Vincent Price
Life Mask
Cast from the original
mold
By the famous
William Forsche
Vincent sat for the original
Of this mask in 1988
Dimensions:
6.00 x 11.00
This is ideal for the
Vincent Price collector!
Item shipped Ground with tracking and insurance.
Give yourself, a loved one, or that special
friend, the best gift ever!
This is a contemporary casting direct from an original life mask of
Vincent Price made as a display piece. The casting comes directly from William
Forsche, the artist responsible for supervising and creating the original
lifecast of Mr. Price in
William Forsche has been creating and collecting lifecasts for most of
his adult life. O ne of Forsche's career highlights was creating a lifecast of
Vincent Price in 1988."I have personally been collecting and creating life
masks in Hollywood for over 30 years.1988.
William Forsche
William Forsche (born
November 22, 1963) is an American special
effects artist whose career has spanned more than thirty years.
His work has appeared in many films, most of which are horror and science fiction projects, though he has
occasionally created effects for other films, such as Beetlejuice (1988)
and The Nutty Professor (1996).
Early
life
Forsche
was born in Appleton, Wisconsin and from an early age showed a fascination with
monsters. At just six years old he saw Universal's Frankenstein (1931) and was
fascinated with the monster and its appearance, which led to his love of
classic makeup effects artist Jack Pierce. After his chance encounter
with the film he began using household items to create effects makeup,
including his mother's makeup. He often used himself as a test subject while he
created these homemade makeup effects. As a teenager he became involved in his
junior high school's theater program, creating makeup and props for its
productions.
At
the age of 15 Forsche ran away from home, disguised with a false beard and only
$15 in his pocket, and hitchhiked to Hollywood. He worked several odd jobs and
slept in a playground tunnel that was located at a school for blind students
until he could afford a motel room. Forsche obtained a job working as a tour
guide for Universal Studios and became a friend of special effects artist David
Miller, who had become famous for creating the Freddy
Krueger makeup effects for the first A Nightmare on Elm Street film.
Miller was asked to teach a makeup class and passed the job to Forsche, and
this became his first makeup effects job in Hollywood.
Career
Forsche
is also known for his love of filming behind-the-scenes footage from the films
he has contributed to, in order to illustrate both the process of creating
effects and the making of the films themselves. His footage has been
contributed to several websites, including Puppeteers of America[2] and
Spook Central: The Ghostbusters Companion.[3] The
last film that Forsche contributed effects for was the Platinum
Dunes remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film).
Since then Forsche has created and sold life masks of famous actors and
musicians as well as prop replicas and original artwork from his collection
through his website. Forsche has created life masks since he was 15 years old
and used this skill several times in his career, most notably in The Lost Boys and Ghostbusters
II.
Forsche's
incredible life masks have been recognized by artists and entertainment
industry professionals alike. Artist Keith Edmier included
22 life masks that Forsche created for his 2015 show "Edison
Impluvium."[5] In
2016, Forsche provided specialty life masks to Universal Studios for their Hollywood
Horror Nights attraction devoted to The Exorcist.
That same year, he created life masks of David Bowie for
museums and high-profile collectors.
In
2018, Forsche contributed a behind-the-scenes diary about his work on Howling IV: The Original Nightmare for
the book The Complete History of The Howling.[6] This
diary also reveals the fact that most of the werewolf action that was shot
didn't make the final cut of the film.[7] Forsche
also contributed several never before seen photos from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The
Dream Master to the book Behind the Screams: The Dream Masters
Revealed, which chronicles the making of the film and is
co-authored by Mick Strawn and Blake Best.
Forsche
co-authored an article on the process of taking life masks and their important
historical and practical uses in film, and several of the life masks from his
personal collection were featured. The article was published in the Spring 2020
issue of Prosthetics Magazine.[8]
Vincent Price
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art
historian, art collector, and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television,
and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for
television.
Price's first film role was as a leading
man in the 1938 comedy Service de Luxe. He became a character
actor, appearing in The Song of Bernadette (1943), Laura (1944), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), Leave
Her to Heaven (1945), Dragonwyck (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956). He established himself in the horror genre with roles
in House of Wax (1953), The
Fly (1958), House
on Haunted Hill (1959), Return of the Fly (1959), The
Tingler (1959), The Last Man on Earth (1964), Witchfinder General (1968), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Theatre
of Blood (1973). He collaborated with Roger Corman on House
of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The
Haunted Palace (1963), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964), most of which were Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. Price appeared in the television series Batman as Egghead.
Price voiced the villainous Professor
Ratigan in Disney's
animated film The Great Mouse Detective (1986), and appeared in the drama The
Whales of August (1987), which
earned him an Independent Spirit Award
for Best Supporting Male nomination.
Price's final film was Tim Burton's Edward
Scissorhands (1990). For his contributions to
cinema, he received lifetime achievement or special tribute awards from Academy of Science
Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films; Fantasporto; Bram Stoker Awards; and Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Price narrated animated films, radio dramas, and documentaries,
and provided the narration in Michael
Jackson's song "Thriller". For his voice work in Great American
Speeches (1959), Price was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.
Price was an art collector and arts
consultant, with a degree in art history. He lectured and wrote books on art.
The Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College is named in his honor. Price was a gourmet cook and cookbook author.