Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic Universal Studios mammoth “Invisible” monster sequel masterpiece.
“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of Vincent Price in “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940)
Altered trailer for Joe May’s classic mammoth Universal “Invisible Man” monster sequel masterpiece with Vincent Price, “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940).
The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/horror/sci-fi film host will present his big broadcast of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940), this Sat.; Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
Produced as a sequel to James Whale’s earlier classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (1933, with Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Una O’Connor and Henry Travers); the 1940 Universal classic “Invisible Man” monster masterpiece sequel installment was directed by veteran director Joe May. May also directed the classic Universal crime-mystery-drama production of “The House of Fear” (1939) with Irene Hervey, William Gargan, Dorothy Arnold and Walter Woolf King and the classic Universal action-adventure-comedy production of “Hit the Road” (1941) with Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Evelyn Ankers, a pre-“Three Stooges” Shemp Howard, Barton MacLane and Gladys George. Inspired by Wells’ novel, May also wrote the original story idea with veteran sci-fi writer Curt Siodmak, who later wrote the screenplay for George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal werewolf monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains and Ralph Bellamy. Siodmak also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation from his own original story idea with veteran screenwriter from his original story idea with May.
May’s classic 1940 Universal “Invisible Man” monster sequel masterpiece was produced by veteran studio associate producer Ken Goldsmith. Three years after the original 1940 theatrical release of “The Invisible Man Returns,” Goldsmith died in 1943 after completing the production of Erle C. Kenton’s Universal musical comedy production, “Always A Bridesmaid” (1943) with the popular singing trio of The Andrews Sisters/Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Laverne Andrews.
This will mark Sven’s fifth big broadcast of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940) on Me-TV. He previously showcased May’s classic mammoth 1940 Universal “Invisible Man” monster sequel back in July 2011*, March 2013, Dec. 2014 and Jan. 2017.
Who was in Joe May’s classic Universal mammoth monster sequel masterpiece production of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940)?
The players who appeared in Joe May’s Universal production of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940) were Vincent Price (as Geoffrey Radcliffe), Sir Cedric Hardwicke (as Richard Cobb), Nan Grey (as Helen Manson), Alan Napier (as Willie Spears), John Sutton (as Dr. Frank Griffin), Cecil Kellaway (as Sampson), Forrester Harvey (as Ben Jenkins) and Billy Bevan (in an uncredited role as Jim).