"I've come to believe remembering someone is not

the highest compliment -- it is missing them."
- Vincent Price
                                                                                                                                                                           
THE KIRK PRENTISS GALLERY: Contributed Images and Artwork
This part of the Vincent Price Exhibit is a location to present images 'donated' by our visitors, as well as images of particular interest which are not a part of my personal collection. It is named for a friend of this exhibit who is himself a Vincent Price collector.

Original artwork
There are some very talented artists amongst the community of Vincent Price fans.  Here are some scans of a few of the works being created, as sent to me from time to time.  Feel free to send me your scans.  I'll be happy to provide a link to your artist's website.

Click on any picture for a larger view

 
 The drawings on either side are by the very talented
Lee Kendall.

Artwork copyright Lee Kendall.  No unauthorized use or reproduction permitted.
 
'Matthew Hopkins (Witchfinder General)'     'Something is Amiss in the Sleepy Village of Frankenstone'
         
   

A graphite and charcoal portrait done by Jack Stern.  Visit his website to see more of his work.

  

An oil painting sent to me by Harish Khannah.

  

Here's the work of graphic artist Troy Palmer, who has "a passion for anything horror."

       

Donated images
Here are some images folks have sent along to be displayed to their fellow fans.
         
       
   

From Exhibit visitor Jeff Swindoll, comes this wonderful image, from VP's popular British program. Thanks, Jeff!

    
 
 
From the new exhibit wing's namesake Kirk Prentiss comes this great item: a VP stamp from a sheet of Hollywood stars stamps from 1947. It'd be great if the USPS would do an official Price stamp, eh Kirk?  I've had requests for this sad image: Vincent Price's death certificate.  Oh, to have a million dollars! Here's a portrait of VP featured in the film Dr. Goldfoot & the Bikini Machine which showed up for sale on eBay in 1999.
 
 
Another painting from the same film which also showed up on eBay!  A great, sepia still of VP and costar Ellen Dru from the odd 1950 film Baron of Arizona. Courtesy of Kirk Prentiss.  VP isn't too fond of his costar in this still from Return of the Fly. Courtesy of Kirk Prentiss.
 
 
A fabulous shot of matinee idol VP from very early on in his career. How different would things have been had he maintained this path? Courtesy of Kirk Prentiss.  Nice film noir still of VP from one of his late 40's roles. Courtesy of Kirk Prentiss VP was the first actor to portray an acid trip in The Tingler, 1959. Courtesy of Kirk Prentiss.
 
About the only way anyone could truly follow in VP's footsteps would be to stand in these! Courtesy of Kirk Prentiss.
 

 

From a friend of the Vincent Price Exhibit, Dennis Hollenbeck (incidentally, a second cousin of Price's Laura costar Clifton Webb), come the following wonderful scans. Dennis had the good fortune to meet VP several times over the years and has gathered some marvelous keepsakes. Here are a few! Thanks, Dennis!

 

 

One of several books Dennis asked VP to sign for him.
  
A typically polite and genuine letter from VP. How he found the time to respond to all of his fans while on the road I'll never know!
  
The BEST pictures Dennis scanned for the Exhibit are two snapshots he took of VP while performing in Diversions and Delights. Here's one of the great man in his dressing room.

  

Here's another snapshot Dennis took, this one while walking with VP after leaving the theatre. Certainly a fan's dream come true!
  
Dennis also sent this autographed photo from VP's tour.

 From Dennis: "Signed first page of the free hand-out theatre program of Vincent Price's new one-man play as Oscar Wilde, DIVERSIONS AND DELIGHTS. Mr. Price signed this for me on the first night of his new play, July 16, 1977 in San Francisco, California!"

"Memories: He also signed the cookbook, also shown here. He had a cookie cut-out of a star on his dressing room door, above his name! Mr. Price made sure that fans was always welcome to visit him after the play. Any one waiting outside at the theatre stage door requesting a autograph or just to meet Mr. Price was welcome back inside and taken to the dressing room! I had gone to the play about 7 times during its San Francisco run, and Mr. Price still welcomed us to visit him every time! He was so nice and took time to talk to each of his fans. A wonderful man was Vincent Price, the man who cared about his fans and friends."

"Price came back to San Francisco in 1978 to do 2 weeks (hold over 3 more weeks!) of D&D. Like in 1977, he always welcomed his fans. However it was not the same theatre, and the stage door guy at the door did not believe me that VP would welcome us to his dressing room. We were not able to get in during the 1978 run of the play. However VP later came out to meet us. First thing he said (to me? not sure) to us that he was so sorry we were not let in to see him! Seem this theatre don't let people in backstage. Must be true, because we had to wait for VP to come out after the play when I went again to see the play. In 1979 I saw and met VP for the last time. He did a reading of Poe's works at the San Francisco Opera House with the SF Symphony playing mood background music. After the program, we were able to come on stage to meet VP! By this time I was able to find a old copy of VP's book on his dog Joe. (In his hand-written letter the year before to me that you have put on the web site, Price said the book was out of print). However I was lucky to find a copy. When it was my time to meet him (the line was long! It was over a hour before my time came!), first time he said "You again this year! (with a smile) What another book? I did not know I wrote that many and you have them all!" (Not really. Wish it was so). Believe it or not, without saying another word, he signed the book and he remembered my name! He came back to the Bay Area in 1980 to do a reading at a college in Hayward, CA, just a few miles away from my home. However I found out too late and missed seeing the program and him. I wonder if he was thinking of me and where was I? I don't think so. But it did hurt missing him."


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