In July of 2010 I did a Charles Bronson night where I showed several condensed films starring the rugged actor and decorated the club with Bronson movie memorabilia. As regular readers of WAMG know, I hosted the monthly film festival Super-8 Movie Madness at a local nightclub called The Way Out Club where I show a dozen or so of the old condensed versions of movies on super-8 sound film. The purpose of this article is to provide some background and a summary of Vincentennial. The Rondo Awards are prestigious Fan Awards given out annually for the year’s best horror-related stuff–movies, magazines, articles, toys, etc. The following year VINCENTENNIAL won two coveted Rondo Awards, one for “Best Fan Event” and a second for myself as “Monster Kid of the Year” for directing the event. Louis to present VINCENTENNIAL, The Vincent Price 100th Birthday Celebration, an event that lasted through much of the Spring of 2011. Four years ago we had the opportunity to celebrate his 100th birthday and St. Vincent Price was simply one of the most remarkable people of the 20th Century. Price, who died October 25 th 1993, was also a gourmand, author, stage actor, speaker, world-class art collector, raconteur, and all-around Renaissance man. Louis on this date in 1911 and is the most iconic movie star to hail from our city. Today is Vincent Price’s 104 th Birthday! Price was born here in St.
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