Background
Price, Michael Howard was born on September 14, 1947 in Amarillo, Texas, United States. Son of John Andrew and Thelma Adeline (Wilson) Price.
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Spawn of Skull Island
(In its day, George E. Turner's The Making of King Kong wa...)
In its day, George E. Turner's The Making of King Kong was the last word on an American Classic–the definitive primary-source history, written with authority and reverence and an enduring sense of wonder. The book's UK/US publication in 1975 opened many doors for the author, including access to additional insider knowledge that Turner could only wish he had possessed during the writing of The Making of King Kong. He began compiling notes for a revision. These amendments and adjustments had grown to fill several fil cabinets by the time of his death in 1999. Spawn of Skull Island is the result of that long-term follow-through—developed from George Turner's original work and all those raw-material revelations by fellow reseracher Michael H. Price and George's son, Douglas Turner. The source-book is contained here, intact but for the occasional correction, along with the generous expansion that the author had envisioned. By whichever name—Spawn of Skull Island or The Making of King Kong—the volume remains what historian John Michlig has termed "the best source for information on the classic 1933 film and its sequels." To say nothing of Kong's earliest ancestors and it's many takeoffs, knockoff and rip-offs.
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 2: Beyond the Horror Ban: George E. Turner
(The revised and expanded sequel to Michael H. Price and G...)
The revised and expanded sequel to Michael H. Price and George E. Turner’s groundbreaking "Forgotten Horrors: The Original Volume--Except More So" covers the development of the independent movie studios’ approach to horror, weird mystery, and science fiction during a period of banishment for the genre by the British and European boards of censorship. “The notorious Horror Ban of the late 1930s accounted for some dark days in Hollywood,” says lead author Mike Price. “The British Board of Censors had been trying its level best since the late silent-era years to keep the creepier fare out of England, but the group had concentrated on individual titles, such as 1932’s Island of Lost Souls and Freaks, until a coalition developed with the European censors. The foreign market was lucrative enough for the Hollywood studios that this embargo had some teeth. Strange that the censors neglected to notice the moral lessons implicit in classic horror fiction, usually in a warning about ‘tampering with things man was meant to leave alone.’ “The ban lasted from 1936-1937 until well into 1939, when the genre enthusiasts had become sufficiently fed up to make a major hit out of the simple reissue of 1931’s Dracula and Frankenstein as a double feature,” adds Price. “Universal Pictures challenged the ban by reuniting Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi for the entirely new 'Son of Frankenstein' in 1939, and the ban found itself broken.” 'Forgotten Horrors Vol. 2: Beyond the Horror Ban' offers an in-depth study of how the prolific smaller studios made it through the ban and rallied in its wake. The new edition covers a stretch from 1938 through 1942, dovetailing with the recently published 'Forgotten Horrors: The Original Volume—Except More So.' New light is directed onto Lugosi’s 10 starring features for the tiny studios of PRC Pictures and Monogram Pictures, Karloff’s series of 'Mr. Wong' detective adventures, and an unusual series teaming Mantan Moreland and Frankie Darro as an integrated team of amateur detectives. Chapters new to this edition cover the haunted-house comedy 'Comes Midnight,' the African expeditionary picture 'Dark Rapture,' and a lowbrow wartime comedy, 'Hillbilly Blitzkrieg,' that contains a surprising foreshadowing of Stanley Kubrick’s 'Dr. Strangelove' (1964). A key chapter, “Beyond the Horror Ban,” relates the little-known tale of how one theatre in Beverly Hills provoked Universal Pictures to challenge the censors. The book also shows how subversive elements of terror and creepy mystery insinuated themselves into otherwise conventional films during the span of the ban. Vol. 2 also unearths neglected items from the fabled Tyler, Texas, Black Film Collection at Southern Methodist University—Price was among the original discoverers of that trove of historic motion pictures—and resurrects forgotten performances by such celebrated figures of Old Hollywood as Peter Lorre, Dorothy Dandridge, and Franklyn Pangborn. The survey cuts across many distinct genres, from Westerns to comedies to crime thrillers and disaster pictures, all compiled from primary-source research and exclusive interviews. The Foreword is by Josh Alan Friedman, the author of such books as "Tell the Truth until They Bleed," and (with illustrator Drew Friedman) "Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental." The Forgotten Horrors books, which originated in 1980, have been designated as Standard Desk References by the American Film Institute. Five volumes have been completed, with revisions and expansions in place on the first two books, refinements in progress on Vol. 3 and Vol. 4, and additional volumes in preparation. Price and the late George E. Turner originated the series as an offshoot of their research on behalf of the American Film Institute. Price and Turner also are responsible for such books as "The Making of King Kong (Spawn of Skull Island)" (1975-2002) and "The Cinema of Adventure, Romance & Terror" (1989).
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Carnival of Souls & Further Crepuscular Peculiarities (Comics from the Gone World)
("Carnival of Souls," the graphic novel authorized by film...)
"Carnival of Souls," the graphic novel authorized by filmmaker Herk Harvey as an adaptation of his celebrated movie, is a high point of a sustained collaboration between comics artists Michael H. Price and Todd Camp from the late 1980s through the 1990s. This omnibus collection, with many plates in full color, presents an expanded and remastered edition of "Carnival of Souls" in addition to Price & Camp's long-running newspaper strip "Moviola," highlights from such anthologies as "Holiday for Screams," "Images of Omaha (the Cat Dancer)," "Hyena," and "Stitches" -- with bonus tracks including the "Planet of the Dead" thrill-ride promotional booklet, T-shirt designs for "Planet of the Dead" and the rock band Rigor Mortis, and Price & Camp's "Tales from the Crypt" parody for an industrial trade journal.
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Human Monsters: The Bizarre Psychology of Movie Villains
(Book by Turner, George E.; Price, Michael H.)
Book by Turner, George E.; Price, Michael H.
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Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition Paperback January 9, 2009
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Carnival of Souls
(Graphic novel adaptation of the film byHerk Harvey. This ...)
Graphic novel adaptation of the film byHerk Harvey. This is the true first edition.
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Carnival of Souls: Black & White Omnibus Edition!
(The all-B&W popularly priced edition of Price & Camp's CA...)
The all-B&W popularly priced edition of Price & Camp's CARNIVAL OF SOULS is all but identical to the costlier color-plates edition, with a few unique variations. "Carnival of Souls," the graphic novel authorized by filmmaker Herk Harvey as an adaptation of his celebrated movie, is a high point of a sustained collaboration between comics artists Michael H. Price and Todd Camp from the late 1980s through the 1990s. This omnibus collection presents an expanded and remastered edition of "Carnival of Souls" in addition to Price & Camp's long-running newspaper strip "Moviola," highlights from such anthologies as "Holiday for Screams," "Images of Omaha (the Cat Dancer)," "Hyena," and "Stitches" -- with bonus tracks including the "Planet of the Dead" thrill-ride promotional booklet, T-shirt designs for "Planet of the Dead" and the rock band Rigor Mortis, and Price & Camp's "Tales from the Crypt" parody for an industrial trade journal.
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Southern-Fried Homicide: Comics from the Gone World!
(Michael Aitch Price's "Comics from the Gone World" series...)
Michael Aitch Price's "Comics from the Gone World" series takes a detour into the haunted Southern... uh, Southland with this anthology of original slapstick chillers, true-crime misadventures, and retooled pre-Comics Code Shock Yockers, all loaded with enough bizarre absurdities and ghastly puns to fill a dozen such volulumes. Twice the size of the original "Souther-Fried" volumes of 1998-1999, and packed with dazzling art by RUNAWAY COMIC's Mark Martin, FISHHEAD's Mark Evan Walker, DR. FEELGOOD's Frank Stack, and CARNIVAL OF SOULS' Todd Camp -- among others too humorous to mention.
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The Big Book of Biker Flicks: 40 of the Best Motorcycle Movies of All Tiime
(The Big Book of Biker Flicks celebrates the movies that s...)
The Big Book of Biker Flicks celebrates the movies that saluted bikers and their legendary lifestyles. Packed with behind-the-scenes details, pressbook tidbits, and full-color photos, it has all the hot, steamy fun of an old-fashioned movie without the horn-honking and mosquitoes! Motorcycles and movies are the perfect combination of wild, wicked pleasures.
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Holiday for screams
(EC-style horror comics by Fort Worth artists Michael H. P...)
EC-style horror comics by Fort Worth artists Michael H. Price and Todd Camp. Includes The Dead Hunt the Living! and No Longer Human! Stories and art by Price, Camp, George E. Turner, Adrian Martinez and Harry Hoggard. Mature readers. Black and white. Cover by Camp and Price
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Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition
(Turner and Price turn back the curtains of obscurity and ...)
Turner and Price turn back the curtains of obscurity and peer into Hollywood's Forgotten Horrors in this long awaited update to their original ground-breaking work. The authors do their best to expose Grim Reapers such as Ghosts, Phantoms, Jungle Manglers and Old-fashioned Murderers as they examine Cinematic Horrors from 1929 through 1937 in Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition.
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- (Forgotten Horrors Vol. 2: Beyond the Horror Ban: George E. Turner) Author: Michael H Price published on (September, 2012)
- Forgotten Horrors 4: Dreams That Money Can Buy (By laying down a dime or 15 cents at the box office, a ga...)
- Ghost Gallery: B&W Omnibus Vol. 1: A Forgotten Horrors Funnybook Collection! (Comics from the Gone World) (First volume of the remastered GHOST GALLERY series (1942...)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 8: The Resurrection of Edgar Allan Poe (Volume 8) (Michael H. Price's acclaimed genre-study series cont...)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors (Volume 3) (Michael H. Price's acclaimed FORGOTTEN HORRORS serie...)
- Ghost Gallery: B&W Omnibus Vol. 2: A Forgotten Horrors Funnybook Collection! (Comics from the Gone World) (Michael H. Price's second compilation of the "G...)
- Forgotten Horrors to the Nth Degree: Dispatches from a Collapsing Genre (Michael H. Price and John Wooley continue their explorati...)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 4: Dreams That Money Can Buy (Volume 4) (Michael H. Price's FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of movie...)
- Forgotten Horrors Comics & Stories by Michael H. Price (2011-10-03)
- Leo Kragg: Prowler (The exploits of Leo Kragg: Prowler -- an Old School crime...)
- Forgotten Horrors 4: Dreams That Money Can Buy by Price, Michael (February 28, 2007) Paperback 1st (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 5: The Atom Age (The acclaimed Forgotten Horrors series of movie-genre his...)
- Forgotten Horrors : Early Talkie Chillers from Poverty Row / George E. Turner, Michael H. Price (First edition bound in black cloth. 8 1/2" x 11"...)
- Forgotten Horrors to the Nth Degree: Dispatches from a Collapsing Genre by Michael H. Price (2013-02-13)
- Forgotten Horrors: Early Talkie Chillers from Poverty Row
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 10: The Missing Years (Volume 10) (The FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of film-commentary books tap...)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 6: Up from the Depths by Michael H. Price (2013-04-01)
- Carnival of Souls by Michael Price (1991-05-03)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 4: Dreams That Money Can Buy (Volume 4) by Michael H. Price (2015-03-25)
- Forgotten Horrors 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors (The 3rd book in the critically acclaimed Forgotten Horror...)
- Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition by Michael Price (2009-01-09)
- Forgotten Horrors Presents... Mummy's Family Album: Comics from the Gone World! (The originators of the FORGOTTEN HORRORS movie books stri...)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors (Volume 3) by Michael H. Price (2014-07-05)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 7: Famished Monsters of Filmland (Volume 7) (Michael H. Price's celebrated history of the indepen...)
- Forgotten Horrors: The Original Volume -- Except More So (The publication in 1980 of "Forgotten Horrors: Early...)
- Forgotten Horrors: The Original Volume -- Except More So by Michael H. Price (2012-06-27)
- Forgotten Horrors 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors by Michael Price (2009-01-09)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 6: Up from the Depths (Michael H. Price's FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of film ...)
Michael Howard Price
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Michael Howard Price, American Journalist, critic, composer, cartoonist. Graduate fellow in journalism U. Missouri, 1975; inducted into Texas Tornados Blues Hall of Fame, 1995. Creative director Texas Gridiron Show, Fort Worth, 1984-1985, 92-93; president Fort Worth Film Festival, Inc., since 1998. Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Society Professional Journalists (board directors 1992-1994), Society Film Critics.
Education
Bachelor in Journalism, West Texas State University, 1970.
Career
Education writer Amarillo Globe-News, 1968-1974, finance editor, 1974-1976, city editor, 1976-1977. Administrator Amarillo College, 1977-1980. Bureau chief Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1980-1983, features editor, 1983-1985, film critic, 1985-1998.
Director motion picture programming Sundance Square Entertainment District, Fort Worth, 1998—2002. Critic-at-large Fort Worth Business Press, since 2002. Consultant journalism West Texas State University, Canyon, 1977-1990, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1982-1985.
Directors The Harvey Awards comic-book professionals awards, since 1990. Syndicated columnist New York Times News Service, 1990-1998. Critic-in-residence Station KRLD Newsradio, Dallas-Fort Worth, since 1998.
Columnist Fangoria magazine, 2002^.
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Forgotten Horrors: The Original Volume -- Except More So
(The publication in 1980 of "Forgotten Horrors: Early Talk...)
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Forgotten Horrors Presents... Mummy's Family Album: Comics from the Gone World!
(The originators of the FORGOTTEN HORRORS movie books stri...)
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Leo Kragg: Prowler
(The exploits of Leo Kragg: Prowler -- an Old School crime...)
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Forgotten Horrors 4: Dreams That Money Can Buy
(By laying down a dime or 15 cents at the box office, a ga...)
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Carnival of Souls & Further Crepuscular Peculiarities (Comics from the Gone World)
("Carnival of Souls," the graphic novel authorized by film...)
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Forgotten Horrors 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors
(The 3rd book in the critically acclaimed Forgotten Horror...)
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Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition
(Turner and Price turn back the curtains of obscurity and ...)
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Carnival of Souls: Black & White Omnibus Edition!
(The all-B&W popularly priced edition of Price & Camp's CA...)
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 5: The Atom Age
(The acclaimed Forgotten Horrors series of movie-genre his...)
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The Big Book of Biker Flicks: 40 of the Best Motorcycle Movies of All Tiime
(The Big Book of Biker Flicks celebrates the movies that s...)
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Southern-Fried Homicide: Comics from the Gone World!
(Michael Aitch Price's "Comics from the Gone World" series...)
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Ghost Gallery: B&W Omnibus Vol. 1: A Forgotten Horrors Funnybook Collection! (Comics from the Gone World)
(First volume of the remastered GHOST GALLERY series (1942...)
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 10: The Missing Years (Volume 10)
(The FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of film-commentary books tap...)
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Holiday for screams
(EC-style horror comics by Fort Worth artists Michael H. P...)
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Carnival of Souls
(Graphic novel adaptation of the film byHerk Harvey. This ...)
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 2: Beyond the Horror Ban: George E. Turner
(The revised and expanded sequel to Michael H. Price and G...)
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Forgotten Horrors : Early Talkie Chillers from Poverty Row / George E. Turner, Michael H. Price
(First edition bound in black cloth. 8 1/2" x 11" hardcove...)
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Human Monsters: The Bizarre Psychology of Movie Villains
(Book by Turner, George E.; Price, Michael H.)
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Forgotten Horrors 4: Dreams That Money Can Buy by Price, Michael (February 28, 2007) Paperback 1st
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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Spawn of Skull Island
(In its day, George E. Turner's The Making of King Kong wa...)
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 8: The Resurrection of Edgar Allan Poe (Volume 8)
(Michael H. Price's acclaimed genre-study series continues...)
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors (Volume 3)
(Michael H. Price's acclaimed FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of ...)
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Ghost Gallery: B&W Omnibus Vol. 2: A Forgotten Horrors Funnybook Collection! (Comics from the Gone World)
(Michael H. Price's second compilation of the "Ghost Galle...)
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Forgotten Horrors to the Nth Degree: Dispatches from a Collapsing Genre
(Michael H. Price and John Wooley continue their explorati...)
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 4: Dreams That Money Can Buy (Volume 4)
(Michael H. Price's FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of movie ency...)
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 7: Famished Monsters of Filmland (Volume 7)
(Michael H. Price's celebrated history of the independent ...)
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Forgotten Horrors Vol. 6: Up from the Depths
(Michael H. Price's FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of film encyc...)
- (Forgotten Horrors Vol. 2: Beyond the Horror Ban: George E. Turner) Author: Michael H Price published on (September, 2012)
- Forgotten Horrors Comics & Stories by Michael H. Price (2011-10-03)
- Forgotten Horrors to the Nth Degree: Dispatches from a Collapsing Genre by Michael H. Price (2013-02-13)
- Forgotten Horrors: Early Talkie Chillers from Poverty Row
- Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition Paperback January 9, 2009
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 6: Up from the Depths by Michael H. Price (2013-04-01)
- Carnival of Souls by Michael Price (1991-05-03)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 4: Dreams That Money Can Buy (Volume 4) by Michael H. Price (2015-03-25)
- Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition by Michael Price (2009-01-09)
- Forgotten Horrors Vol. 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors (Volume 3) by Michael H. Price (2014-07-05)
- Forgotten Horrors: The Original Volume -- Except More So by Michael H. Price (2012-06-27)
- Forgotten Horrors 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors by Michael Price (2009-01-09)
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Forgotten Horrors: The Original Volume -- Except More So
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Creative director Texas Gridiron Show, Fort Worth, 1984-1985, 92-93. President Fort Worth Film Festival, Inc., since 1998. Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Society Professional Journalists (board directors 1992-1994), Society Film Critics.
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Married Christina Renteria, August 31, 1980.
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