Although Vincent Price is known primarily for his film career, he was also highly sought after to appear on radio dramas, due no doubt to his excellent voice and diction. Interestingly enough, Price also seemed destined to be a horror star on the airwaves, as many of his radio assignments proved to be neurotic killers in highly melodramatic thrillers. Obviously such a melodramatic situation called for the larger than life style of acting which Price became the consummate master of, on stage, screen and of course, on radio. Radio is my favorite entertainment medium.
Radio is the neatest of all the show biz media.
Also, it is concentrated and consecutive, it does not start in the middle and end at the beginning like so much television and film work. There is plenty of rehearsal usually and the fact of not having to memorize lines relieves the radio artist of that bugaboo of the stage. But what makes radio really exciting is the all-round creativity of it. The writer creates the original, then the director creates the ambiance for the actors, and the brilliant technicians who manipulate the tapes, dials, sounds and music create the atmosphere. But the most creative of all participants in the joys of radio are the listeners, the audience.