1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: The Stay in History Class is production of I Heart Radio. Hello, 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,120 Speaker 1: and Welcome to this Day in History Class, a show 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: that honors the dead by sharing their stories with the living. 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: I'm Gay Bluesier and today we're celebrating the multifaceted life 5 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: and work of the Merchant of Menace himself, horror movie 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: legend Vincent Price. The day was October. Prolific actor Vincent 7 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: Price died at his home in Los Angeles at the 8 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: age of eighty two. Over the course of his nearly 9 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: sixty year career, Price appeared in dozens of films and 10 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: more than two thousand TV shows. He also gave numerous 11 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: standout performances on stage, each wrote a couple of best 12 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: selling cookbooks, and was a devoted and generous patron of 13 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: the fine arts. But without a doubt, he was best known, 14 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: both in life and in death as the suavely sinister 15 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: star of countless classic and not so classic horror films. 16 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: His villains weren't your garden variety monsters, though at six 17 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: ft four he certainly could have played those two. Instead, 18 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: Price often played the role of a corrupted, mad doctor, inventor, 19 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: or scientist, someone whose natural talents had been warped and 20 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: twisted for evil purposes. He used his distinct, silky voice 21 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: in contemptuous manner to imbue those characters with a kind 22 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: of debonair menace. But by all accounts, his intimidating on 23 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: screen presence was just the results of good acting. In 24 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: real life, the master of the macabre was actually one 25 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: of the kindest, gentlest people you could ever meet. Vincent 26 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: Leonard Price, Jr. Was born on May nineteen eleven in St. Louis, Missouri. 27 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: His family was fairly well off, or, as he later 28 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: put it, quote, not rich enough to evoke envy, but 29 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: successful enough to demand respect. The Price family fortune was 30 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: established by the actor's paternal grandfather, who had invented the 31 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: first baking powder with a cream of tartar bass. Vincent's 32 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: father also found success in the food business by becoming 33 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: president of the National Candy Company. It's unclear what role 34 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: this family history played in Vincent's own love of good 35 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: food and gourmet cooking, but regardless, he would later describe 36 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: it as one of the three great passions of his life, 37 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: right alongside acting and fine art. Speaking of fine art, 38 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: Vincent Price was introduced to it at an early age 39 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: through a book that belonged to his older sister. He 40 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: fell in love right away and bought his first art 41 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: print when he was just eleven years old. It was 42 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: a rim Brandt sketch titled two Nude Models, One Standing, 43 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: and it cost him a year's worth of weekly allowance. 44 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: Luckily for Price, his parents supported his interest in the 45 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: arts and had the money to send him on a 46 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: grand tour of Europe's museums and other cultural centers when 47 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: he was just a teenager. He later earned a bachelor's 48 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: degree in English from Yo University and a master's degree 49 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: in art history from the University of London. Price had 50 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: intended to become a professor of art, but while pursuing 51 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: his degree in London, he developed an interest in stage 52 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: theater and resolved to be an actor instead. His first role, 53 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: which he had auditioned for on a dare, was an 54 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: American policeman in a production of the nineteen twenty six 55 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: play Chicago. Price was such a natural talent that the 56 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: director gave him a much larger role in his next production, 57 00:03:54,880 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: a play about Queen Victoria titled Victoria Regina. London. Critics 58 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: praised Price's portrayal of Prince Albert, and the actor continued 59 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: in the role opposite Helen Hayes during the show's eighteen 60 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: month run on Broadway. Two years later, in Night, Vincent 61 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: Price made the leap to film and began working as 62 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: a character actor in several different genres. Many of his 63 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: early roles were historical figures, such as Sir Walter Raleigh, King, 64 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: Charles the Second, and Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. 65 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: He also dipped his toes into the horror pool in 66 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: ninety nine, appearing with Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff in 67 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: the Tower of London. The following year, he portrayed the 68 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: title character in The Invisible Man Returns, though he wasn't 69 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: actually the villain of that film. Thirteen years later, Price 70 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: got his big break with House of Wax, one of 71 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: the first movies filmed in three D. In the film, 72 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: Price played a deranged sculptor who used real human bodies 73 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: coated in wax to populate his museum. He was definitely 74 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 1: the villain that time around, but Price added notes of 75 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: comedy and tragedy to his performance, making the character much 76 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: more compelling than the average movie killer. Here's a clip 77 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: to show you what I mean it's startled to a 78 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: seeing me here. That's an understatement. I thought you were dead. 79 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: Jaredy is dead. I am a reincarnation. I still don't 80 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: understand how you escape from the flass mystery to me too, 81 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: Mr Wallace, is from my hands. They're no use to 82 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: me now as a sculptor. I can't control them. But 83 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: they saved for ordinary functions. But you're beginning again with 84 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: the help of my pupils. Yes, I'm going to give 85 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: the people what they want, sensation, horror, shock, send them 86 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: out in the streets to tell their friends how wonderful 87 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,679 Speaker 1: it is to be scared to death. Audiences and critics 88 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: alike seem to appreciate Price's more nuanced approach to horror, 89 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: something that had been missing from the genre for years. 90 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: House of Wax proved a big hit for Warner Brothers, 91 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: and Vincent Price went on to star in many more 92 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: successful horror films throughout the nineteen fifties. Some of his 93 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: most famous from that era include House on Haunted Hill, 94 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: The Fly, and The Tingler Can't Be Movie about a 95 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: parasite that feeds on fear. Thanks to his considerable range 96 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: and charm, Vincent Price continued to act in non horror 97 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: movies as well, including the Bob Hope comedy Casanova's Big 98 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: Night in nineteen fifty four and Cecil B. De Mill's 99 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 1: biblical epic The Ten Commandments in nineteen fifty six. By 100 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: the end of the decade, though, Price was taking on 101 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: more and more villainous rolls, a fact that many in 102 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: the press began to scrutinize. At the time, thrillers and 103 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: horror movies were taken much less seriously than they are 104 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: even today, and in some critics minds, working on them 105 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: was beneath the talents of a serious actor. However, Price 106 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: saw the issue much more practically, as he put it quote, 107 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: I like to be seen. I love being busy, and 108 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: I believe in being active. I know some people think 109 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: I've lowered myself as an actor, but my idea of 110 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: professional decline is not working. And so, undeterred and quite 111 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: enjoying himself, Vincent Price kept making horror movies. In the 112 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: nineteen sixties, he appeared in an acclaimed series of films 113 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: adapted from the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Working 114 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: with director Roger Corman, Price delivered memorably fiendish performances and 115 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: movies such as House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, 116 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,679 Speaker 1: and The Mask of the Red Death. By that point, 117 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: Price had joined the ranks of Gothic horror legends like 118 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: Bella Lagosi, Boris Karloff, and Peter Laurie. He was synonymous 119 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: with all things spooky and macabre, and that reputation made 120 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: him a kind of cult figure among the younger generation. 121 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: They just couldn't get enough of the flamboyant sophisticate who 122 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: kept popping up and all those creepy old movies. Price 123 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: played into that affection by taking on comedic roles that 124 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: parodied his own on screen persona. He was the villainous 125 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: Egghead in the campy Batman TV series starring Adam West, 126 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: and in n he portrayed the dastardly Doctor Goldfoot in 127 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: a sci fi farce called Doctor Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine. 128 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: And if you think that title is absurd, wait till 129 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: you hear the theme song by The Supremes and Whatever 130 00:08:37,600 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: he Needs Girls. And around the same time Doctor Goldfoot 131 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: hit theaters, Price finally took his place in the old 132 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: family food business. First, he released a cookbook called A 133 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: Treasury of Great recipes, which he had co written with 134 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: his second wife Mary. It was so well received that 135 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 1: they worked on several other cookbooks, and Price even went 136 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: on to host his own cooking mini series on television. 137 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: It was called Cooking price Wise and later spawned a 138 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: cookbook of the same name. But Price's culinary exploits didn't 139 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: stop there. He also recorded and released a collection of 140 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: cooking tutorials on vinyl. For instance, here's a clip from 141 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,719 Speaker 1: his recipe for Viennese stuffed eggs. I then mashed the 142 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: yolks with two tablespoons of mayonnaise, one teaspoon of mustard. 143 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: When this is smooth, I mix in four tablespoons of 144 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: finely chopped cooked tam one tablespoon of minced gherkins, and 145 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: one teaspoon of by salt. I then mound the filling 146 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: into the whites and garnished them with paprika and little 147 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: diamonds of ham. These look beautiful surrounding the mushrooms. The 148 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: colors as well as the flavors, provide an interesting set 149 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: of contrasts. Making movies and writing cookbooks kept Price pretty busy, 150 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: but he still found time to indulge his third great passion, 151 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: fine art he had amassed an impressive private art collection 152 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: and routinely lent it out for exhibition while he was 153 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: shooting films. Throughout his life, the actor also made generous 154 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: donations to museums and art foundations, including one that he 155 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: himself founded, the Vincent Price Gallery at East Los Angeles College. 156 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: He wasn't just a patron of the arts, though he 157 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: was also an expert. He gave many popular lectures on 158 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: the subject at college campuses, and in nineteen seventy two 159 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: he penned the best selling coffee table book, A Treasury 160 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: of American Art. Meanwhile, Vincent Price's film career continued to 161 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: thrive thanks to his newfound cult status. In the early 162 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: nineteen seventies, he churned out a few more fan favorites, 163 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: including Theater of Blood and The Abominable Doctor Fives, but 164 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: soon after he began passing on on screen film roles 165 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: in favor of voice over work and TV guest appearances, 166 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: including on more than three hundred episodes of the game 167 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: show Hollywood Squares. In the nineteen eighties, Price returned to 168 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: his villainous roots as the voice of Professor Radigan in 169 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: the Disney animated movie The Great Mouse Detective. He also 170 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 1: flexed his horror muscles by providing the voiceover from Michael 171 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: Jackson's Thriller music video and by starring in the single 172 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: season cartoon The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby Doo. In that show, 173 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: Price played the mysterious Vincent van goul, a character patterned 174 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 1: after the Marvel comic superhero Doctor Strange and of course 175 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: after Vincent Price himself. Because I know there's at least 176 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: a few Scooby Doo fans out there listening right now, 177 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: here's a taste of prices opening narration, Yes, is a 178 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: warning to all living models that whose who ever opens 179 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: this chest of demons will release thirteen to the most 180 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: terrifying ghosts upon the face of the earth, the Ghost 181 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: of Scooby Doo. During the nineteen seventies and eighties, Vincent 182 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: Price also lent his iconic image and voice to commercials 183 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 1: advertising a variety of products, from candy bars and board 184 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: games to wine coolers and credit cards. There's not a 185 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: bad spot in the bunch, but the best ones lean 186 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: into the actor's spooky pedigree, as is the case in 187 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: this late eighties ad for bathroom cleaner is scrubbing mil 188 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: dow making your shower a chamber of horrors. Spray on 189 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 1: tile X instant mildew stain remover, and mildew stains vanished 190 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: with no scrubbing. Try tile X and escape the torture 191 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: of scrubbing. Among the one hundred or so movies that 192 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: Vincent Price made, one of his personal favorites was Tim 193 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: Burton's nineteen ninety cult classic Edward Scissor Hands. In it, 194 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: Price returned to the kind of roles that had made 195 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: him famous by playing the eccentric inventor and surrogate father 196 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: of the film's title character. It was one of the 197 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,479 Speaker 1: actor's final performances, and the role had been written specifically 198 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: for him. Director Tim Burton had been a lifelong fan 199 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: of Vincent Price and had already paid loving homage to 200 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: his idol once before, in the nineteen eighty two stop 201 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: motion short film Vincent Price agreed to do the narration 202 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: for Vincent, calling the short a greater tribute than a 203 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: star on Hollywood Boulevard in honor, which he also received 204 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: twice in fact, one for movies and one for television. 205 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: By now, you probably don't need me to tell you 206 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: that Vincent Price was much more than a B movie 207 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 1: horror actor. In addition to his other acting roles, which 208 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: actually outnumber his horror movie credits, Price was an accomplished author, 209 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: art historian, gourmet cook, and public speaker. Unfortunately, he was 210 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: also a lifelong smoker. He suffered with emphysema for many years, 211 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: and on October twenty fifth, nineteen ninety three, he died 212 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: of lung cancer in his Sunset Hills home in Los Angeles. 213 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: According to a spokesman, Price's family was with him when 214 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: he passed, including his son Vincent Barrett and his daughter 215 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: Mary Victoria. With a career spanning six decades, there's a 216 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: strong chance you've seen and likely enjoyed at least one 217 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: of Price's many standout performances. But don't feel bad if 218 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: you've never seen the highbrow stuff. He wasn't ashamed of 219 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: his spine chilling legacy, and you shouldn't be either. After Roll, 220 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: there are a lot worse things in life than scary movies. For, 221 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: as the actor once said, quote, films that deal with 222 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: drug addiction, crime, and war are the real horror films. 223 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: In a world where slaughter and vicious crimes or daily occurrences. 224 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: A good ghoulish movie is comic relief. I'm gay, Bluesier 225 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: and hopefully you now know a little more about history 226 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: today than you did yesterday. If you enjoyed today's episode, 227 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: consider following us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at t 228 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: D I HC. Show. You can also rate and review 229 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: the show on Apple podcast, or you can send your 230 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: feedback directly to me at this day at I heart 231 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: media dot com. Lastly, I want to give a special 232 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: shout out to Scooby Doo fan extraordinaire Brooklyn Farmer, as 233 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: well as to her siblings Ava, Charlotte and Xavier, and 234 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: to their mom Danny. Thanks so much for listening, guys, 235 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: and be sure to keep an eye out for Vincent 236 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: van Gould during your next Scooby marathon. Thanks as always 237 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: the Chandler Mays for producing the show, and thank you 238 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: for listening. I'll see you back here again tomorrow for 239 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: another Scary Day in History class. For more podcasts from 240 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio, visit the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, 241 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.