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LIFE OF VINCENT PRICE: 1961 - 1970 This decade saw Vincent Price become a household name. Films, television, stage, lectures, an unconventional position with Sears as art buyer. He was everywhere one looked during the 1960's. |
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March 1961 |
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September 1961 |
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October 3, 1961. This film project was announced by American-International as a Vincent Price vehicle every year until 1970, when it was rewritten for Mick Jagger(!). It never got made! |
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October 1961 |
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November 1961 |
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January 5, 1962. The Haunted Village was finally produced and released as The Haunted Palace. |
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August 1962. Announced as a Price film, it wasn't produced until 1970, much changed. |
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November 1962 |
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Vincent and Mary welcome daughter Mary Victoria in 1962. |
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January 1963. AIP had big plans for Vincent's friend, but he died a year later. |
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March 1963 |
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May 28, 1963. The incredible story of how Vincent scared a group of tourists by standing in for his own wax figure at the Hollywood Wax Museum! |
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June 1963. The Sears Vincent Price Art Collection was now in full swing, and getting lots of press! |
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August 1963. American-International in its glory years, with Vincent its only contract star. |
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September 1963. Lovecraft and Price. |
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September 1963. Hollywood legend Louella Parsons writes about AIP's horror comedies. |
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October 1963 |
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1963 |
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November 1963. The Graveside Story was Richard Matheson's follow-up to Comedy of Terrors. It was to have starred all the actors in Comedy, plus Elsa Lanchester. |
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Terrific photo, taken for Look magazine, with Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Vincent Price, and Hazel Court. The article it accompanied was about the resurgence in popularity of horror films. |
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February 1964. Still promising this film! City in the Sea became War-Gods of the Deep. |
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February 1964 |
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April 1964 |
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October 1964 |
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A friend of Vincent's who owned an attraction in Tombstone, Arizona asked the actor if he'd record a 25-minute narration for it. Vincent agreed, even offering to be paid with a dinner out! The attraction, with Price's narration, is still in operation today! |
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February 1965 |
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November 1965 |
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February 1966. Tucson Arizona Daily Star |
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February 1966. Los Angeles Times |
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May 1966. AIP still promising The Sleeper Wakes. |
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July 10, Oklahoma |
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August 1966. Photos from a Wilmington, Delaware paper |
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1966. Vincent began writing a syndicated newspaper column about art. It would continue into 1969. We've collected all the columns at our sister website here! |
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November 1966. Vincent guest stars for his old pal Red Skelton on a TV program called Clown Alley. |
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January 1967 |
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January 1967. Gloria Swanson was substituting for Elsa Lanchester now in the proposed comedy Graveside Story. |
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February 1967 |
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1967. A grand night out at the drive-in! |
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A 1967 Native American magazine announces Vincent's reappointment to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, through the US Department of the Interior. |
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June 1967. An early incarnation of The Oblong Box, to costar Fabian. |
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A 1967 Rochester, NY ad for works by a Vincent Price discovered artist. |
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1967. The Vincent Price Art Collection at Sears started carrying additional products. I'd like to think that Vincent was not behind the tigeer skin rugs. |
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Proud dad Vincent with Victoria, 1967. |
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1968 |
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May 1968 |
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1968. The Gold Bug was never made. |
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1968 |
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September 1968 |
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October 1968. The Conqueror Worm is "sick." |
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1968. |
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November 1968. There are conflicting reports as to whether this is true or not. |
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1969. Perhaps Boris Karloff's final interview. He died soon after. |
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1969. A rare non-horror, non AIP film for Vincent. |
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January 1969 |
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February 1969 |
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February 2, 1969 |
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February 5, 1969 |
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February 12, 1969 |
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February 14, 1969 |
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February 15, 1969 |
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February 18, 1969 |
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February 20, 1969 |
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February 27, 1969 |
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March 2, 1969, The Detroit Free Press |
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March 12, 1969 |
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March 15, 1969 |
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March 18, 1969. I have no idea if this is true or not. Possibly an early title for Scream and Scream Again!, perhaps? |
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March 30, 1969 |
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May 3, 1969. Price did hundreds of guest appearances on Hollywood Squares over the years. |
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May 5, 1969 |
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May 8, 1969 |
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May 8, 1969. Vincent's 'brand' at Sears now included chocolates. |
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May 9, 1969 |
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May 22, 1969 |
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June 1, 1969. Vincent guest starred on the Della Reese show. Reese was one of the first women of color to have her own show. |
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June 13, 1969 |
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June 13, 1969 |
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June 28, 1969 |
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July 18, 1969 |
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July 25, 1969. A Poe project, produced by AIP, for television. |
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July 28, 1969. Looks like AIP wanted Bette to take over the role Gloria Swanson took over from Elsa Lanchester! |
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July 31, 1969 |
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August 1969. Another stellar night at the drive-in! |
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August 8, 1969 |
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August 18, 1969 |
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August 31, 1969. Vincent affirming his dedication to native Americans. |
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September 2, 1969 |
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September 4, 1969 |
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September 10, 1969. A very cool Price family anecdote. |
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September 15, 1969. Wherein The Conqueror Worm and The Oblong Box are pronounced "a terrible desecretion [sic]." |
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September 18, 1969. An article about the guy who played Vincent's dead father in The Raven. |
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September 27, 1969 |
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October 10, 1969 |
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October 13, 1969. A review of an English TV version of The Heiress. The critic obviously doesn't care for Vincent. |
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October 22, 1969 |
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October 25, 1969 |
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November 26, 1969. AIP touted Cry of the Banshee as Vincent's 100th film (it was not). They later designated Dr. Phibes as his 100th film (it also was not). |
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November 30, 1969 |
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December 7, 1969. A new book about old American houses, edited by Vincent. |
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December 8, 1969 |
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December 12, 1969 |
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February 13, 1970. AIP ups the ante on Sleeper Wakes by hiring George Pal. It still doesn't get made. |
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March 16, 1970. Boxoffice magazine. Mary Price signs on to do the costumes for Vincent's An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe. |
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March 28, 1970 |
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April 15, 1970 |
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May 25, 1970. Boxoffice magazine. Early plans for what was eventually made as Madhouse. |
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Left and right, May and June 1970, the first mentions of Dr. Phibes (here referred to by it's original title The Curses of Dr. Pibe). |
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July 10, 1970. The Troy Record. |
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August 3, 1970. Boxoffice magazine. |
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August 13, 1970 |
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September 6, 1970 |
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October 11, 1970. Pibe is now Phibes. |
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October 17, 1970. Yeah, right. |
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November 13, 1970. Cushing was to have played Dr. Vesalius, but dropped out due to his wife's health. |
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November 20, 1970 |
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November 27, 1970. Vincent guest stars on The Mod Squad. |
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December 4, 1970 |
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December 5, 1970. I wish this one would have happened, with Vincent involved. |
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December 9, 1970 |
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December 20, 1970 |
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December 31, 1970. From the Troy Record. The screenwriters of Dr. Phibes in their hometown newspaper. Interesting to note that Vincent's grandfather, Vincent Clarence Price, was from Troy, NY, also. |
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