Cinema

Vincent Price on Broadway in 1942

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Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was born on May 27, 1911, in St. Louis, Missouri. He died on October 25, 1993, due to lung cancer. He’s particularly famous for starring in many horror movies, often low budget.

Vincent Price was recognizable for his voice, his aristocratic manners, his height, and his expression midway between serious and comic. His presence turned so many films that otherwise would probably have been forgotten in cult movies that are still broadcast on TV today.

Ishiro Honda in 1954

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Director Ishiro – or Inoshiro – Honda was born on May 7, 1911 in Yamagata, Japan. He’s most famous for directing the original “Godzilla” movie and many other monser movies. He was great friends with Akira Kurosawa and worked with him in several of his movies.

Sidney Lumet in 2007

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The great director Sidney Lumet died today because of a lymphoma. Sidney Lumet’s films are often characterized by a moral sense. He often raised issues about social injustice and was critical of the obsessive pursuit of success of a typical American way of seeing. The protagonists of his films are often ordinary and isolated people who are opposed to much larger opponents.

Leonard Nimoy in 2010

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Leonard Simon Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA from a Orthodox Jewish family immigrated from Ukraine. He’s most famous for his role as the Vulcan Spock in the Star Trek saga. He played that character since its original pilot episode, which was rejected.

William Shatner in 2005

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William Alan Shatner was born on March 22, 1931 in Côte Saint-Luc, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He’s most famous for playin Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek saga but lately he had great success in playing the lawyer Denny Crane.