The Sound of Vincent Price: August 2010

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Vincent Price's 1968 musical Darling of the Day is reborn

Darling of the Day tells the story of a celebrated artist yearning for anonymity. He fakes his own death and assumes his valet's identity but carries on painting - which means that his art mysteriously keeps reappearing.

The show is based on Arnold Bennett's The Great Adventure, and was adapted by Jule Styne (Gypsy, Funny Girl), E.Y. Harburg (Finian’s Window, Wizard of Oz) and Nunnally Johnson (The Grapes of Wrath, Roxie Hart).

The 1968 show, which originally starred Vincent Price and Patricia Routledge, is being resurrected as part of the Sadler's Well's Lost Musicals season in London, from 22 August to 19 September.

So, if you're in London... this is a real trip down memory lane.

For tickets and information, go to the Sadler's Wells website.

Friday, 20 August 2010

The Sound of Vincent Price YouTube Channel now has 600 subscribers

Ok, so Lady GaGa's got 16 million Facebook fans and 20,000 Twitter followers, but I'm chuffed that The Sound of Vincent Price website now has 600 subscribers. The legend lives on.

Check out my latest upload, Masters of Fantasy, a documentary profiling Vincent's career.

Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Vincent Price in 1947's The Web | Watch it now!

Vincent Price played the elegant but sinister industrialist Andrew Colby in the 1947 film noir The Web.

Its been a long time since I watched this and its still a solid piece of film-making, with great performances from Ella Raines (whatever happened to her?), Edmond O'Brien and William Bendix.

Watch it now!