Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi/fantasy feature film masterpiece.
Original 1960 Universal Studios theatrical trailer for “The Leech Woman” with Kim Hamilton, Coleen Gray and Grant Williams.
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“Forever Young! Forever Deadly!” Original 1960 Universal Studios Australian Theatrical Poster Art for “The Leech Woman.”
The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/feature film masterpiece host will present his fbig broadcast of “The Leech Woman” (1960), this Sat.; June 22 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
“The Leech Woman” (1960) was directed by veteran screenwriter-turned-film and TV director Edward Dein. Dein also directed the classic mammoth Universal monster/western masterpiece, “Curse of the Undead” (1959). Dein also directed numerous episodes of several popular television series, including “Hawaiian Eye,” “The Wild Wild West” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron.”
The screenplay for Dein’s classic 1960 Universal sci-fi/creature masterpiece was written by veteran screenwriter David Duncan, Duncan’s screenplay for “The Leech Woman” was adapted from veteran Universal producer Ben Pivar and veteran screenwriter Francis Rosenwald’s original story idea. “The Leech Woman” (1960) was produced by veteran Universal Studios music department supervisor Joseph Gershenson, who supervised the source orchestral soundtrack scores for Jack Arnold’s classic Universal mammoth monster masterpiece, “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954) and Orson Welles’ classic Universal film noir-drama masterpiece production of “Touch of Evil” (1958).
Edward Dein’s classic mammoth 1960 Universal sci-fi/horror/fantasy masterpiece was later riffed on “Mystery Science Theater 3000” with Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy (as the vocal stylings of Tom Servo/evil overlord Bobo), Mary Jo Pehl (as evil overlord Pearl) and Bill Corbett (as the vocal stylings of Crow T. Robot). The MST3K edition of “The Leech Woman” (1960) aired on the Sci-Fi Channel (today’s SyFy) on Feb. 8, 1997; according to the ”Satellite News” MST3K episode guide website.
This will mark Sven’s sixth big broadcast of “The Leech Woman” (1960) on Me-TV. He previously showcased Dein’s classic mammoth 1960 Universal sci-fi/fantasy feature masterpiece production back in Sept. 2013, Feb. 2015, June 2016, June 2018 and Jan. 2021.
Who was in Edward Dein’s Universal production of “The Leech Woman” (1960)?
The players who appeared in Edward Dein’s Universal production of “The Leech Woman” (1960) were Coleen Gray (as June Talbot), Estelle Hemsley (as elderly Malla), Kim Hamilton (as young Malla), Grant Williams (as Neil Foster), Phillip Terry (as Dr. Paul Talbot), Gloria Talbott (as Sally), Paul Thompson (in an uncredited role as a warrior leader), Harold Goodwin (in an uncredited role as Detective Joe), Arthur Batanides (as Jerry), Murray Alper (in an uncredited role as a drunk) and John Van Dreelen (as Bertram Garvay).