“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing for joy for his big broadcast of one of the classic mammoth classic Columbia Pictures thriller masterpieces from one of cinema’s macabre legends.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of William Castle’s “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price

A snippet from William Castle‘s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures macabre shock thriller masterpiece, “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price.

“Newest and most startling gimmick on the screen!” Original 1959 Columbia Pictures theatrical poster art element for William Castle’s “The Tingler” with Vincent Price.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth macabre horror/thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Tingler” (1959), this Sat., June 1 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1959 Columbia thriller/shocker masterpiece feature production was directed and produced by veteran classic mammoth macabre feature film masterpiece director William Castle.   For the majority of his motion picture career, Castle produced and directed numerous feature films for Columbia Pictures; notably his classic mammoth “gimmick” macabre masterpiece productions alongside “The Tingler,” including  “13 Ghosts” (1960) with  Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner (of TV’s “Route 66” and “Adam-12” fame) Margaret Hamilton (of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame, 1940’s “The Invisible Woman” fame, 1973’s “The Night Strangler” fame and Cora in TV commercials for Maxwell House Coffee in the 1970s) and John Van Dreelen, “Homicidal” (1961) with Glenn Corbett, “Mr. Sardonicus” (1961) with Guy Rolfe, Audrey Dalton, Oskar Homolka, Erika Peters, Lorna Hanson and Ronald Lewis;  “Zotz!” (1962) with Tom Poston (later of TV’s “Newhart” fame), Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Margaret Dumont (who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41) and  Fred Clark, and “The Old, Dark House” (1963) with Poston and Janette Scott and “Strait-Jacket” (1964) with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, young George Kennedy and young Lee Majors (later of TV’s “The Big Valley” fame, TV’s “The Six Million Dollar Man” fame and TV’s “The Fall Guy” fame).   Castle returned to Columbia Pictures to serve as an executive producer for the studio’s brief classic mammoth horror-thriller TV anthology masterpiece series, “Ghost Story/Circle of Fear” (1972-73), produced under Columbia’s Screen Gems TV unit for the NBC television network.

In addition to many of his classic mammoth macabre masterpiece productions at Columbia; he also worked on multiple feature film masterpiece genres at the studio, including serving as an associate producer for Orson Welles‘ classic mammoth Columbia film noir masterpiece production of “The Lady from Shanghai” (1947) with Rita Hayworth and Welles.  Castle’s other classic mammoth Columbia feature masterpiece productions included three films in Columbia’s “Crime Doctor” classic mammoth mystery masterpiece feature film series with Warner Baxter from 1945-47; Columbia’s first 3-D theatrical feature-length film production of “Fort Ti” (1953); which also had the distinction of being the first 3-D feature-length film production to be produced by a major Hollywood studio in Technicolor and the classic mammoth Columbia adventure-drama masterpiece production of “Uranium Boom” (1956) with Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina and William Talman (later known for his role of attorney Hamilton Burger in TV’s “Perry Mason” opposite Raymond Burr).

Alongside his classic mammoth Columbia feature film masterpiece productions, Castle’s other classic mammoth feature film masterpiece productions included “Macabre” (1958) with William Prince, Jim Backus (of “Mister Magoo” and later of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), Christine White and Jacqueline Scott; “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) (both for Allied Artists), “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor and Hayden Rorke (later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame), “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Patricia Breslin and veteran Los Angeles TV classic cartoon masterpiece and classic feature film masterpiece host Tom Hatten (both for Universal Studios), “The Busy Body” (1967) with Sid Caesar, young Richard Pryor, Anne Baxter, Godfrey Cambridge, Dom DeLuise, Robert Ryan, Kay Medford, Ben Blue, Bill Dana and George Jessel; “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Monte Markham, Keye Luke, Joanna Miles, Harold Gould and Phillip Pine and served as a producer for Jeannot Szwarc‘s “Bug” (1975) with Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland (three for Paramount Pictures).

The screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) was written by veteran Castle feature film co-collaborator Robb White; who also co-wrote the screenplay for “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Castle.

This will mark Sven’s third big coast-to-coast broadcast of William Castle’s classic mammoth 1959 Columbia Pictures macabre masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “The Tingler” as a coast-to-coast Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in November 2018 and as a regular Sven/Me-TV big broadcast as part of Sven’s “Halloween BOO-nanza” back in Oct. 2022.  In his home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; Sven previously aired William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) on his hometown TV station; WCIU-TV back in Sept. 2008; according to IMDB.

Who was in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Picture macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959)?

The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) were Vincent Price (as Dr. Warren Chapin), Judith Evelyn (as  Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins), Darryl Hickman (as David Morris), Patricia Cutts (as Isabel Stevens Chapin), Pamela Lincoln (as Lucy Stevens), Philip Coolidge (as Oliver “Ollie” Higgins),  Leon Alton, Gertrude Astor. Gail Bonney, Pat Colby. Amy Fields, George DeNormand and Clarence Straight (as members of the movie theater audience), Bob Gunderson (as Ryerson, the screaming convict), Dal McKennon (as the projectionist) and source stock feature film footage of actors Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence.  

According to the American Film Institute, original 1959 Columbia Pictures theatrical release prints and years later- home entertainment editions of “The Tingler” featured an on-screen cameo introduction by William Castle.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “13 Ghosts” (1960), 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 Columbia Pictures macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece from one of the legendary macabre film directors.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “13 Ghosts” (1960)

Original 1960 Columbia Pictures theatrical release trailer for William Castle‘s classic mammoth macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece in the magic of “Illusion-O,” “13 Ghosts;” featuring an exclusive trailer introduction by Castle.

“13 Times the Thrills!” “13 Times the Screams!” “13 Times the Fun!” “See the ‘Ghosts’ in ‘Ectoplasmic’ Color!” Original 1960 Columbia Pictures theatrical poster art for William Castle’s “13 Ghosts” in “Illusion-O.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “13 Ghosts” (1960) this Sat., March 9 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1960 Columbia macabre thriller was directed by the legendary master of macabre cinema, William Castle. For the majority of Castle’s motion picture career, he produced and directed numerous feature films for Columbia Pictures.

Before he went into the art and innovation of macabre-thriller “gimmick”-style feature film masterpiece productions, he directed numerous classic mammoth Columbia feature film masterpiece productions, including the western “Klondike Kate” (1943) with Glenda Farrell (of Warner Bros.‘ “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and Warners’ “Torchy Blane” fame), Ann Savage, Tom Neal and future TV producer Sheldon Leonard.

He also directed four entries in Columbia’s “The Whistler” feature film adaptation series (adapted from the CBS Radio mystery series of the same name) with Richard Dix, “The Whistler” (1944, also with Gloria Stuart of 1933’s “The Invisible Man” and 1997’s “Titanic” fame), “The Mark of the Whistler” (1944, also with Janis Carter and Porter Hall), “Voice of the Whistler” (1945, also with Lynn Merrick and Rhys Williams) and “Mysterious Intruder” (1946, also with Nina Vale and Barton MacLane of Warners’ “Torchy Blane” fame and later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame in the latter part of his acting career) and four entries in Columbia’s “Crime Doctor” mystery feature film masterpiece adaptation series with Warner Baxter; “The Crime Doctor’s Warning” (1945, also with John Litel and Dusty Anderson), “Just Before Dawn” (1946, also with Adele Roberts and Martin Kosleck), “Crime Doctor’s Man Hunt” (1946, also with Ellen Drew and William Frawley; later of TV’s “I Love Lucy” and “My Three Sons”/”Binge the Cringe” fame) and “The Crime Doctor’s Gamble” (1947, also with Micheline Cheirel and Roger Dann).

Castle also produced Orson Welles‘ classic mammoth critically-acclaimed Columbia film noir-drama masterpiece production of “The Lady From Shanghai” (1947) with Welles, Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane, Castle also co-wrote the screenplay for the aforementioned 1947 Columbia production with Welles and Sherwood King.   The veteran director-producer also directed hs classic mammoth Columbia feature-length adventure masterpiece and the very first 3-D film for Columbia Pictures, “Fort Ti” (1953) with George Montgomery, Joan Vohs, Irving Bacon and young Rusty Hamer (later of TV’s “Make Room for Daddy”/”The Danny Thomas Show” fame).

Alongside “13 Ghosts” (1960), many of Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre “gimmick” feature film masterpiece productions alongside include “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn and Darryl Hickman;  “Mr. Sardonicus” (1961) with Guy Rolfe, Oscar Homolka, Audrey Dalton, Lorna Hanson, Ronald Lewis, Erika Peters and Vladimir Sokoloff; “Homicidal” (1961) with Glenn Corbett, “Zotz!” (1962) with Tom Poston (later of TV’s “Newhart” fame), Julia Meade, Jim Backus (of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me,” the vocalizations of “Mister Magoo” for the Columbia-UPA theatrical cartoon series and the latter UPA TV adaptation and his Live-Action appearances of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), Margaret Dumont (who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41) and Fred Clark,  “The Old, Dark House” (1962/63, co-produced with Britain’s Hammer Films) with Poston and Janette Scott and “Strait-Jacket” (1964) with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, young George Kennedy and young Lee Majors (later of TV’s “The Big Valley” and “The Six Million Dollar Man” fame).

Alongside Castle’s long career at Columbia, he also directed his earlier classic mammoth macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece productions for Allied Artists, notably “Macabre” (1958) with Jim Backus, Christine White and William Prince and “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Julie Mitchum, Elisha Cook Jr.,  Carolyn Craig, Alan Marshal and Leona Anderson. Castle also directed several classic mammoth macabre thriller masterpieces for rival Universal Studios, including “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor and Hayden Roarke (later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame) and “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford, John Ireland and Leif Erickson.  Castle later directed several productions for rival Paramount Pictures, including his classic mammoth Paramount comedy masterpiece production of “The Busy Body” (1967) with Sid Caesar, Richard Pryor, Anne Baxter and Robert Ryan and his classic mammoth Paramount sci-fi masterpiece production of “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Harold Gould and Monte Markham.   Near the end of his life, Castle later appeared in a cameo appearance in John Schlesinger‘s classic mammoth Paramount studio drama-thriller masterpiece production of “The Day of the Locust” (1975) with Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Burgess Meredith and Geraldine Page.

Castle returned to Columbia Pictures to serve as an executive producer for the studio’s brief classic mammoth horror-thriller TV anthology masterpiece series, “Ghost Story/Circle of Fear” (1972-73), produced under Columbia’s Screen Gems TV unit for the NBC television network.  Alongside directing “13 Ghosts” (1960), Castle also produced his classic mammoth Columbia “Illusion-O” feature macabre thriller gimmick masterpiece production.

The screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth 1960 Columbia “Illusion-O” macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” was written by veteran Castle screenwriter/associate producer/production collaborator and novelist Robb White.  White also wrote the screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) and Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre masterpiece productions of “The Tingler” (1959) and “Homicidal” (1961).  Alongside working with William Castle during his screenwriting and feature film/TV production career, Robb White wrote the teleplay treatments for eight episodes of the classic mammoth CBS television drama masterpiece series adaptation of Erle Stanley Gardner‘s “Perry Mason” with Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins and William Talman from 1961-65 (the eight “Perry Mason” episodes that White wrote for the series were 1961’s “The Case of the Traveling Treasure,” 1962’s “The Case of the Melancholy Marksman,” 1963’s “The Case of the Lover’s Leap,” “The Case of the Deviant Delinquent,” 1964’s  “The Case of the Bountiful Beauty,” “The Case of the Careless Kidnapper,” “The Case of the Reckless Rockhound” and 1965’s “The Case of the Candy Queen”).   To paraphrase Sven, “Robb White wrote eight episodes of.. “Perry Mason!” -C.H.

This will mark Sven’s third big broadcast of Castle’s classic mammoth 1960 Columbia Pictures “Illusion-O” macabre thriller masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “13 Ghosts” (1960) as a coast-to-coast Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 2018 and as a regular Me-TV big broadcast back in Sept. 2019.

In Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast showcase on his hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; WCIU-TV 26 back in Nov. 2009; according to IMDB.

Who was in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960, in “Illusion-O”)?

The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures “Illusion-O” macabre-thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960) were Charles Herbert (as Buck Zorba), Martin Milner (as Benjamen Rush), Jo Morrow (as Medea Zorba), Donald Woods (as Cyrus Zorba), Margaret Hamilton (as Elaine Zacharides), Rosemary DeCamp (as Hilda Zorba), David Hoffman (in an uncredited role as a messenger),  John Van Dreelen (as Van Allen), Jeanne Baker, Ralph Helfer, William Kelley, Hubie Kerns, Darryl Scott McFadden, John Burnside and Roy Jenson (in uncredited roles as “ghosts”).