Favorite Films (lists up to participating site members)

[Mayerling]

Tower of London what a great pick...Karloff as Mord is one of my all time favorite roles of his....Rathbone is fantastic and of course a very early screen appearance by Vincent Price as the Duke of Clarence..

I say we start a new list.... favorite Vincent Price films.... as there are so many lets just go with 5 or 10 to start... of course these will be just off the top of the head so our lists can be changed i'll start

1-Champagne for Caesar-1950.. Price in a very comedic role..steals the movie.

2-House of wax-1953- a true classic- one of the few remakes possibly better than the original ( even though the original, Mystery of the Wax Museum, is amazing as well!!)

3-The Mad Magician-1954.. another 3D film...but darker than most

4-The Last Man on Earth-1964.. I think the creepiest version of this story....a bit campy at times but great over all vibe

5-Witchfinder General (Conqueror Worm)-1968... after so many camp Corman Poe films along came this quite sinister one.. excellent performance!

6-The Abominable Dr. Phibes- 1971..I wish I could put both Phibes films as one...just great fun.

7-While the City Sleeps-1956..a noir film by legendary Fritz Lang... not the biggest role for Vincent.. but a great film

8-The Pit and the Pendulum-1961.. Now this is a Corman/Poe classic!!

9-Confessions of an Opium Eater-1962.. I'll pick this for now because it is just SO DIFFERENT for Price...very physical film for him as well.

10-Theatre of Blood-1973..Possibly my favorite of all of his films...camp, terror, shock... everything you could want... and it really shows off the acting chops Price had...plus the scene where he is "Butch" the hairdresser in the orange Afro wig....one of the hardest laughs I ever had when I first saw it!!

well.. that's my list to start the ball rolling... please feel free to comment... add.. or make your own lists!!

Steadmund Brand

A few other Vincent Price picks:

1) The Raven
2) The Comedy of Terrors (Four horror stars in clover, with a cute cameo by Joe E. Brown also. At one point Lorre's reaction to Price's nasty rejection of some business information of importance results in him giving a two word response in self-righteous anger, "Ungrateful employer!", that sounds like it's from a socialist play c. 1920.
3) Laura (as the chief suspect for one third of the film)
4) Leave Her to Heaven (as Gene Tierney's first boyfriend, who (as the District Attorney) is determined to avenge her "murder").
5) The Story of Mankind (poor movie - with some odd choices for the cast - but Price as the Devil arguing in favor of the end of the human race is having a field day in his role. Also he is rejoined by his co-star from "Champaign for Caesar", Ronald Colman).

Jeff

[Robert St Devil]

A few other Vincent Price picks:

1) The Raven
2) The Comedy of Terrors (Four horror stars in clover, with a cute cameo by Joe E. Brown also. At one point Lorre's reaction to Price's nasty rejection of some business information of importance results in him giving a two word response in self-righteous anger, "Ungrateful employer!", that sounds like it's from a socialist play c. 1920.
3) Laura (as the chief suspect for one third of the film)
4) Leave Her to Heaven (as Gene Tierney's first boyfriend, who (as the District Attorney) is determined to avenge her "murder").
5) The Story of Mankind (poor movie - with some odd choices for the cast - but Price as the Devil arguing in favor of the end of the human race is having a field day in his role. Also he is rejoined by his co-star from "Champaign for Caesar", Ronald Colman).

Jeff

What! No "House on Haunted Hill", May? Price's voice in "The Fall of the House of Usher" does get the asmr buzzing. Egghead and "Thriller" get honorable mention lol.
Hi harry: yea, "Witness for the Prosecution" had me duped thru the first viewing. Laughton is a beast - "The Private Life of Henry the VIII", "Rembrandt", and "I, Claudius" [if it had ever been completed] define acting at its finest.

[Robert]

'The Tingler.'

"Ladies and gentlemen, the tingle is among you. Run, run for your lives."

[Steadmund Brand]

A few other Vincent Price picks:

1) The Raven
2) The Comedy of Terrors (Four horror stars in clover, with a cute cameo by Joe E. Brown also. At one point Lorre's reaction to Price's nasty rejection of some business information of importance results in him giving a two word response in self-righteous anger, "Ungrateful employer!", that sounds like it's from a socialist play c. 1920.
3) Laura (as the chief suspect for one third of the film)
4) Leave Her to Heaven (as Gene Tierney's first boyfriend, who (as the District Attorney) is determined to avenge her "murder").
5) The Story of Mankind (poor movie - with some odd choices for the cast - but Price as the Devil arguing in favor of the end of the human race is having a field day in his role. Also he is rejoined by his co-star from "Champaign for Caesar", Ronald Colman).

Jeff

Oh the Story of Mankind...special place in my heart as the last film to have Groucho, Harpo and Chico (sadly not together... and sadder still is Chico's 3 seconds... he was very ill at the time) plus a young Dennis Hopper as Napoleon!! great stuff in a pretty bad film

Steadmund Brand

[Steadmund Brand]

What! No "House on Haunted Hill", May? Price's voice in "The Fall of the House of Usher" does get the asmr buzzing. Egghead and "Thriller" get honorable mention lol.
Hi harry: yea, "Witness for the Prosecution" had me duped thru the first viewing. Laughton is a beast - "The Private Life of Henry the VIII", "Rembrandt", and "I, Claudius" [if it had ever been completed] define acting at its finest.

I think his bit in The Black Widow (Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare) was better than his Thriller ( and was first haha)

Steadmund Brand

[Mayerling]

What! No "House on Haunted Hill", May? Price's voice in "The Fall of the House of Usher" does get the asmr buzzing. Egghead and "Thriller" get honorable mention lol.
Hi harry: yea, "Witness for the Prosecution" had me duped thru the first viewing. Laughton is a beast - "The Private Life of Henry the VIII", "Rembrandt", and "I, Claudius" [if it had ever been completed] define acting at its finest.

Charles Laughton:

1) The Private Life of Henry the VIII*
2) Rembrandt*
3) I Claudius*
4) Witness for the Prosecution*
5) Spartacus
6) Advise and Consent
7) The Suspect*
8) It Started With Eve*
9) The Man From Down Under
10) Tales of Manhattan
11) The Big Clock*
12) O Henry's Full House
13) Hobson's Choice*
14) The Bribe (another film for Vincent Price too)
15) The Beachcomber*
16) The Island of Lost Souls*
17) The Old, Dark House
18) Young Bess (reprise of his Henry VIII roled at the start)
19) The Strange Door
20) Ruggles of Red Gap*

[*Best performances]

There are others for Laughton, of course Robert - I just thought of his choice cameo in Lubitsch's "If I Had a Million" giving a boss what all of us want to give a boss.

Jeff

[GUT]

Charles Laughton:

1) The Private Life of Henry the VIII*
2) Rembrandt*
3) I Claudius*
4) Witness for the Prosecution*
5) Spartacus
6) Advise and Consent
7) The Suspect*
8) It Started With Eve*
9) The Man From Down Under
10) Tales of Manhattan
11) The Big Clock*
12) O Henry's Full House
13) Hobson's Choice*
14) The Bribe (another film for Vincent Price too)
15) The Beachcomber*
16) The Island of Lost Souls*
17) The Old, Dark House
18) Young Bess (reprise of his Henry VIII roled at the start)
19) The Strange Door
20) Ruggles of Red Gap*

[*Best performances]

There are others for Laughton, of course Robert - I just thought of his choice cameo in Lubitsch's "If I Had a Million" giving a boss what all of us want to give a boss.

Jeff

Don't know why, but I liked The Man From Downunder.

[Mayerling]

Don't know why, but I liked The Man From Downunder.

GlDay GUT,

Somehow I thought you might.

Jeff

[GUT]

GlDay GUT,

Somehow I thought you might.

Jeff

Also liked Hobson's
suspect and
Henry VIII

[Shaggyrand]

Price:
Theater of Blood
The Abominable Dr Phibes
Witchfinder General
Laura
House of the Long Shadows
The Invisible Man Returns
The Masque of Red Death
Comedy of Terrors
House on Haunted Hill (yeah, it's a goofy flick and far behind so many similar haunted house movies released at the same time, like The Inmocents and The Haunting BUT Price is just so much fun in it)
Fall of the House of Usher


Love Price's work... Even his voice work in 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo. Yeah. I am not ashamed of my inner fan boy.
His recently reprinted cookbook is well worth picking up, just wanted to put that out there.

[Robert]

I hadn't realised that Vincent was transgender. According to this site, he bore a son and a daughter.

http://gayinfluence.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/vincent-price.html

[caz]

Films I never get tired of watching, in no particular order...

The Ipcress File
Zulu
The Dambusters
Random Harvest
Midnight in Paris
Green for Danger
12 Angry Men
10 Rillington Place
Goldfinger
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
A Night to Remember
Theatre of Blood
Champagne Charlie
The Ladykillers
South Pacific
Oliver
Camelot
Carry on Screaming
The Odessa File
Some Like it Hot
Withnail and I
Carve Her Name with Pride
Life of Brian
Rebecca
Vertigo
The Lady Vanishes [Michael Redgrave version]
Ice Cold in Alex
Play Misty For Me
The Damned United

Love,

Caz
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[Robert]

I was wondering if these films could be combined to save money :

Ice cold in Alex, Champagne Charlie? Some like it hot.

A midnight to remember in Paris.

Rebecca the lady vanishes.

12 angry Zulu men (extremely cheap edition).

[Steadmund Brand]

I was wondering if these films could be combined to save money :

Ice cold in Alex, Champagne Charlie? Some like it hot.

A midnight to remember in Paris.

Rebecca the lady vanishes.

12 angry Zulu men (extremely cheap edition).

HAHAHA 12 Angry Zulu Men just made diet Pepsi come out my nose.... thanks Robert

Steadmund Brand

[Mayerling]

HAHAHA 12 Angry Zulu Men just made diet Pepsi come out my nose.... thanks Robert

Steadmund Brand

My question about 12 Angry Zulu Men is would they spear Fonda or Cobb at the end of the film?

Jeff