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October 4, 2013

Tout va bien

by chuckofish

It is October!

A new calendar page. Those pumpkins are sparkly!

A new calendar page. Those pumpkins are sparkly!

I love October, although this year so far it has been an extension of summer. It was 90 degrees for the Playoff opener yesterday! But the weather will change; it always does.

There is a lot to be done in October.

It is time to buy pumpkins.

And get my black tights out.

It is time to take longer walks and to leave the windows open at night.

And, oh, Vincent Price–flyover hometowner–is the Star of the Month on TCM.

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Last night I DVR’d The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), a Warner Brothers classic starring Bette Davis and Errol FLynn, directed by the fabulous Michael Curtiz and based on a play by Maxwell Anderson. It also stars Olivia de Haviland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, and Price as Sir Walter Raleigh. So check out Thursday nights on TCM for lots of VIncent Price.

And hopefully we’ll see a lot more of this guy.

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October 21, 2011

Friday’s movie pick

by chuckofish

This picture of Kermit and Vincent Price in Halloween mode appeared on daughter #1’s blog here a few days ago, and I was reminded that there was definitely a lighter side to Vincent Price, who, by the way, grew up in St. Louis and was one of the more illustrious graduates of the Saint Louis Country Day School.

This line of thought led me to this Friday’s film pick: His Kind of Woman (1951) produced by Howard Hughes and directed by John Farrow. This noir film is about “a deported gangster’s plan to re-enter the USA involv(ing) skulduggery at a Mexican resort.” Gambler Dan Milner, played by sexy Robert Mitchum (see below), is caught in the middle.

His kind of woman is played by Jane Russell and the villain, Nick Ferraro, is played by Raymond Burr. Quite a cast–but the whole show is stolen by Vincent Price, playing Mark Cardigan, a swashbuckling film star on vacation who believes he really is who he plays. He sets out to help our real hero, Mitchum.

Vincent Price is truly priceless in this part. You’ll have fun watching this one!

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