\u201d \u201cThe House on Haunted Hill,\u201d \u201cThe Fly,\u201d \u201cThe Bat\u201d and \u201cThe Pit and the Pendulum.\u201d\u00a0 In addition to film work, Price appeared in early television dramatic anthologies like \u201cPlayhouse 90\u201d and \u201cAlcoa Hour,\u201d did narration and voice-over work, hosted Masterpiece Mystery in the 80\u2019s and guest-starred in such TV series as \u201cBatman,\u201d \u201cGet Smart,\u201d \u201cThe Mod Squad,\u201d \u201cThe Man From U.N.C.L.E.,\u201d and \u201cColumbo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the distinguished career of our very own home-town star, Cinema St. Louis presents Vincentennial: The Vincent Price 100th Birthday Celebration from May 19 to May 28.\u00a0 In conjunction with this celebration will be several\u00a0 special events:\u00a0\u00a0 a film festival; two exhibits; a stage production of one of Price\u2019s films, \u201cThe Abominable Dr. Phibes;\u201d a Lifetime Achievement Award presentation event in honor of filmmaker Roger Corman, with whom Price did several Edgar Allen Poe films; and a discussion with Price\u2019s daughter, Victoria, at the Missouri History Museum.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Vincentennial: at <\/strong><strong>Local Sites May 19-28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The presenting sponsor for Vincentennial is Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School (MICDS) and its chief underwriter is philanthropist, Mary Strauss.\u00a0 A great memorabilia exhibit is currently on display at the Sheldon Art Galleries on Washington Avenue by the Fox until August 6; complete with photos, posters, costumes, family heirlooms, and oddities like the Milton Bradley children\u2019s craft, \u201cShrunken Head Apple Sculpture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Star Clipper Comics in the Loop is an exhibit of paintings and illustrations of Price, featuring the work of Joel Robinson, the cover artist of eight issues of Bluewater Comics\u2019 Vincent Price Presents series.\u00a0 Robinson created the logo for the Vincentennial Celebration poster.\u00a0 Other St. Louis-based artists present their take on Price at Star Clipper\u2019s gallery.\u00a0 The Price film festival begins this Thursday at the History Museum with the 8:30 screening of \u201cThe Fly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival continues with many of Price\u2019s famous horror films at the Hi-Pointe Theatre. Corman\u00a0 will appear at the evening screenings on May 21 and May 22) and the History Museum and at Washington University screenings of such films as \u201cChampagne for Caesar,\u201d \u201cThe Baron of Arizona\u201d and \u201cThe Whales of August.\u201d\u00a0 The series concludes at the Muny in Forest Park on May 28, with the screenings of \u201cEdward Scissorhands\u201d and the stop-motion short, \u201cVincent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For complete information of the Celebration\u2019s events, go to the website, www.vincentennial.com.\u00a0 As Price once said, \u201cWhat\u2019s important about an actor\u00a0\u00a0 is his acting, not his life.\u201d\u00a0 Celebrate the man, the acting and the life at Vincentennial: The Vincent Price 100th Birthday Celebration!<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis-born actor Vincent Price in one of his<\/p>\n<p>early films Laura in 1944<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maggie Scott He went by the nickname of the \u201cMerchant of Menace.\u201d\u00a0 He was a gourmet chef and author of cookbooks.\u00a0 He received an art history degree from Yale. 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