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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ingram Pub Services
Publication date
August 5, 2014
Pages
632
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781497649446
ISBN-10
1497649447
Dimensions
1.50 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
1.62 lbs.
Original list price
$22.99
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Price of Fear: The Film Career of Vincent Price, In His Own Words | We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie | Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier | American Cake | The Book of Joe | Mary and Vincent Price's Come into the Kitchen Cook Book | A Treasury of Great Recipes | Dino
The Price of Fear: The Film Career of Vincent Price, In His Own Words | We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie | Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier | American Cake | The Book of Joe | Mary and Vincent Price's Come into the Kitchen Cook Book | A Treasury of Great Recipes | Dino
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Since his death in 1993, Vincent Priceâs legacy as a Hollywood legend has only grown in stature. His lengthy and distinguished careerâas the voice of The Saint on the radio; as an actor in such unforgettable horror films as House of Wax and The Fly, in classic movies such as Laura and The Song of Bernadette, and on popular TV shows such as Batman and The Brady Bunch; and as a star on the Broadway stageâspanned sixty-five years. In addition to being an icon of stage and screen, Price was an art historian and collector who did much to popularize the visual arts in the United States, as well as a gourmet chef and author of bestselling cookbooks. Widely revered for his elegance and erudition, this Renaissance man left his mark on many areas of American culture during the twentieth century.
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Vincent Price was also a loving father to his daughter Victoria, who was born shortly before he turned fifty-one, at the height of his popularity. Though the starâs busy film schedule took him in and out of his young daughterâs life, he was always a larger-than-life presence and, simply, her father. The deep bond between father and daughter managed to survive the machinations of Priceâs third wife, the elegant British actress Coral Browne, who resented the close relationship between Price and his children and grandchildren. After Browneâs death, Price and his daughter spent over a year taping conversations that would form the basis of this compelling biography-cum-memoir.
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In writing about the father she adored, Victoria Price reveals a man complex, human, and humorous. An actor of range, less than one-third of the movies in which he appeared were in the horror genre. As a pre-war anti-Nazi sympathizer, he was greylisted during the Red Scare of the 1950s until, in a desperate gesture, he signed a secret oath that saved his career. His passion for the arts gave him a second life as a savvy columnist and museum founder, even as his films were featured in drive-ins nationwide. And through it all, Vincent Priceâs professionalism, grace under pressure, and tongue-in-cheek humor earned him lifelong friendships among his peers and generation after generation of loyal fans.
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Victoria Priceâs account of her father is one of candor and honesty; both his passionate and charismatic public persona and his conflicted inner life are treated with curiosity and understanding. Vincent Price: A Daughterâs Biography is, in short, the thoroughâand uniquely intimateâlife of a legend.
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For more information about Vincent Price, please visit vincentprice.com.
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Vincent Price was also a loving father to his daughter Victoria, who was born shortly before he turned fifty-one, at the height of his popularity. Though the starâs busy film schedule took him in and out of his young daughterâs life, he was always a larger-than-life presence and, simply, her father. The deep bond between father and daughter managed to survive the machinations of Priceâs third wife, the elegant British actress Coral Browne, who resented the close relationship between Price and his children and grandchildren. After Browneâs death, Price and his daughter spent over a year taping conversations that would form the basis of this compelling biography-cum-memoir.
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In writing about the father she adored, Victoria Price reveals a man complex, human, and humorous. An actor of range, less than one-third of the movies in which he appeared were in the horror genre. As a pre-war anti-Nazi sympathizer, he was greylisted during the Red Scare of the 1950s until, in a desperate gesture, he signed a secret oath that saved his career. His passion for the arts gave him a second life as a savvy columnist and museum founder, even as his films were featured in drive-ins nationwide. And through it all, Vincent Priceâs professionalism, grace under pressure, and tongue-in-cheek humor earned him lifelong friendships among his peers and generation after generation of loyal fans.
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Victoria Priceâs account of her father is one of candor and honesty; both his passionate and charismatic public persona and his conflicted inner life are treated with curiosity and understanding. Vincent Price: A Daughterâs Biography is, in short, the thoroughâand uniquely intimateâlife of a legend.
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For more information about Vincent Price, please visit vincentprice.com.
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Editions
Hardcover
from St Martins Pr (October 1, 1999); titled "Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography"
9780312242732 | details & prices | 370 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $27.50
About: The daughter of a Hollywood legend offers a memoir that chronicles the long and varied career of a perennially popular actor who made his mark in horror films, but whose fascinating personal life included being blacklisted in the 1950s
About: The daughter of a Hollywood legend offers a memoir that chronicles the long and varied career of a perennially popular actor who made his mark in horror films, but whose fascinating personal life included being blacklisted in the 1950s
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Ingram Pub Services (August 5, 2014); titled "Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography"
9781497649446 | details & prices | 632 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.62 lbs | List price $22.99
About: Since his death in 1993, Vincent Priceâs legacy as a Hollywood legend has only grown in stature.
About: Since his death in 1993, Vincent Priceâs legacy as a Hollywood legend has only grown in stature.
Reprint edition from Griffin (October 1, 2000); titled "Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography"
9780312267896 | details & prices | 467 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $17.95
About: The daughter of a Hollywood legend offers a memoir that chronicles the long and varied career of the popular actor who made his mark in horror films, but whose fascinating personal life included being blacklisted in the 1950s.
About: The daughter of a Hollywood legend offers a memoir that chronicles the long and varied career of the popular actor who made his mark in horror films, but whose fascinating personal life included being blacklisted in the 1950s.
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