“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth kaiju monster battle masterpiece produced by Japan’s Toho Studios.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968/69)

A snippet from Ishirô Honda‘s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968).

“The Battle Cry that could Save the World!” 1969 American-International exhibitors’ leaflet art for the U.S. dubbing of Ishiro Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece, “Destroy All Monsters” (1968).

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/creature film host will present his big broadcast of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968/69), this Sat., May 25 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1968 Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” was co-directed by  veteran Toho Studios feature film director and the father of kaiju creature cinema, Ishirô Honda and veteran Toho Studios feature film drector Jun Fukuda.

Honda’s best-known productions throughout his feature film directorial career include his classic mammoth Toho Studios pioneering kaiju creature masterpiece production of “Gojira”/”Godzilla” (1954, released in the United States under the title of “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!” with added scenes directed by Terry O. Morse that featured Raymond Burr of TV’s “Perry Mason” fame), “Rodan“ (1956), “Mothra” (1961, released through Columbia Pictures in the United States), “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963, released through Universal Studios in the United States). “Mothra vs. Godzilla” (1964, released theatrically in the United States by Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures under the title of “Godzilla vs. the Thing”), “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster” (1964), “The War of the Gargantuas” (1966), “All Monsters Attack” (1969, released theatrically in the United States under the title of “Godzilla’s Revenge”) and “Terror of Mechagodzilla” (1975).

Alongside his numerous classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature cinema masterpiece productions throughout the majority of his filmmaking career, Honda also specialized in several classic mammoth sci-fi feature film masterpiece productions for Toho Studios included “The H-Man” (1958) and “Battle in Outer Space” (1959). Honda’s Toho productions of “The H-Man,” “Battle in Outer Space” and “Mothra” were released theatrically in the United States through Columbia Pictures by arrangement with Toho Studios, Columbia/Sony still owns the North American theatrical re-release, television syndication and home entertainment/streaming distribution rights to Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios feature masterpiece productions of “The H-Man,” “Battle in Outer Space” and “Mothra”).

Jun Fukuda previously directed the classic mammoth Toho Studios action-adventure spy comedy masterpiece production of “Ironfinger” (1965) with Akira Takarada, Mie Hama and Ichirô Arishima; which was Toho Studios’ answer to the classic mammoth Guy Hamilton-Eon Productions-United Artists “James Bond”/”007” action-adventure spy masterpiece production of “Goldfinger” (1964) with Sean Connery.  Fukuda’s first kaiju creature production was his classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece production of “Ebirah, Horror of the Deep” (1966).  His other classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature masterpiece productions include “Son of Godzilla” (1967, released in the United States through the now-defunct theater/cinema circuit, the Walter Reade Organization and their Continental Distribution subsidiary), “Godzilla vs. Gigan” (1972), “Godzilla vs. Megalon” (1973), “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla” (1974) and “Terror of Mechagodzilla” (1975).

The original screenplay for the classic mammoth Honda-Fukuda production of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968) for Toho Studios was co-written by Honda, along with veteran screenwriter Takeshi Kimura;  who received screen credit under the pseudonym of Kaoru Mabuchi.

Veteran producer Tomoyuki Tanaka produced the original Toho Studios theatrical release edition of Honda’s classic mammoth 1968 kaiju creature masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” in Japan.  Tanaka helped supervise many of the classic mammoth Toho Studios “Gojira”/”Godzilla” kaiju creature feature masterpiece productions for the majority of his feature film producing career; dating back to Honda’s original classic mammoth 1954 Toho Studios “Gojira”/”Godzilla” kaiju creature masterpiece production and concluding with Tako Okawara‘s modern classic mammoth Toho Studios “Gojira”/”Godzilla” kajiu creature masterpiece production of “Godzilla vs. Destoroyah” (1995, the North American theatrical dub release was later handled through Columbia Pictures/Sony’s TriStar Pictures imprint).  Alongside Honda, it was noted that Tanaka was the other pioneer of Toho Studios’ classic mammoth kaiju creature masterpiece productions, notably for the studio’s classic mammoth “Gojira”/”Godzilla” kaiju feature film masterpiece productions.

The U.S. dubbed edition of Ishiro Honda’s classic mammoth 1968 Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” was handled by  Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures.  Both Arkoff and Nicholson established American-International as the American Releasing Corporation in 1954, according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection housed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.   Arkoff later sold American-International to television and feature film production-syndication company Filmways in 1979, which was later acquired by Orion Pictures in 1982.  Orion, along with the majority of the American-International (AIP)/Filmways holdings were then sold to the present incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1997.  Following MGM’s re-introduction of the “Orion Pictures” name for current feature films and current television productions, the modern incarnation of MGM recently revived the “American-International Pictures” name for select theatrical releases/feature film productions.

Alongside “Destroy All Monsters” (1968), Arkoff and Nicholson’s American-International Pictures also handled the North American theatrical dub releases of the classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece, “Godzilla vs. Mothra” (1964, released under the title of “Godzilla vs. the ‘Thing’”) and Yoshimitsu Banno’s classic mammoth Toho Studios “Gojira”/”Godzilla” kaiju creature masterpiece installment, “Godzilla vs. Hedorah” (1971, released in 1972 by American-International under the title of “Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster”).

According to additional details from Rob Craig’s retrospective book on Arkoff and Nicholson’s American-International Pictures, “A Comprehensive Guide to American-International Pictures;” it was reported that the North American theatrical dub/theatrical release of Ishiro Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968) was released in several markets as a double-feature presentation with another production.   The second feature in the twinset was the American-International dub of Giuseppe Colizzi‘s Italian “Spaghetti Western” production of “God Forgives.. I Don’t” (1967/68) with Terence Hill, Bud Spencer and Frank Wolff.

It was reported that production of the classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968) marked the final kaiju creture feature collaboration between the veteran director, veteran producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, veteran Toho Studios kaiju creature special effects supervisor Eiji Tsubyara and veteran Toho Studios source music score composer, Akira Ifukube- the trio had worked on numerous classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature feature masterpiece productions since the production of Toho Studios classic mammoth pioneering kaiju creature masterpiece, “Gojira/Godzilla” (1954, a.k.a. “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!” for the 1955 North American theatrical dub).  The production of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968) marked the 20th kaiju/sci-fi creature feature film masterpiece production for Toho Studios of Japan; according to additional details from Rob Craig’s 2019 retrospective book, “American-International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography” and IMDB’s trivia section,

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of the U.S. dub of Ishiro Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju battle masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968) on the airlanes of Me-TV. He previously showcased the dubbed edition of Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece production as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in April 2023.

In Sven/Rich’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previous showcased the American-International edition of Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” during his WFLD/32 days as the “Son of Svengoolie” as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere back in Sept. 1981, according to IMDB.

Who was in the Toho Studios kaiju creature masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968)?

The players who appeared in Ishirō Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece production of “Destroy All Monsters” (1968) were veteran Toho Studios stunt performer/kaiju creature suit stunt performer Haruo Nakajima (in the dual kaiju creature roles of Gojira/Godzilla and Baragon and in a human role as one of the Military Advisors), veteran stunt performer Teruo Nigaki (as Rodan), veteran stunt performer Yû Sekita (in the dual kaiju creature roles of Anguirus and Gorosaurus and in a human role as one of the medical doctors), veteran stunt performer Masao “Little Man” Machan Fukazawa (as Minya/Manilla), veteran stunt performer Susumu Utsumi (as King Ghidorah), Kenji Sahara (as Commander Nishikawa), Akira Kubo (as SY-3 Capt. Katsuo Yamabe), Jun Tazaki (as Dr. Yoshido), Yukiko Kobayashi (as Kyoko Manabe), Yoshio Tsuchiya (as Dr. Otani), Kyôko Ai (as the Kilaak Queen), Andrew Hughes (as Dr. Stevenson), Chôtarô Tôgin (as Ogata), Yoshifumi Tajima (as a General), Hisaya Itô (as Maj. Tada), Yoshio Katsube (as a young scientist), Heihachirô Ôkawa (as an engineer), Ikio Sawamura (as an elderly farmer), Saburô Iketani (as a news anchor/presenter), Wataru Ômae (as an SY-3 astronaut), Yutaka Sada (as a police officer), Atsuko Takahashi, Rei Maki, Yoshio Miyata, Ari Sagawa, Kôko Mori, Midori Uchiyama, Wakako Tanabe and Michiko Ishii (as Kilaaks); Kazuo Suzuki, Tôru Ibuki, Susumu Kurobe and Minoru Itô (as Kilaak-controlled officers).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) with Glenn Strange and Boris Karloff, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing for joy for a classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece with several horror and monster silver screen legends.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) with Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine

A snippet from Erle C. Kenton‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944), featuring Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr.

“All together- History’s weirdest household!” Latter Realart theatrical re-issue poster art for Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/horror film host will present his big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944), this Sat.; May 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1944 Universal monster masterpiece production was directed by veteran actor-turned-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.

Kenton also directed the classic mammoth Paramount Pictures supernatural/sci-fi screen masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “Island of Lost Souls” (1932) with Charles Laughton, horror feature film legend Bela Lugosi, Leila Hyams, Kathleen “Panther Woman” Burke, Richard Arlen and young Alan Ladd.

Kenton also worked on the 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/Ernie ‘Binge the Cringe’” from 1965-72), Leif Erickson and Herb Vigran and his classic mammoth Universal thriller masterpiece production of “The Cat Creeps” (1946) with Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, Paul Kelly and Douglass Dumbrille.

The original story idea/treatment for Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) was written by veteran science fiction author and screenwriter Curt Siodmak; who also wrote the screenplay for George Waggner‘s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers,  Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William and Patric Knowles.  Siodmak’s other script/story and screenplay treatments include “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940), “The Invisible Woman” (1940), “Invisible Agent” (1942), “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943), “Son of Dracula” (1943), “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1946, for competing studio Warner Bros.) and the Universal production of  “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon” (1956).

Siodmak’s original story treatment/idea for “House of Frankenstein” (1944) was adapted into a screenplay by veteran screenwriter Edward T. Lowe Jr., who also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” mystery novel of  “The Dancing Men” with veteran screenwriters Scott Darling and Edmund L. Hartmann for Roy William Neill’s classic mammoth Universal “Sherlock Holmes” mystery masterpiece adaptation production of “Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon” (1942) with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Kaaren Verne, Holmes Herbert, Whit Bissell and Lionel Atwill.  The junior Lowe also wrote the screenplay for Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Dracula” (1945).  “House of Frankenstein” (1944) was produced by veteran producer Paul Malvern.

This will mark Sven’s ninth big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) on the airlanes Me-TV.  He previously showcased Kenton’s classic mammoth 1944 Universal monster masterpiece production as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV broadcast premiere back in Jan. 2012* and as regular big broadcasts back in Dec. 2012*, Nov. 2013, April 2014, Dec. 2015, Jan. 2017, Aug. 2018 and Oct. 2021 as part of Sven’s Oct. 2021 “Franken-Fest” month-long big broadcast showcases of classic mammoth Frankenstein/Frankenstein-themed feature film masterpieces.

In Sven’s Berwyn/Chicago “Son of Svengoolie” days, he previously showcased Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth 1944 Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” as a Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois “Son of Sven” big broadcast premiere back on WFLD/32 in 1981; according to video footage that was unearthed by Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television via the Internet Archive.

Son of Sven/Rich Koz/Sven later showcased “House of Frankenstein” (1944) as a regular Berwyn/Chicago “Son of Sven” big broadcast on WFLD back in July 1984 (during the station’s Metromedia era), according to IMDB.

Sven/Rich Koz later showcased the classic mammoth 1944 Erle Kenton-Universal monster masterpiece production as a big broadcast on his hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, WCIU-TV 26 back in Dec. 2007; according to IMDB.

Who was in Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944)?

The players who appeared in Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) were Glenn Strange (as Frankenstein’s monster), Boris Karloff (as Dr. Gustav Niemann), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot), John Carradine (as Count Dracula, a.k.a. Baron Latos), Anne Gwynne (as Rita Hussman), J. Carrol Naish (as Daniel), Peter Coe (as Carl Hussman), Sig Ruman (as Hussman), Lionel Atwill (as Inspector Arnz), George Zucco (as Prof. Bruno Lampini), Elena Verdugo (as Ilonka), William Edmunds (as Fejos), Charles Miller (as Burgomeister Toberman), Philip Van Zandt (as Inspector Muller), Julius Tannen (as Hertz), Hans Herbert (as Meier), Dick Dickinson (as Borg), George Lynn (as Inspector Gerlach), Michael Mark (as Frederick Strauss), Olaf Hytten (as Hoffman), Frank Reicher (as Ullman) and Brandon Hurst (as Dr. Geissler).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios werewolf monster masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr.

“Night Monster! Prowling! Killing! Terrifying!” Latter 1948 Realart/Film Classics theatrical re-issue poster for George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941), this Sat., April 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1941 Universal werewolf monster-thriller feature masterpiece was directed by veteran director George Waggner.  Alongside his numerous feature film and television productions throughout his film and television career, Waggner also worked on numerous episodes of the classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)/ABC television live-action “Batman” TV series adaptation of the DC Comics superhero with Adam West and Burt Ward (Waggner directed numerous episodes of the series from 1966-67).

The screenplay for Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster-werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) was written by veteran science-fiction author and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also worked on screenplays for numerous classic mammoth Universal monster/thriller/sci-fi masterpiece productions throughout his screenwriting career, including “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940), “The Invisible Woman” (1940), “Invisible Agent” (1942), “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943), “Son of Dracula” (1943), “House of Frankenstein” (1944) and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon” (1956).

Outside of his classic mammoth Universal feature film screenplays, Curt Siodmak also worked on the screenplay for Robert Florey’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. horror-mystery masterpiece, “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1946) with Peter Lorre, Andrea King, Robert Alda, Victor Aller, J. Carrol Naish, Patricia Barry, Pedro de Cordoba and William Edmunds.  Siodmak’s brother, Robert Siodmak was a feature film director, who was best-known for his classic mammoth Universal feature film masterpiece productions of  “Son of Dracula” (1943) with Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Craven, Etta McDaniel and George Irving and Ernest Hemmingway’s “The Killers” (1946) with Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker (of 1940’s “Dr. Cyclops” fame), William Conrad (in his pre-“Cannon” days) and Virginia Christine (who later rose to greater fame for her role of “Mrs. Olson” in numerous television commercials for Folgers Coffee).

This will mark Sven’s tenth big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal werewolf monster masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV back in Feb. 2013 as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere and as regular big broadcasts back in July 2013, Oct. 2014, Feb. 2016,  Sept. 2017,  Aug. 2018, Dec. 2019, July 2020 and April 2022.

In Son of Sven/Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie” on WFLD/32 as a “Son of Sven” big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 1979 and as regular “Son of Sven” Berwyn/Chicago big broadcasts back in Nov. 1980 and Nov. 1983.   On Svengoolie/Rich’s hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, WCIU-TV 26; he previously showcased “The Wolf Man” (1941) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast back in Jan. 2008, according to IMDB.

Who was in George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941)?

The players who appeared in George Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal monster-werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” were Lon Chaney Jr. (credited as “Lon Chaney” in the dual role of Lawrence “Larry” Talbot/the “Wolf Man”), Evelyn Ankers (as Gwen Conliffe), Claude Rains (as Sir John Talbot), Bela Lugosi (as Bela), Maria Ouspenskaya (as Maleva), Ralph Bellamy (as Col. Montford), Fay Helm (as Jenny),  Warren William (as Dr. Lloyd),  Patric Knowles (as Frank Andrews), Forrester Harvey (as Twiddle) and J.M. Kerrigan (as Charles Conliffe).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Island of Terror” (1966) with Peter Cushing, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth sci-fi/creature masterpiece that was released theatrically by Universal Studios.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Island of Terror” (1966) with Peter Cushing

A snippet from Terence Fisher’s classic mammoth sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “Island of Terror” (1966) with Peter Cushing, produced by Planet Film Distributors in Britain, released one year later throughout North America by Universal Studios; sourced from Universal’s High-Definition restoration of Fisher’s 1966 production for the Shout! Factory (Shout! Studios)/Scream Factory Blu-Ray edition.

“Unstoppable beasts crave human bone!” 1990s MCA/Universal (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) VHS cover art for Terence Fisher’s 1966 production of “Island of Terror.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based sci-fi/creature feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Island of Terror” (1966), this Sat.; April 13 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“Island of Terror” (1966) was directed by veteran director Terence Fisher.  Fisher was best known for his numerous classic horror/monster/creature film masterpiece productions for Britain’s Hammer Films, including “The Curse of Frankenstein” (1957), “Horror of Dracula” (1958), “The Revenge of Frankenstein” (1958), the Hammer-Universal adaptation of “The Mummy” (1959), “The Brides of Dracula” (1960), “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll” (1960), “The Curse of the Werewolf” (1961), the Hammer-Universal adaptation of “The Phantom of the Opera” (1962) and the Hammer-Columbia feature production of “The Gorgon” (1964).

The veteran director decided to direct fewer films in the latter part of his film career for his home studio, Hammer Films.  Alongside his latter Hammer feature productions, Fisher decided to concentrate on independently-produced productions after his unsuccessful Hammer-Universal monster-horror screen adaptation of “Phantom of the Opera” (1962); according to the British Film Institute’s database on the life and career of Terence Fisher,

Fisher’s 1966 sci-fi/horror/creature production was produced by Tom Blakeley with executive producers Gerald A. Fernback and classic mammoth horror/sci-fi feature film masterpiece exhibitor-production veteran Richard Gordon.  Years earlier, Gordon helped veteran horror feature film legend Bela Lugosi return to the United States after the abrupt ending of his 1951 British stage tour of Hamilton Deane‘s stage adaptation of Bram Stoker‘s “Dracula” by encouraging Lugosi to appear in John Gilling‘s production of “Vampire Over London” (released in Britain in 1952, released by Columbia Pictures in the United States under the title of “My Son, The Vampire” in 1963  to capitalize on Allan Sherman‘s title 1963 comedy recording that was released on the record label of rival/competing studio Warner Bros.); which was an entry in the “Old Mother Riley” comedy film series with Arthur Lucan for Britain’s Renown Pictures (Renown was known as the British production-distribution company that co-produced Brian Desmond Hurst‘s classic mammoth 1952 Holiday feature film masterpiece adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ “A Christmas Carol/Scrooge” with Alastair Sim), according to IMDB.

Gordon later served as executive producer of Lindsay Shonteff’s cult classic thriller feature masterpiece production of “Devil Doll” (1964) with Bryant Haliday (who was one of the original co-founders of independent art-house producer/distribution firm Janus Films, the company behind The Criterion Collection line of critically-acclaimed feature film masterpieces from Janus and productions leased from other studios/production firms for Blu-Ray, DVD and select streaming platforms ), Yvonne Romain, William Sylvester and the vocal stylings of Sadie Corre.  The Shonteff/Gordon production of “Devil Doll’ (1964) was later famously riffed on “Mystery Science Theater 3000” in 1997.

The screenplay and original story treatment for “Island of Terror” (1966) was written by Edward Mann and Allan “Al” Ramsen.   Fisher’s production of “Island of Terror” was produced and released in Great Britain by independent production/releasing firm Planet Film Productions/Planet Film Distributors.  Universal Studios obtained the North American releasing/distribution rights to Fisher’s 1966 Planet production of “Island of Terror” in 1967; according to IMDB.

This will mark Svengoolie’s fifth big broadcast of “Island of Terror” (1966) on the airlanes Me-TV.  He previously showcased Fisher’s classic 1966 horror-creature masterpiece entry back in May 2014, May 2015, Sept. 2016 and Sept. 2020.

Who was in “Island of Terror” (1966)?

The players who appeared in Terence Fisher’s production of “Island of Terror” (1966) were Peter Cushing (as Dr. Brian Stanley), Carole Gray (as Toni Merrill), Edward Judd (as Dr. David West), Eddie Byrne (as Dr. Reginald Landers), Peter Forbes-Robertson (as Dr. Lawrence Phillips), Sam Kydd (as Constable John Harris), James Caffrey (as Peter Argyle), Niall MacGinnis (as Mr. Roger Campbell), Keith Bell (as Halsey), Margaret Lacey (as an elderly woman), Liam Gaffney (as Ian Bellows), Joyce Hemson (as Mrs. Bellows), Roger Heathcott (as Dunley), Shay Gorman (as Morton) and Richard Bidlake (as Carson).

“Svengoolie” presents his big premiere of “The Old Dark House” (1932) with Boris Karloff, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast premiere of a rarely-seen classic mammoth Universal Studios* horror masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast premiere of “The Old Dark House” (1932) with Boris Karloff

Latter Fan-made trailer tribute to James Whale‘s classic mammoth 1932 Universal Studios* horror masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” with Boris Karloff; via film preservationist/collector Ray Faiola’s Chelsea Rialto Studios.

Original 1932 Universal Studios theatrical poster art for “The Old Dark House” with Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago classic horror feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast premiere of “The Old Dark House” (1932) this Sat., April 7 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth Universal* horror masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932) was directed by veteran studio director James Whale.  Whale’s other well-known classic mammoth Universal monster/horror masterpiece productions include “Frankenstein” (1931) with Boris Karloff in the role of Frankenstein’s monster, the classic mammoth Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells‘ “The Invisible Man” (1933) with Claude Rains in the title role and his classic mammoth Universal monster sequel masterpiece production of “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) with Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff and Colin Clive.

Shortly before working on his numerous classic mammoth Universal horror/monster feature masterpiece productions, Whale co-directed with veteran director Edmund Goulding and industrialist Howard Hughes on the classic mammoth aviation-war drama masterpiece production of “Hell’s Angels” (1930) with Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon and James Hall; according to IMDB.   In an ironic twist, Universal Studios/MCA later acquired the rights to “Hell’s Angels” (1930) from Howard Hughes’ estate; according to a 1979 Universal theatrical re-release poster for the 1930 production.

The screenplay for “The Old Dark House” (1932) was adapted for the screen from author J.B. Priestley‘s classic 1927 horror novel, “Benighted;” according to the American Film Institute (AFI). The screenplay adaptation of Whale’s classic mammoth 1932 Universal horror masterpiece production was written by veteran playwright/future British parliament member Benn W. Levy with additional screen dialogue written by veteran screenwriter R.C. Sherriff. Sherriff later co-wrote the screenplay adaptation for James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (1933) with veteran screenwriters  Philip Wylie and young Preston Sturges, years before Sturges went onto greater fame for writing many feature film comedy masterpieces for rival studio Paramount Pictures.  Sherriff later worked as a contributing screenwriter for  Lambert Hillyer’s classic mammoth Universal “Dracula” monster sequel masterpiece installment of “Dracula’s Daughter” (1936) with Gloria Holden in the title role.  Benn W. Levy previously wrote the screenplay for one of young Alfred Hitchcock‘s earliest classic mammoth British sound feature film suspense masterpiece productions, “Blackmail” (1929) with Anny Ondra, Cyril Ritchard, Sara Allgood and Charles Paton.

Whale’s classic mammoth Universal horror-thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932) was produced by veteran producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the son of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle.   The junior Laemmle was responsible for spearheading Universal’s trademark monster/horror feature film masterpiece productions as the official trademark “house style” feature film genre for his father’s studio.

Who was in James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal horror-thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932)?

The players who appeared in Whale’s classic mammoth Universal horror-thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932) was Boris Karloff (as Morgan), Gloria Stuart (as Margaret Waverton), Charles Laughton (as Sir William Porterhouse), Raymond Massey (as Philip Waverton), Melvyn Douglas (as Penderel), Ernest Thesiger (as Horace Femm), Lilian Bond (as Gladys), Eva Moore (as Rebecca Femm), Brember Wills (as Saul Femm) and Elspeth Dudgeon (as Sir Roderick Femm, Dudgeon’s character was known as John Femm in the production).