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Post by kevinharrell on Feb 13, 2017 20:22:59 GMT -5
Who is more macho? Vincent Price  Peter Lorre  |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Feb 13, 2017 20:47:57 GMT -5
Vincent Price. Awesome voice.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 13, 2017 22:52:39 GMT -5
Vincent Price...
I'm a big fan of both, with Peter Lore being an "A-list" super-star, but maybe not so "macho"... Cool and quirky he was, but no Humphrey Bogart... LOL! On the other hand, Vincent Price has his share of "A-list" roles, BUT... he took "Grade-B, C & D" movies to a new level with his cultured, yet tough ways. Even that HORRIBLE movie "The Tingler" with its stupid rubber critter and mega-stupid in-theatre medics and vibrating seats and 6th-grade hype became entertaining because of Vincent... Oh, yeah... I did ride my Schwinn fat-tire bicycle to go see it in my local theatre... If I recall, admission was around twenty-five cents, and large buttered-popcorn was a nickel.
Picture ANY other actor even ACCEPTING a starring role in such a total-loser flick... But Vincent not only took the role, he made his character his own, and literally MADE the movie... He even gave some credibility to that rubber lobster on a string monster thingy (well, almost, maybe... LOL!)
William Castle was the undisputed king of low-buck horror flicks. Truly AWFUL productions, but he WAS ingenious, and thanks in large part to good actors like Price being willing to star in them, his "Grade-C" flicks became (sorta) "A-Grade" box-office smashes! Anybody over 50 won't miss a chance to see an old William Castle flick... No matter how low-budget, or crummy the special effects, there is just something irresistible about his rubber monsters and idiotic plots...
Vincent Price's role in the grand scheme of the fifties' horror-flick industry...? Now THAT is not only brave, and shows total confidence in self-image, it is MACHO!
Leo (awaiting the next airing of "The Pit and the Pendulum"...) in Texas
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Post by flyangler on Feb 14, 2017 7:11:11 GMT -5
Yup Price is right.
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Post by SylvreKat on Feb 14, 2017 7:56:56 GMT -5
Once again I'm jealous of Leo.
I've seen the Castle films...on Friday Fright Night tv. Elvira told about the in-theatre gimmicks for The Tingler, but you got to actually experience them!
Man, tingling theatre seats, Clayton Moore et al. You really got to live life, Leo! While I just get it vicariously. Sigh.
>'Kat (oh, and of course VP, although I've always enjoyed PL too, esp in 20,000 Leagues)
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 14, 2017 19:47:00 GMT -5
Kat,
Growing up in the late forties and then fifties was special! Most people believed in law and order, most business could be done with a handshake, and most CEO's made only double what the janitor made. Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie and Harriet and Stew Irwin TV families were actually realistic "slice of life" lessons, rather than the unbelievably corny jokes today's folks think they were.
Growing up in a suburb of Chicago, my grade-school got blessed with numerous visits by TV role-models for the moral benefit of us wayward little miscreants... Live performances and one-on-one face-time with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in character as The Lone Ranger and Tonto (with Silver and Scout) with live-ammo shooting demos ... Roy Rogers and Dale Evans "as themselves" (with Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet) with live-ammo shooting demos... George Reeves as Superman (fake muscles and all)... U-Control model-airplane guru Jim Walker (who put on a flying demo in 1958, just before he passed away, that still thrills me in memory yet today)... and, oh, yeah, the entire Duncan Yo-Yo team! They must have sold a Duncan "Imperial" yo-yo to every boy in the school after their incredible performance.
Several pop-bands performed at "sock-hops" in our humble auditorium including "Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers". Stubby Fouts was the dad of one of our nubile adolescent cheerleaders... And no, sadly, and to the joy of our parents, Elvis never made it to our school... LOL!
OOPS! Almost forgot the HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS!Each and every one of those stars was kind, nice and loved kids... They all promoted a good, decent, honest Christian lifestyle, and would be absolutely hated by today's far left. I still remember "Tonto" closing the show with the advice: "You always brush teeth, say prayers and when you shoot gun, have father show you how... then you be safe and have fun like Kimosabe and me".
What a great time to grow up, and, what a great country to grow up in... Without mentioning any names of my favorite role-models today, just maybe, one of them might with God's help, still be able to make America great again... Yup!  Leo (lost in the FABULOUS fifties and lovin' it) in Texas
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Post by SylvreKat on Feb 14, 2017 22:56:23 GMT -5
I think at least some of the Globetrotters still uphold those good, decent, honest standards. There was a pair on Amazing Race, and while they waited for whatever it was to open, in some far-off foreign city, they took out their basketball and joined the local kids shooting hoops. And of course some of the nicer other racers joined in--like one said, "OMG how often do you get to shoot ball with the Harlem Globetrotters?!" The kids of course totally loved every minute even if they didn't know who they were. Didn't matter to them, there was joy overflowing.
At least I got to grow up with Wide World of Sports. I saw the Globetrotters at least twice a year that way, up-close and probably better than live. Plus all sorts of incredible sports like barrel jumping and bus jumping (yep, Evel Knievel) And it came right after pro wrestling before that became nothing more than a man's soap opera--I would watch just for Bulldog Bob Brown.
sigh
>'Kat
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