Happy Birthday to Christopher Lee, Vincent Price and Dashell Hammet.
To celebrate Vincent Price’s celebration of his 100th birth I watched The Las Vegas Story. Vincent Price plays a New England business man who needs money. He is married to Jane Russell. In Las Vegas Vincent looses money. He puts up Jane’s diamond necklace for a loan from a casino owner. Jane is making time with Victor Mature who is an old flame, who is now a police detective. The casino owner ends up dead and the necklace missing. Gig Young is a private detective who is hired by an insurance company to watch Vincent and the necklace. He and Victor investigate the murder. Vincent is arrested for murder. He tells the DA that he would like to say his wife was with him. The story has a great twist, so I won’t give it away.
Vincent speaks slowly and distinctly. He is droll, witty and a great performer. I haven’t seen a lot of horror films so I haven’t seen a lot of his work. If I hadn’t watched Champaign for Caesar for Ronald Coleman’s birthday (2/9), I would have probably watched that film. Maybe I will watch it again.
I am disappointed that TCM did not have a birthday celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of his birth. Sirus/XM radio classics has full 24 hours dedicated to him. As far as I know they have never done 24 hours in honor of one person. Usually it is only a 2 hour block.
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