Streaming Review: Tower of London, 1962 starring Vincent Price
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- Half Man...Half Demon... He Turned a Nation into a Chamber of Horrors!, We review Roger Corman's Tower of London 1962 starring Vincent Price.
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Summary: On the death of his brother King Edward IV, Richard of Gloucester conspires to get the throne for himself. The late King had two young sons, his heir, Edward V and the younger Prince Richard, but they are not of age and so names his other brother, Clarence as Lord Protector of the Realm. Gloucester soon kills his younger brother but is haunted by his ghost and what he has done. As he continues to kill those around him, Gloucester is haunted by those he has betrayed hearing voices and slowly descending into madness. He spreads rumors that the late King's two sons are illegitimate and therefore not eligible to ascend to the throne. He assassinates the young princes and is crowned King Richard III. The ghosts from his past have the final say however.
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I met Mr. Price at a dinner party in 1973. Couldn't have been friendlier and nicer.
Just imagine the film if it was in color, with the lushness of "masque of the red death", it's small imperfections would be easily forgotten , and I ❤ vincent!!
Gothic horror and Vincent Price go together like peanut butter and jelly
Saw this for the first time as a kid and liked it well enough. It wasn't boring. Those were the days when we only watched monster/horror films or crime caper movies. But we also watched Abbott and Costello and the Bowery Boys. Sometimes we tuned into surf movies or rock and roll films. There were some good Westerns too. I think we watched a lot of movies back then.
I bet the costumes for this would have been beautiful in color but the black and white gives it a moody gothic feel imo.
I love Vincent Price so I have to say Theater of Blood as a favorite Shakespearean film. (he's at his campy best in it)
And 1935's A Midsummer Night's Dream, I've always thought it to be visually stunning.
Theatre of Blood for me, too!
Akira Kurosawa's *Ran* made a big impression on me. It was my first time alone in a theater.
None of my friends were interested.
The theater was VACANT except for YOU and an automated projectionist.
Too close to the setting for Lamberto Bava's DEMONS for me!
How about all the references in the first episode of The Black Adder? I thought you'd like that given your profile pic. :)
RAN was at least 1/2 full for me. This was typical at the Art Cinemas in Fort Lauderdale back in the day.
In my opinion, Vincent Price makes himself tailor made for any role he plays. Price makes any part he's in both believable and enjoyable.
Favorite Shakespeare on film, Twelfth Night with Helena Bonham Carter. I was probably at the height of my crush on her when that came out, and loved the movie.
For ones that stray from the original, Scotland,PA was fun. Macbeth moved to a restaurant setting in rural Pennsylvania. It was an interesting take.
I'm a huge fan of Shakespeare adaptations, from the Ian McKellen Richard III set in WWi to She's the Man. But my favorite production is still Kenneth Brannaugh's Much Ado About Nothing, in spite of those that unfortunate casting decision (Keanu Reeves) and the disastrous casting decision (Michael Keaton).
You're absolutely spot on here. Great review
Strange to see Vincent without his mustache.
Check him out in the identically-titled movie from the 1930s starring Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff. Quite young, long wig, and you have to look for him.
I think Theater of Blood is my favorite Shakespeare followed by Mel Gibson’s Hamlet and Julie Taymor’s Titus.
That being said, live theater is the best way to experience Shakespeare.
The American Players Theater in Spring Green Wisconsin put on the best version of Midsummer’s Night Dream I’ve ever seen. And last season’s Sense and Sensibility was no slouch either, of course, that is not Shakespeare. But there are plenty of other playwrights. We are going to see Anton’s Shorts tomorrow. Three short plays by Anton Chekov , who invented the gun.
@@maplebob23 Sense and Sensibility is an adaptation of a famous novel.
@@CassandrashadowcassMorrison true. But it was a fantastic play, nonetheless.
"Forbidden Planet" -- Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
I love Richard III by Shakespeare such a great play. It would've been interesting to see Price play it in a bigger budget movie.
Theatre of Blood is where he got to do Shakespeare properly. Best Shakespeare film ever
The salon scene is over-the-top fun. And Diana Rigg kills her role.
@@julietfischer5056 Diana kills everything she's in. I saw her in Medea in the West End in the center of Row D. That was 30 years ago and it still feels like last night.
I knew of the 1939 version with Price and Basil Rathbone but I hadn't heard of this one, will have to catch it. Wonder if Price had any aspirations towards playing Shakespeare himself -- Theater of Blood almost plays like a kind of wanna-be Shakespeare movie, with Price sending up the whole notion of Shakespearean acting. My own favorite Shakespeare on film is Olivier's Richard III from 1955, which he also plays as a bit of a sendup of the Shakespeare villain.
I really like your outro music, it captures just the right mood.
1:42 the man with both of his hands on his belt went onto play Jason Bolt in the TV series "Here Come the Brides" with basically the same haircut. Whenever I see Vincent Price in BW all I can think of is Bill Hader on SNL playing Vincent on those 'spooky specials'.
West Side Story has always been my favorite Bill Shakespear adaptation.
Have to say I love both the '39 version and this one, since they both have such great material to them. Shame we didn't get this in color (at least not yet, since I know black-and-white images can be converted).
Yes, hopefully someone will colorize all these old b&w films someday.
'Ran' is cool! & I also like the 'Richard III' set during WWII!
Favourite Shakespeare adaptation? It's only short, but if you haven't seen Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Hamlet" scene from Last Action Hero you've missed out.
I like the Lawrence Oliver, Kurosawa and Welles Shakespeares
Was Theatre of Blood the sequel?
I wish we seen Price do the Shakespeare play
Lots of funn😊 defo gonna check this out. Love Vincent Price
There are obviously lots of great Shakespeare adaptations. The old Hollywood Midsummer Night`s Dream is a great example. But my personal favorite is Polanski´s Macbeth.
I hope hope hope you will also do a video on the Karloff film of the same name!
I'll say my favourite Shakespeare adaptation is the 1968 Spaghetti Western "Johnny Hamlet" ("Quella sporca storia nel West").
Price is always good value…
Orson Welles' Macbeth
I love the black and white, I sometimes think color takes away from the mood of the film.
"The King" (2019) was a great way to update Henry V.
What is ironic is that today it would be cheaper to have madfe it in colour.
Absolutely tame compared to ANY Crusader Kings playthrough.
How about "Throne of Blood" and "Forbidden Planet"?
A favourite adaptation of Wiiliams work? How about a partial - Sukiyaki Django.
For adaptations I have a soft spot for the 2000 version of Hamlet starring Ethan hawks. Hamlet as a moody film student just makes too much sense.
Also Scotland PA, which is mcbeth except set at a fast food restaurant is kind of great.
I thought the Coogan film, Hamlet 2, was hilarious !
It looks like a comedy.
What scene do you mean? I didn’t do Richard the III at school
I don't understand. The ghost told Richard he would die by the hand of a deadman but Edmund Blackadder didn't die until the final episode. Guess I need to brush up on my Shakespeare.
Sorry, but this was a good movie, and Vincent was great in this.
The Lion King: Hamlet with Lions
My favorite Shakespeare film is Roman Polanski’s Macbeth. In what other film to you have a POV from a severed head?
Think you asked us Favorite Shakespeare Adaptation before (MelGibsonHamlet) with Orson Welles' "Chimes at Midnight"--
But as for best Richard III, yes, another vote for Ian McKellen's 30's-wartime '95 version knocking Laurence Olivier's out of the park with one perfect scene: th-cam.com/video/k5yWtw0LHMY/w-d-xo.html
pretty good film i'd give it 2 1/2 stars out of 4 but certainly not in Price's Top 10
I don't think any direct filming of Shakespeare can be completely successful, because the plays were written to be performed to a live audience. When you remove that interpersonal dynamic, the rhetoric doesn't have the same effect.
Thanks for this. Even though I'm familiar with the movie card image, this is the first time I've noticed that Price's face is a composite of contorted figures in various states of anguish. Even better, his nose is a chick's butt.
I knew this was going to be a good movie when I saw that it was approved with certificate #20236.🙄
This character resembles in NO way the real Richard the Third,
But it makes for a great story, and I don't suppose the Plantagenet King minds anymore.
Colorize it!
How do you watch so many bad movies every week?
My five adaptation has to be the 90s version of Richard III starring Ian McKellen. Of course he's captivating...but as soon as rhst tank bursts in you know you're getting something that will never be dull.
I can't believe how many great movies are free online! Thank you for these wonderful videos
I got this on DVD with some other Price movies and quite liked it. I had never seen it before, and it works overall. Not his best of course, but an enjoyable watch.
I had never heard of this before now. I'm definitely going to have to look it up. Thanks!
I really enjoy & learn from your videos. You also have the best Science Advisor and Assistant Science Advisor.
Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet with Mel Gibson is a fave, but its Helena Bonham Carter who steals the show with her portrayal of Ophelia.
Like Olivia Hussey as Mary in Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth, Bonham Carter performs a tour de force unhinged wailing scene.
that and *Titus (1999)* are faves of mine as well. I really love how both put emotion above the words to the degree that it feels as if those words would be said by those people. Too often Shakespeare can be more about the eloquence of verbology than portraying a flesh and blood human being.
I saw this movie back in the 1970's and I've never forgotten the scene where they put the cage over the man's head and put a rat or ferret inside it.
I'll have to watch this one. I was very impressed with the 1939 version (Price is great in that one too.) Basil Rathbone is a tough act to follow but it looks like Vincent does so admirably.
The Polanski 1971 Macbeth my favourite.Gory,well-acted,and grungy-looking!
McKellen's 1930s version of Richard III is fun ( I especially like watching Richard's uniforfms morph from standard british field gear to full-on SS as his evil progressed). But for sheer emotion and technique, you can't beat Brannagh's Agincourt speech in his Henry V.
And the Shakespeare thing is a tossup, alternate world "richard III" w/ ian McKellen and "forbidden planet", which is a version of "the tempest" ❤
This looks good! I will give it a watch. Thanks, Robin!
I liked Brannah's Henry V
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I would've loved to have seen the original production of "MacBeth", set in 19th century Haiti and suggested by Virginia Welles to her husband, Orson, and which opened on 4/14/1936 at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem.
That and Welles' take on Julius Caesar that was set in fascist Italy.
Have you ever seen "Joe MacBeth" - set in Chicago in the 30's where a mob enforcer rises to become "Kingpin"?
No, I haven't! It sounds good,@@robotrix!
@@toddboughn5168, thanks for the reminder!
By my count, there's only two answers to the question in the endplate: it's either Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, or "I haven't seen Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.'
Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern A(re Dead is a play by Tom Stoppard and is an original work that harks back to (but is not an adaptation OF) Shakespeare any more than Barbara Garson's play MacBird was.
That said, the leader of the band of players seems like he'd be pretty good at chasing sharks.
Producer: So you're tackling Shakespeare, huh? Which play are you going to adapt.
Roger Corman: The Shakespeare one.
Producer: Riiighhhttt. _slashes budget_
I have not seen that many Shakespeare adaptations,but,out of what I’ve seen,I enjoyed Titus,a very off the wall movie with Sir Anthony Hopkins andJessica Lange
I've seen the 1939 movie but never got round to this one. I must remedy this. Favourite Shakey flick? Branagh's Henry V and The Chimes at Midnight come in joint first.
Price himself despaired of this movie. He said Basil Rathbone was a far superior Richard than himself (Price) and Laurance Oliver. I do agree there is fun to be had with this movie. Price's decent into madness and other gothic elements
I love Vincent Price!
I do not accept this non-mustachio'd Vincent Price
Richard III supporter, so not interested.
Kurosawa's Ran (King Lear)
Got to be kurosawa's 'Ran'
Are you kidding?