Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast premiere of a cult classic sci-fi/thriller masterpiece.
“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast premiere of “Creation of the Humanoids” (1962)
Original 1962 theatrical trailer for Wesley Barry’s “Creation of the Humanoids.” Sidebar: Due to the source material of the footage for the original theatrical trailer, you may have to turn up your volume. –C.H.
The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based sci-fi feature film host will present his big broadcast premiere of “Creation of the Humanoids” (1962), this Sat.; July 31 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
The 1962 cult classic sci-fi masterpiece production was directed by actor-turned-veteran director Wesley Barry. Barry started his motion picture career as a child actor at the age of seven when a talent scout from the Kalem Company, one of the pioneering film studios; spotted young Barry. One of his earliest credited feature film appearance was in the role of Mrs. Mum’s son Chance E. Ward’s Kalem comedy production of “The Phoney Cannibal” (1915) with comedians Lloyd “Ham” Hamilton and “Bud” Duncan. Barry would later direct numerous feature films and TV shows throughout the majority of his motion picture and TV production career as an assistant director.
Alongside “Creation of the Humanoids” (1962), some of Barry’s productions that he worked as an assistant director on included William Beaudine’s Monogram (the future Allied Artists) production of “Tuna Clipper” (1949)* with Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo and Roland Winters; Beaudine’s classic mammoth Monogram “Bowery Boys” spook-comedy masterpiece with Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan, Lela Bliss and Bernard Gorcey; “Ghost Chasers” (1951); 15 episodes of Jack Wrather’s classic “Lassie” mammoth masterpiece TV series (1962-64), Roger Corman’s classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) action-historical drama masterpiece with Jason Robards, George Segal, Jean Hale, Ralph Meeker, John Agar, Joseph Campanella and young Bruce Dern; “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” (1967). One of Barry’s final productions as an assistant director was for Aaron Spelling & Leonard Goldberg’s classic ABC television action-drama masterpiece series, “The Rookies” (Barry worked on 14 episodes of the Spelling-Goldberg series from 1972-75).
Barry also co-produced “Creation of the Humanoids” (1962) with veteran Monogram/Allied Artists feature film music composer Edward J. Kay. The screenplay for Barry’s 1962 cult classic sci-fi masterpiece entry was written by veteran screenwriter Jay Simms, who also wrote the screenplay adaptation with Jay Simms for the Ken Curtis (of TV’s “Gunsmoke” fame)-Ray Kellogg cult classic sci-fi/creature masterpiece production for radio station owner Gordon McLendon’s firm, “The Giant Gila Monster” (1959, which was one of McLendon’s few motion picture productions). Simms’ screenplay for “Creation of the Humanoids” (1962) was adapted from Jack Williamson’s novel of the same name.
“Creation of the Humanoids” (1962) was produced by Genie Productions and was released theatrically through independent distribution firm Emerson Film Enterprises, according to IMDB. Emerson Film Enterprises is best known to many “Mystery Science Theater 3000”/MST3K MSTies as the original theatrical distributor for Harold P. Warren’s cult horror production of “Manos: The Hands of Fate” (1966); “Manos” was famously riffed on MST3K on Comedy Central back in 1993 with original series host/creator Joel Hodgson (as Joel Robinson), Trace Beaulieu (as Mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forester/the vocal stylings of Crow T. Robot), Frank Conniff (as Mad scientist TV’s Frank) and Kevin Murphy (the vocal stylings of Tom Servo) in ep. #424, according to the MST3K Info Guide site/Satellite News.
Who was in “Creation of the Humanoids” (1962)?
The players who appeared in Wesley Barry’s cult classic sci-fi masterpiece production of “Creation of the Humanoids” (1962) were Don Megowan (as Capt. Kenneth Cragis), Erica Elliott (as Maxine Megan), Frances McCann (as Esme Cragis Milos), Don Doolittle (as Dr. Raven), David Cross (as Pax), Richard Vath (as Mark), Reid Hammond (as Hart), Malcolm Smith (as Court), George Milan (as Acto), Dudley Manlove (as Lagan), Pat Bradley (in an uncredited role as Dr. Moffitt) and Gil Frye (in an uncredited role as Orus).