1960
House of Usher as Roderick Usher
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| The ad art still for Price's
first AIP venture. |
Roderick tries to comfort
sister Madeline (Myrna Fahey) as her lover (Mark Damon)
looks on. |
Usher family servant Bristol
(Harry Ellerbe, who also had a brief role in 'The Haunted
Palace') looks upon the 'dead' Madeline. |
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| "You buried your own sister
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Roderick's sensitive hearing
brings him discomfort. |
Madeline is dead...or is
she? |
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The final scene. You
can see where the house set ends at the top right edge. |
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1961
Rage of the Buccaneers as Romero
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Playin' pirates in Italy! |
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Naked Terror as the Narrator
Queen of the Nile as Benakon
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All ageing stars go to Italy
to make costume pictures in the 60's, including 40's costars
Vincent Price and Jeanne Crain. |
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Pit and the Pendulum as Don Nicholas Medina
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Window card poster. |
Don Medina (Price) goes mad and
attacks Francis Barnard (John Kerr). |
Entering the
torture chamber. |
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featuring a mad Vincent. |
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Master of the World as Robur
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Charles
Buchinski, Vincent's costar from 'House of Wax,' was back.
Now he was known as Charles Bronson! |
A coloring
contest was one of the pressbook's suggestions! |
For several of
AIP's 60's films, a caricature was offered for use on the
front page of the exhibitors' city's entertainment section
of the paper. |
1962
Confessions of an Opium Eater (Souls For Sale) as
Gilbert De Quincey
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| Price ventured
to Allied Artists for this mind-bending film. |
Marina Cisternas, past
president of the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents
Association and designer of the Golden Globe Award, visits
Price on the set. |
Vincent Price
and Linda Ho in an atmospheric still. |
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| The pressbook is
filled with some incredible suggestions, like this
crowd-pleaser! |
Something for
the kiddies! Get Vincent through the maze to safety. |
More politically
incorrect PR ideas! |
Convicts 4 as Carl Carmer
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Vincent Price
as real-life writer Carl Carmer. |
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Tales of Terror as Fortunato/Valdemar/Locke
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| Pressbook cover
for Roger Corman's Poe anthology film. |
Several of
Price's films for AIP were promoted through comic book
versions. |
What a wonderful
cast! |
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| Another fine AIP
caricature to advertise the film. |
Nothing like
getting people to bring their black cats to the theater to
drum up interest! |
A rare still
showing a scene deleted from the final film; Price as
Valdemar roaming the land of the dead! |
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| Price as the
bitter, drunken father in the 'Morella' segment. |
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Tower of London as Richard of Gloucester
1963
The Haunted Palace as Charles Dexter Ward/Joseph
Curwen
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| Great cast photo
on the film's grand set. |
Cathie Merchant watches as
Vincent prepares to sacrifice a victim to Cthulhu. |
The villagers
confront the warlock and his mistress. |
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| Lon Chaney, Jr.,
Milton Parsons and Vincent Price resurrect the warlock's
mistress from Arkham Cemetery. |
Though billed as
a Poe film, it's actually based on H.P. Lovecraft's novella
'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.' |
Vincent Price,
Milton Parsons and Lon Chaney, Jr. Sadly, this was
Chaney's only film for AIP. |
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| The beautiful
Debra Paget played Price's wife, as she had done in an
episode of 'Tales of Terror.' |
Cathie Merchant
and Vincent Price with their intended victim, Darlene Lucht. |
Leo Gordon,
Frank Maxwell and John Dierkes are among the familiar faces
about to burn Price alive. |
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| Price, Frank
Maxwell and Debra Paget. |
I find this PR
still amusing because in the film, Chaney and Price are
trying to raise Cathie Merchant from the dead. Here,
she's standing right next to them! |
Sierra Leone
immortalized Vincent in 'The Haunted Palace' on a stamp in
the early 2000's. |
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| Cover of the
pressbook. |
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Fine character
actor Frank Maxwell played Dr. Willet. |
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John Dierkes riles the
villagers. |
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Cathie Merchant as Hester |
Price, Milton Parsons
and Chaney |
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Beach Party as Big Daddy (uncredited)
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The identity
of the sleeping 'Big Daddy' wasn't revealed until the final
moments of the film. |
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Chagall as the Narrator
The Raven as Dr. Erasmus Craven
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Boris Karloff
and Vincent Price duke it out in a wizard's duel. |
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Taboos of the World as the Narrator
Twice-Told Tales as Alex Medbourne/Rappaccini/Gerald
Pyncheon
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| Vincent in the
'House of Seven Gables' segment of 'Twice Told Tales.' |
Another comic
book adaptation, but this time the film was made at United
Artists. |
Diary of a Madman as Simon Cordier
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| Cover of the
British pressbook. |
The gentle judge
prepares his beautiful subject (Nancy Kovack) for sculpting. |
A modest
thriller, 'Diary of a Madman' led AIP to reign Price in.
His new contract forbade him to make a horror film for any
other studio. |
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1964
The Masque of the Red Death as Prince Prospero
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| Industry ad for
the film, AIP's first Poe film made in England. |
Another great
comic book adaptation. |
Jane Asher, Paul
McCartney's girlfriend at the time, was the innocent the
evil Price targeted. |
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| The obligatory
caricature, always fun! |
Probably the
high point in AIP's poster art! Debaucheries galore in
the face of Vincent Price! |
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The Last Man on Earth as Robert Morgan
The Comedy of Terrors as Waldo Trumbull
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cover says it all! |
Price as drunken
out-of-work funeral director Waldo Trumbull. |
Closet
Shakespearean landlord Mr. Black (Basil Rathbone) demands
his rent. |
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| Price reassures
the maid of the man he just murdered. |
1930's comic Joe
E. Brown in his final role as a bewildered graveyard keeper. |
A
better-than-average caricature. |
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| Rathbone, Price,
Lorre, Karloff and...Rhubarb?! |
If only Bela
Lugosi had lived into the 1960's. AIP would have used
him well, too! |
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1965
War Gods of the Deep (City in the Sea) as The Captain
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| Known as 'City
In the Sea' in England (a Poe title). |
Price, with
David Tomlinson (fresh from 'Mary Poppins') and Tab Hunter. |
Price cuts a
dashing figure as the tragic captain. |
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| Mourning his
dead wife. |
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The captain
perishes trying to catch the woman who resembles his dear
wife. |
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AIP industry ad
includes 'War-Gods' with youth-oriented beach films. |
Vincent Price
and Tab Hunter. |
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| Publicity ideas
from the pressbook. |
If only the
creatures in the film were as fearsome as the drawings in
the ad! They weren't! |
Epic style ad
art for what is, considering its director, a profound
disappointment! |
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine as Dr. Goldfoot
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| A silly,
entertaining spy satire, Price was able to cut loose here! |
Publicity ideas.
And, no...that's not a whoopie cushion! |
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had the lead, but Annette was seen only in an unbilled
cameo. |
Price yukking it
up as Dr. Goldfoot. Note the shoes! Diana Ross
and the Supremes sang the theme song! |
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Tomb of Ligeia as Verden Fell
1966
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs as Dr. Goldfoot
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| Vincent Price as
a nun. Just one of Dr. Goldfoot's many disguises in
what is surely the actor's worst film ever! |
The combination
of Vincent Price and Italian horror master Mario Bava should
have resulted in a classic. So what happened?! |
In case you
missed the first picture, here's Vincent Price as a nun! |
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discuss these two. Surely one of the most repellent
comedy teams of all time. |
Oh, and fading
teen idol Fabian was also entangled in this ghastly mess! |
Price also
played a military general that Goldfoot kidnaps...but who
cares? |
1967
House of 1,000 Dolls as Felix Manderville
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| Another
international production, this time about white slavery. |
Great photo of
Price as a magician involved with kidnapping. |
Everything about
this film just screams 'exploitation'...even the pressbook! |
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look more like soft porn! |
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The Jackals as Oupa
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| A western set in
South Africa, with Vincent Price as a grizzled old
prospector. |
This still just
begs for an explanation, but I don't have one! |
The film was a
remake of 'Yellow Sky,' a 1948 western. |
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1968
Witchfinder General (The Conqueror Worm) as Matthew
Hopkins
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Made in England under the title 'Witchfinder General,' AIP
gave it a Poe connection in the states! |
Vincent Price as real-life witchfinder Matthew Hopkins.
Perhaps his strongest performance. |
An accused witch begs Hopkins for mercy. She will get
none. |
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The face of corruption. |
Rare behind the scenes photo of Price and an assistant going
over the script. |
From the pressbook |
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Here's an
oddity! An original advertising press sheet using
artwork eventually used for 'The Oblong Box'! |
Click the icon above to read, in Matthew Hopkins' own words,
his 'justification' for his work. |
Spirits of the Dead as the Narrator (English version)
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The film, of
European origin, was picked up for distribution by
American-International, who had Price record a few lines of
narration for the beginning. |
1969
The Oblong Box as Sir Julian Markham
Scream and Scream Again as Dr. Browning
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| Cover of the
film's pressbook. |
Behind the
scenes, with Price and his stunt double watching how the
action will go. |
Rather odd
picture of Price in the advertisement for the film. |
The Trouble with Girls (The Chautauqua) as Mr.
Morality
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That's right! Vincent Price in an Elvis Presley film!
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Unfortunately, Price's role as circuit lecturer never shares
screen time with 'The King.' |
More Dead Than Alive as Dan Ruffalo
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Vincent Price
as colorful western character Dan Ruffalo. |
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