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Vincentennial celebrates 100th birthday of Vincent Price in St. Louis
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CSWalczak
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May 3, 2011 at 7:42 am
ST. LOUIS, MO — The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of actor and St. Louis native Vincent Price will be celebrated by a special event called Vincentennial, sponsored by Cinema Saint Louis and other presenting partners. Running from May 19-28, the event will feature showings of nearly twenty of Price’s films from his long film career, lectures and talks from film experts, exhibits of related film memorabilia, and a special tribute to Roger Corman, and an appearance by Victoria Price, author of a biography of her famous father.
A copy of the festival brochure can be viewed here.
Comments (11)
That sounds fantastic!
No kidding. Unfortunately, I can’t get away during that time. If I could, I’d combine it with a couple of other stops I need to make along the way, and drive over from Connecticut to take in some of that. It looks absolutely tremendous.
No House of Wax. The movie that started his horror film career. I do not get that at all.
I met him backstage during thr run of Darling Of The Day. He was very nice and talked to me for about 10/15 minutes. His films stand the test of time.
I don’t think any of the listed venues have the equipment to play 3-D (the Tivoli does but they are busy with other engagements), hence why House of Wax wasn’t included.
What great honor for a fine man,Thanks St.Louis.
They could screen Wax in 2 D I believe.
Vincent Price was born in St. Louis 5/27/1911 and died in L.A.on 10/25/1993 of lung cancer.
I, too, found the omission of a showing of “House of Wax” more than a little strange, but I am wondering if a decision was made that if it were to be shown it should be a 3D print; that may have then created a problem of securing a print and finding a location that could show it. If memory serves, the most recent showings of “HoW” in 3D used a 70mm over/under print. Perhaps none of these were available or no 70mm equipped venue in STL was available (I live there and off hand, I am not sure if there is one any more).
House of Wax is available in polarized double-system 3-D 35mm prints (I played it in 2004 & 2005) and might also be available in side-by-side single-strip polarized 35mm. However, the venues may not be capable of handling those formats (and may not have the required silver screen). I believe the 70mm prints were created back in the 70s and would be long faded by now.
And if Percepto is used, it will be the first time since it was used at the Fox in February 1960.
First time in St. Louis, I mean.