Editing Vincent Price (section)

==Early life and education==
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was born on May 27, 1911, in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], the youngest of the four children of Vincent Leonard Price, president of the National Candy Company,<ref>[[National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis south and west of downtown|National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis]]. See no 65 on this list. Photo, 2013.[[:File:National Candy Co 2013 0928 NRHP in StLouis 31.jpg]]</ref> and his wife Marguerite Cobb (née Wilcox) Price.<ref name=obit/> His grandfather was Vincent Clarence Price, who invented "Dr. Price's Baking Powder", the first [[cream of tartar]]-based baking powder, and it secured the family's fortune.<ref name="Vincent">{{cite book|author=Victoria Price|title=Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|location=New York|year=1999|isbn=978-0312267896|url=https://archive.org/details/vincentpricedaug00pric|url-access=registration}}</ref> Price was of Welsh<ref name="ReferenceA">Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography by Victoria Price, published by 'Open Road Distribution', {{ISBN|1497649447}}, pp. 5, 10, 49</ref> and English descent and was a descendant, via his paternal grandmother, of [[Peregrine White]], the first child born in [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|colonial Massachusetts]], being born on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' while it was in [[Provincetown Harbor]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_215460 |format=PDF |title=Oral history interview with Vincent Price, 1992 Aug. 6–14 |website=Archives of American Art, [[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref>

Price attended the [[St. Louis Country Day School]], and took a summer course<ref name=":0" /> at [[Milford Academy]] in [[Milford, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milfordacademy.org/history02.html|title=Milford Academy – History|first=Shawn|last=McDonald|website=Milfordacademy.org|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref> In 1933, he graduated with a degree in English and a minor in art history from [[Yale University]],<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last=Price|first=Victoria|title=Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography|year=1999|publisher=St. Martins Press|isbn=978-0312242732|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312242732/page/44 44]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312242732/page/44}}</ref> where he worked on the campus humor magazine ''[[The Yale Record]]''.<ref>Price, Victoria (1999). ''Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography''. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 40.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref> After teaching for a year, he entered [[The Courtauld Institute of Art]] in London, intending to study for a master's degree in fine arts.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Instead he was drawn to the theater, first appearing on stage professionally in 1935 in the play ''[[Chicago (play)|Chicago]]'' at the [[Gate Theatre Studio|Gate Theatre]] in London.<ref name=Playbill_Victoria_Regina/> Next he introduced the role of [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]] in [[Laurence Housman]]'s play ''[[Victoria Regina (play)|Victoria Regina]]'', also at the Gate Theatre in 1935.<ref name=Playbill_Victoria_Regina/> Later that year he moved to New York City to reprise the role of Prince Albert in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''Victoria Regina'', opposite [[Helen Hayes]] in the title role of [[Queen Victoria]].<ref name=Playbill_Victoria_Regina>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/production/victoria-regina-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000002129 |title=Victoria Regina (Broadway, Broadhurst Theatre, 1935) |year=2012 |publication-date=February 17, 1936 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=October 15, 2023 |quote=He was studying the history of German art at the Courtauld Institute in London when a friend took him to London's Gate Theatre, where casting of Maurine Watkins' "Chicago" was in process. American accents being at a premium, Mr. Price was thrust into the production and found himself doubling as a burly policeman and a venerable judge. His remarkable resemblance to Prince Albert led to his being offered the important role of the Prince Consort in the ensuing production of "Victoria Regina." He received glowing notices and was subsequently signed by Gilbert Miller for the American production.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/victoria-regina-12049 |title=Victoria Regina – Broadway Play – Original |website=[[IBDB]] |publisher=[[The Broadway League]] |access-date=October 15, 2023}}</ref> He played the role for two seasons at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]], through June 1937. In 1938 he appeared in productions of ''[[The Shoemaker's Holiday]]'' and ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' with [[Orson Welles]]' [[Mercury Theatre]] company. From 1941 to 1942, Price played Mr. Manningham in ''[[Angel Street (play)|Angel Street]]'', the Broadway production of ''Gas Light'', which he helped bring to New York.<ref name=Playbill_Angel_Street>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/production/angel-street-john-golden-theatre-vault-0000008490 |title=Angel Street (Broadway, John Golden Theatre, 1941 |year=2012 |publication-date=March 9, 1942 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=October 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/angel-street-1145 |title=Angel Street – Broadway Play – Original |website=[[IBDB]] |publisher=[[The Broadway League]] |access-date=October 15, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Price">{{cite book |last=Price |first=Victoria |date=1999 |title=Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312242732/page/109 |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312242732/page/109 109–111] |isbn=0-312-24273-5 |url-access=registration}}</ref>