“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Island of Lost Souls” (1932), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Paramount Pictures* fantasy/sci-fi feature film adaptation masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Island of Lost Souls” (1932)

Original 1932 Paramount Pictures* theatrical trailer for “Island of Lost Souls” with Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams and Kathleen “Panther Woman” Burke.

“The Panther Woman!” Original 1932 Paramount Pictures theatrical poster art for “Island of Lost Souls,” featuring Kathleen Burke as Lota, the “Panther Woman.”

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/fantasy feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Island of Lost Souls” (1932) this Sat., March 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1932 Paramount* fantasy/sci-fi feature film masterpiece adaptation of “Island of Lost Souls” was directed by veteran actor-turned-feature film director Erle C. Kenton.   Kenton was part of pioneering silent feature film comedian-actor-producer Mack Sennett’s original pioneering “Keystone Kops” silent comedy players troupe for Sennett’s Keystone Film Company before going into the field of directing films; according to IMDB.

Alongside directing the classic mammoth 1932 Paramount fantasy/sci-fi feature film masterpiece adaptation, Kenton mostly worked on numerous classic mammoth horror, thriller. supernatural and comedy feature film masterpieces for rival studio Universal Studios for most of his directorial career, including his classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece installment of “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942) with  Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy and  Dwight Frye; his classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece with  Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, including “Who Done It?” (1942) with Louise Allbritton, Patric Knowles, Mary Wickes, Don Porter and William Bendix and “Pardon My Sarong” (1942) with Charles Fuqua, Hoppy Jones, Bill Kenny and Deek Watson of the legendary jazz vocal singing group The Four Ink Spots; Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, William Demarest (who later appeared on TV’s “My Three Sons” from 1965-72, a.k.a. the Ernie “Binge the Cringe” show), Leif Erickson and Herb Vigran, his classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of  “House of Dracula” (1945) with John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr.  Glenn Strange, Jane Adams, Lionel Atwill and his classic mammoth Universal thriller masterpiece production of “The Cat Creeps” (1946) with Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, Paul Kelly and Douglass Dumbrille.

Adapted from veteran sci-fi/fantasy author H.G. Wells’ novel, “The Island of Dr. Moreau;” the screenplay adaptation of Wells’ novel for Kenton’s classic mammoth 1932 Paramount* sci-fi/fantasy feature film masterpiece production was written by veteran screenwriters Waldemar Young and Philip Wylie. Young previously worked as a scenarist for Tod Browning’s now-lost Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) silent horror production of “London After Midnight” (1927, the last surviving copy was lost in a 1967 vault fire at MGM’s then-Culver City, California studio complex) with Lon Chaney, the screenplay for William Beaudine‘s classic mammoth Warner Bros.–First National “Vitaphone” comedy-drama masterpiece adaptation of Booth Tarkington‘s “Penrod and Sam” (1931) with Leon Janney. Frank “Junior” Coghlan, Cameo the Dog, Margaret Marquis and Zasu Pitts and co-wrote the screenplay with Vincent Lawrence for Cecil B. DeMille‘s Academy Award-winning classic mammoth Paramount drama-biopic masterpiece production of “Cleopatra” (1934) with Claudette Colbert, Warren William (who later became the first screen “Perry Mason” in the classic mammoth Warner Bros. “Perry Mason” film adaptation masterpiece series from 1934–36 and later appeared in George Waggner‘s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of  “The Wolf Man” in 1941 with  Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains,  Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya and Ralph Bellamy), C. Aubrey Smith and Ian Keith.

Philip Wylie later worked as an uncredited screenwriter for James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (1933) with Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers and Una O’Connor and also wrote the original story treatment for the classic mammoth Rudolph Maté–George Pal-Paramount sci-fi masterpiece production of “When Worlds Collide” (1951) with Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt, Larry Keating, a pre-“Petticoat Junction“/”Green Acres” Frank Cady and a pre-
“I Dream of Jeannie” Hayden Rorke.

This will mark Svengoolie’s sixth big coast-to-coast broadcast of the classic mammoth Erle C. Kenton-Paramount sci-fi/fantasy feature film adaptation masterpiece on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Island of Lost Souls” (1932) as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV broadcast premiere back in July 2011 and as regular big coast-to-coast Me-TV broadcasts back in Dec. 2011, Jan. 2013, Jan. 2015 and June 2016.

Who was in Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Paramount fantasy/sci-fi feature film masterpiece adaptation of “Island of Lost Souls” (1932)?

The players who appeared in Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Paramount fantasy/sci-fi feature film masterpiece adaptation of “Island of Lost Souls” (1932) were Charles Laughton (as Dr. Moreau), Richard Arlen (as Edward Parker), Bela Lugosi (as Sayer of the Law), Leila Hyams (as Ruth Thomas), Kathleen Burke (as Lota, the “Panther Woman”), Arthur Hohl (as Montgomery), Stanley Fields (as Capt. Davies), Paul Hurst (as Donahue), George Irving (as The Consul), Buster Brodie (in an uncredited role as the Pig Beast), veteran Paramount make-up artist Charles Gemora (in an uncredited role as a Gorilla), Bob Kortman (in an uncredited role as Mr. Hogan), Joe Bonomo, John George, Robert Milasch, Constantine Romanoff, Duke York and young Alan Ladd (in uncredited roles as Beasts).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Kiss of the Vampire” (1963), plus “Sventoonie;” this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals will be dancing & jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Hammer Films-Universal Studios vampire/horror masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Kiss of the Vampire” (1963) plus “Sventoonie”

Latter Universal Studios reissue release trailer for Don Sharp‘s classic mammoth Hammer horror-vampire masterpiece production of “The Kiss of the Vampire” (originally released in 1963), presented under the latter MCA/Universal TV syndication title of “Kiss of Evil.”*

Original 1963 Universal Studios theatrical poster art for the North American theatrical release of Hammer’s “Kiss of the Vampire.”

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based classic vampire/horror feature film host will present his big broadcast of “The Kiss of the Vampire” (1963) this Sat/, Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central; followed by “Sventoonie” at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1963 Hammer-Universal horror masterpiece production entry was directed by veteran British feature film & television director Don Sharp.  Alongside his production of “The Kiss of the Vampire” (1963), Sharp was also known for his classic mammoth Hammer-Columbia Pictures adventure/thriller masterpiece production of “The Devil-Ship Pirates” (1964) with Hammer horror legend Christopher Lee, along with Andrew Kier, Duncan Lamont, John Cairney, Suzan Farmer, Michael Ripper, Barry Warren, Annette Whiteley and Ernest Clark; his classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) sci-fi thriller masterpiece installment production of “The Curse of the Fly” (1965, the third and final film in the original Twentieth Century Fox “The Fly” trilogy series and co-produced with veteran producer Robert L. Lippert) with Brian Donlevy, Carole Gray, Burt Kwouk (later known for his appearances as Cato in the majority of the original classic mammoth Blake Edwards–United Artists “Pink Panther” detective comedy masterpiece series with Peter Sellers beginning with 1964’s “A Shot in the Dark” and for his role of Entwistle in the latter years of the long running classic mammoth Roy Clarke–BBC television comedy masterpiece, “Last of the Summer Wine” from 2002 until the conclusion of the series in 2010), Yvette Rees, George Baker and Michael Graham.

Sharp also directed the classic mammoth adventure-fantasy-comedy masterpiece for Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson‘s American-International Pictures with Troy Donahue, Burl Ives, Daliah Lavi, Graham Stark, Terry-Thomas, Gert Fröbe, Judy Cornwell (later of BBC’s “Keeping Up Appearances” fame) and Dennis Price, “Those Fantastic Flying Fools” (1967. loosely inspired by Jules Verne‘s story, also released under the titltes of “Rocket to the Moon” and “Blast-Off”).

In his feature film & TV directing career, Sharp also served as a second unit/assistant director for several productions, including Ken Annakin‘s classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) adventure-comedy masterpiece production of “Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines” (1965) with Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Red Skelton, Benny Hill, Terry-Thomas, Gert Frobe, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Eric Sykes, Robert Morley and Eric Barker.

Sharp’s classic mammoth 1963 Hammer-Universal horror masterpiece production of “The Kiss of the Vampire” was produced by veteran Hammer Films producer/screenwriter Anthony Hinds.  Hinds also wrote the screenplay treatment for the production of “The Kiss of the Vampire.”  Hinds was known for producing Terence Fisher’s classic mammoth Hammer/Warner Bros. monster-horror masterpiece of “The Curse of Frankenstein” (1957) with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Melvyn Hayes, Valerie Gaunt, Paul Hardtmuth; Fisher’s classic mammoth Hammer-Universal vampire/horror masterpiece production of “Horror of Dracula” (1958) with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing,  Melissa Stribling, Michael Gough, Carol Marsh, Charles Lloyd Pack and Olga Dickie,  Fisher’s classic mammoth Hammer-Columbia horror masterpiece production of “The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) with Peter Cushing, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn, Francis Matthews, Lionel Jeffries,  “The Curse of the Werewolf” (1961) with Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Peter Sallis, Catherine Feller, Anthony Dawson and William Castle‘s classic mammoth Columbia macabre-comedy masterpiece adaptation production of “The Old, Dark House” (1963) with  Tom Poston, Janette Scott, Robert Morley, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns  Fenella Fielding and Peter Bull.

This will mark Sven’s third big broadcast of Sharp’s classic mammoth Hammer-Universal horror masterpiece production of “The Kiss of the Vampire” (1963) on the airlanes Me-TV.  He previously showcased Sharp’s classic mammoth Hammer-Universal horror entry back in Oct. 2013 as a Me-TV big broadcast premiere and as a regular big broadcast back in Aug. 2015.

Who was in “The Kiss of the Vampire” (1963)?

The players who appeared in Don Sharp’s classic mammoth 1963 Hammer-Universal horror masterpiece production of “The Kiss of the Vampire” were Clifford Evans (as Prof. Zimmer), Edward de Souza (as Gerald Harcourt), Noel Willman (as Dr. Ravna), Jennifer Daniel (as Marianne Harcourt), Barry Warren (as Carl Ravna), Brian Oulton (as a First Disciple), Noel Howlett (as Father Xavier), Jacquie Wallis (as Sabena Ravna), Peter Madden (as Bruno), Isobel Black (as Tania), Vera Cook (as Anna), John Harvey (as a Police Sergeant),  Alf Casha (in an uncredited role as a Party Servant), Jimmy Charters (in an uncredited role as a mourner), Olga Dickie (in an uncredited role as a woman at a graveyard), Sheila Raynor (in an uncredited role as the second woman at the funeral), Dolly Read (in an uncredited role as a First Disciple), Stan Simmons (in an uncredited role as a Servant) and Fred Wood (in an uncredited role as a gravedigger).