“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” presents his big premiere of Dan Curtis’ “Dracula” (1974) with Jack Palance, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast premiere of a classic mammoth made-for-TV vampire adaptation masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast premiere of Dan Curtis’ “Dracula” (1974) with Jack Palance

British theatrical trailer for Dan Curtis‘ classic mammoth made-for-TV movie masterpiece adaptation, “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) with Jack Palance; released theatrically in Great Britain by now-former British recording, film & technology giant EMI under the title of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula**.”

British EMI theatrical poster art for “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) with Jack Palance.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/horror feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast premiere of “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) this Sat., March 23 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1974 made-for-TV movie adaptation masterpiece of Bram Stoker’s gothic vampire novel, “Dracula” was directed by veteran TV and feature film director-producer Dan Curtis. Curtis was best-known for producing and directing his own classic mammoth ABC television network gothic horror masterpiece series production, “Dark Shadows” (1966-71) with Jonathan Frid (in the lead role of vampire Barnabas Collins) and Grayson Hall (in the lead role of Dr. Julia Hoffman, also of 1972’s “Gargoyles” fame).  Curtis also directed two classic mammoth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) gothic horror feature film masterpiece adaptations of his ABC-TV “Dark Shadows” series; “House of Dark Shadows” (1970) with Frid and “Night of Dark Shadows” (1971, produced and released around the same time that ABC cancelled “Dark Shadows”).  20 years after the final ABC broadcast of “Dark Shadows,” Curtis reunited with MGM to produce a newer, short-lived primetime “Dark Shadows” series for rival network NBC in 1991 with Ben Cross in the role of vampire Barnabas Collins in the latter/brief Curtis/MGM/NBC “Dark Shadows” series revival.

Curtis was also involved with two classic mammoth ABC “Movie of the Week”/”Kolchak” made-for-TV movie supernatural masterpiece pilots, “The Night Stalker” (1972, produced by Curtis, directed by John Llewellyn Moxey) with  Darren McGavin (of the 1958-59 “Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer” TV adaptation series fame and later of 1983’s “A Christmas Story” fame), Carol Lynley (of 1972’s “The Poseidon Adventure” fame), Claude Akins (later of TV’s “Movin’ On” fame and TV’s “B.J. and the Bear“/“The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo” fame), Larry Linville (of  TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), Simon Oakland (of Alfred Hitchcock‘s “Psycho” fame, Peter Yates’ “Bullitt” fame and TV’s “Black Sheep Squadron”/”Baa Baa Black Sheep” fame), Ralph Meeker, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Elisha Cook Jr., Stanley Adams, Jordan Rhodes and Barry Atwater and “The Night Strangler” (1973, produced and directed by Curtis) with McGavin, Oakland, Jo Ann Pflug (of Robert Altman‘s 1970 “M*A*S*H” feature film fame), Wally Cox (of TV’s “Mister Peepers” fame and of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me,” of the vocal stylings of TV’s “Underdog“ fame), Margaret Hamilton (of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame, 1940’s “The Invisible Woman” fame, 1960’s “13 Ghosts” fame and in the latter part of her acting career- “Cora” for TV commercials for Maxwell House Coffee ), Al “Grampa” Lewis (of TV’s “The Munsters” fame and of 1966’s “Munster, Go Home!“ fame), Richard Anderson (of 1956’s “Forbidden Planet” fame), veteran horror actor John Carradine, Kate Murtagh (of 1977’s “The Car” fame and on the album cover of Supertramp‘s “Breakfast In America“ fame), Nina Wayne, Virginia Peters, Ivor Francis, Diane Shalet, Anne Randall, Francoise Birnheim and Regina Parton/Ethel Parker.  The two classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpieces later inspired the 1974-75 classic mammoth Universal Studios/ABC “Kolchak” supernatural masterpiece TV series, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” with McGavin and Oakland reprising their roles from the two aforementioned classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece productions.

Curtis also produced and directed his classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV thriller-horror anthology movie masterpiece production of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) with  Karen Black , Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm, Kathryn Reynolds, Orin Cannon, Gregory Harrison, Tracy Curtis  and the vocal stylings of Walker Edmiston.  Curtis also directed the classic mammoth critically-acclaimed Emmy award-winning Paramount Pictures/ABC made-for-TV wartime drama masterpiece miniseries adaptation of Herman Wouk‘s “The Winds of War” (1983) with Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Ralph Bellamy, John Houseman, Topol (of 1971’s “Fiddler on the Roof” fame), Polly Bergen and Peter Graves and a follow-up classic mammoth critically-acclaimed Emmy award-winning made-for-TV wartime drama masterpiece sequel miniseries adaptation that was produced entirely by ABC, Herman Wouk’s “War and Remembrance” (1988-89) with Mitchum, Bellamy, Topol, Bergen, Sami Frey, Robert Hardy, Jane Seymour and William Schallert.

For his made-for-TV adaptation of “Dracula,” Curtis co-produced his classic mammoth telefilm adaptation with veteran associate producer Robert Singer.  Singer previously co-produced Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV masterpiece sequel, “The Night Strangler” (1973).  Singer later served as executive producer of the classic mammoth Warner Bros./NBC sci-fi masterpiece series, “V” (1984-85) with Jane Badler, June Chadwick, Jennifer Cooke, Robert Englund (of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” fame), Faye Grant, Marc Singer, Jeff Yagher and guest appearances by Howard K. Smith (former news anchor/correspondent of rival networks CBS and ABC) and Duncan Regehr (of “The Monster Squad” fame).

Inspired by Bram Stoker‘s gothic novel, the screenplay for Curtis’ classic mammoth made-for-TV adaptation masterpiece production of “Dracula” (1974) was written by veteran author Richard Matheson. Matheson wrote the original story treatment for Jack Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi/fantasy/visual effects masterpiece, “The Incredible Shrinking Man” (1957) with Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, a pre-“Beverly Hillbillies” Raymond Bailey, William Schallert and Lock Martin (of 1951’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still” fame).

He also wrote the screenplay adaptation of Roger Corman‘s classic mammoth American-International macabre-thriller-comedy masterpiece adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1845 gothic poem, “The Raven” (1963) and he also co-wrote the screenplay with  Elsie Lee for Jacques Tourneur‘s classic mammoth American-International horror-comedy masterpiece production of “The Comedy of Terrors” (1963/64) with Vincent Price, Joyce Jameson, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Joe E. Brown, Beverly Powers, Buddy Mason, Alan DeWitt, Douglas Williams, Linda Rogers, Luree Holmes, Charles Soldani, Harvey Parry, Paul Barselou and Orangey/Rhubarb the Cat. Matheson also wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios action-adventure-thriller masterpiece production of “Duel” (1971, originally produced as a Universal/ABC made-for-TV movie masterpiece production and one of Spielberg’s earliest productions) with Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Lucille Benson, Eddie Firestone,  Lou Frizzell, Shirley O’ Hara, Gene Dynarski and Amy Douglass.  Matheson also wrote the teleplay for John Llewellyn Moxey and Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece pilot, “The Night Stalker” (1972).

Curtis’s classic mammoth 1974 made-for-TV masterpiece adaptation of “Dracula” premiered on the CBS television network on Feb. 8, 1974; according to IMDB.

According to the Feb. 8, 1974 edition of the Hanover Evening Sun newspaper of Hanover, Pennsylvania; CBS programmed “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) after an episode of “Good Times.”  Curtis’ “Dracula” feature adaptation was showcased on CBS opposite episodes of “The Girl with Something Extra” and The Dean Martin Comedy Hour/Dean Martin Celebrity Roast on NBC and episodes of “The Six Million Dollar Man,” “The Odd Couple” and “Toma” on ABC.

For the original Feb. 8, 1974 CBS big broadcast premiere of “Dan Curtis’ Dracula,” Curtis’ classic mammoth made-for-TV vampire/horror movie masterpiece adaptation aired on CBS-owned WBBM-TV Channel 2 in Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois  and on a regional scale for the home region/home office of “Silver Screen Reflections;” the CBS/Dan Curtis adaptation of “Dracula” was showcased on WTOP-TV Channel 9 (which later became WDVM in 1978 and became W*USA 9 in 1986) in the Washington, D.C./Frederick, Maryland/Northern Virginia region and on the “Keystone Network” trio of CBS-affiliated TV stations for the Hanover/Gettysburg/York/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania viewing area at the time- the now-former WLYH-TV 15 (which was affiliated with CBS until 1995), WHP-TV 21 (which became the primary CBS affiliate for the Hanover/Gettysburg/York/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area after 1995) and WSBA-TV 43 (once linked to Pennsylvania’s Pfaltzgraff pottery business– which lost its CBS network affiliation after the station was sold in 1983 and became WPMT-43).  

“Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) was pre-empted in Baltimore, Maryland by then-CBS affiliate WMAR-TV 2; a syndicated movie airing of “A Man Called Sledge” (1970, part of a Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems syndicated movie package the station bought at the time) aired in its place.  CBS later switched affiliations with Hearst-owned (and future Me-TV affiliate) WBAL-TV 11 in 1981 (WBAL returned to NBC in 1995)– CBS would later move to Westinghouse/Group W-owned WJZ-TV 13 in Jan. 1995– shortly before Westinghouse/Group W (which also bought Chicago’s WXRT-FM 93.1/93XRT that same year) merged with CBS. 

Who was in “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974)?

The players who appeared in Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth CBS/made-for-TV vampire movie masterpiece adaptation production of “Dracula” (1974) were Jack Palance (as Count Dracula), Simon Ward (as Arthur), Nigel Davenport (as Van Helsing), Pamela Brown (as Mrs. Westenra), Fiona Lewis (as Lucy), Penelope Horner (as Mina), Murray Brown (as Jonathan Harker), Virginia Wetherell, Barbara Lindley and Sarah Douglas (as Dracula’s wives, Virginia Wetherell received credit under the name of Virginia Wetherall), George Pravda (as the innkeeper), Hana Maria Pravda (as the wife of the innkeeper), Reg Lye (as the zookeeper), Fred Stone (as the priest), Roy Spencer (as the clerk of the Whitby Inn), John Challis (as the Stockton-on-Tees clerk), Nigel Gregory (as the Midvale Shipping clerk), John Pennington (as the Richmond Shipping clerk), Martyn Read (as a member of the Coast Guard), Gita Denise (as Madam Kristoff), Sandra Caron (in an uncredited role as the maid of the Whitby Inn) and Eddie Powell (in an uncredited role as a patron of the Whitby Inn).

Svengoolie’s twinset of “A&C Meet Frankenstein” (1948) & “Invaders from Mars” (1986), plus “Svengoolie: Uncrypted,” this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his big classic mammoth double-feature comedy/monster/sci-fi masterpiece showcase and the return of a classic mammoth Sven documentary masterpiece for “Halloween Boo-nanza 2023!”

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast twinset of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) and “Invaders from Mars” (1986), plus the return of “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022)

A moment from Charles Barton’s classic mammoth 1948 Universal Studios comedy-monster masterpiece production featuring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Glenn Strange and Bela Lugosi, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

A brief collage of moments from Tobe Hooper’s cult classic mammoth 1986 Cannon comedy/sci-fi masterpiece adaptation production featuring Hunter Carson, Karen Black, Laraine Newman, Timothy Bottoms and Bud Cort, “Invaders from Mars;” compiled for the now-out-of-print Shout! Factory-Scream Factory (Shout! Studios)/MGM* Blu-Ray edition.

The legendary and iconic Berywn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/sci-fi/comedy feature film masterpiece host will present his big coast-to-coast double-feature twinset monster/sci-fi/comedy feature film masterpiece showcase of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) and “Invaders from Mars” (1986). The aforementioned Sven double-feature twinset of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) and “Invaders from Mars” (1986) will begin this Sat., Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV!

Fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie, Nanette Keir and Brian Bernardoni will return to the Me-TV airlanes with their cameos in the network’s classic mammoth Sven/Rich Koz documentary masterpiece, “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022)!

After the aforementioned Sven double-feature twinset of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central) and “Invaders from Mars” (1986, at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 p.m. Central), Me-TV will be airing a latenight/overnight Sat. revival of the network’s classic mammoth documentary masterpiece on Sven/Rich Koz, “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022) featuring fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie, Nanette Keir and Brian Bernardoni at 12:30 a.m Eastern/11:30 p.m. Central!  And top off the second installment of the Sven Saturday “Halloween Boo-nanza 2023” festival, Me-TV will also have a latenight/overnight festival of select episodes of Rod Serling’s classic mammoth 1959-64 CBS television supernatural masterpiece series; “The Twilight Zone” at 1:30 a.m. Eastern/12:30 a.m. Central!

Alongside Sven’s upcoming “Halloween Boo-nanza 2023” big broadcast festival of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), “Invaders from Mars” (1986) and “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022) featuring fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie, Nanette Keir and Brian Bernardoni; other Sven features and specials that will be showcased throughout the Oct. 2023 “Sven Saturday Halloween Boo-nanza” festival on Me-TV will include:

Oct. 21, 2023: Svengoolie’s big double-feature twinset broadcast featuring his big broadcast premiere of Dan Curtis‘ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” supernatural made-for-TV movie masterpiece with Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland and Larry Linville (of TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), “The Night Stalker” (1972, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central), followed by Sven’s big broadcast of the U.S. dubbing of Ishiro Honda‘s classic mammoth Toho Studios pioneering kaiju creature masterpiece production of “Gojira” featuring Raymond Burr of TV’s “Perry Mason” fame, “Godzilla: King of the Monsters!” (1954/56, at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 p.m. Central)!  And wait- there’s more! Me-TV will also have an all-night festival of classic episodes of the classic mammoth 1974-75 Universal Studios/ABC supernatural masterpiece series adaptation that was inspired by the two earlier classic mammoth Dan Curtis/ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpieces, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” with McGavin and Oakland (at 1:30 a.m. Eastern/12:30 a.m. Central)!

Oct. 28, 2023: Svengoolie’s big double-feature finale twinset broadcast featuring his big broadcast premiere of Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” supernatural made-for-TV movie sequel masterpiece with Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland, “The Night Strangler” (1973, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central) and Sven’s big broadcast of Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV horror anthology movie masterpiece with Karen Black, “Trilogy of Terror“* (1975, at 10: 30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 p.m. Central)! And wait- there’s more! An all-night festival of additional classic episodes of the classic mammoth Universal Studios/ABC supernatural masterpiece series with McGavin and Oakland, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (at 1:30 a.m. Eastern/12:30 a.m. Central)!

1988 MCA Home Video (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) cover art for Charles Barton’s classic mammoth Universal monster-comedy masterpiece, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), featuring elements from the original 1948 Universal theatrical poster art.

“Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was directed by veteran Abbott and Costello feature film director Charles T. Barton.  Barton’s other classic mammoth Abbott and Costello comedy masterpiece feature film productions include directing the duo’s other classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece productions of  “The Time of their Lives” (1946), “Buck Privates Come Home” (1947; which was the sequel to Arthur Lubin’s earlier classic mammoth 1941 Universal wartime comedy masterpiece with Abbott and Costello and The Andrews Sisters, “Buck Privates”) and “The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap” (1947, featuring Marjorie Main of Universal’s classic mammoth “Ma and Pa Kettle” feature film comedy masterpiece productions).  Later in his feature film and television directorial career, Barton later directed one episode of the classic mammoth Universal Studios “Munsters” monster comedy masterpiece series with Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Pat Priest and Butch Patrick, “The Munsters;” “Love Locked Out;” which aired on CBS television in 1965.   Earlier in his feature film directing career and alongside directing most of his productions at Universal, Barton also directed the Columbia Pictures “Five Little Peppers” feature film adaptation series, from 1939-40 and the classic mammoth Columbia Pictures musical comedy masterpiece with bandleader Ted Lewis, Nan Wynn, Michael Duane, Larry Parks and of interest of fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me”- veteran cartoon voice-over artist Billy Bletcher, “Is Everybody Happy?” (1943).

“Junior.. Junior!” Original 1948 Universal Studios tinted lobby card/publicity photo for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” with Glenn Strange, Lou Costello and Lenore Aubert.

The classic mammoth 1948 Universal monster-comedy masterpiece was produced by veteran Universal producer Robert Arthur. Alongside “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948); Arthur’s other classic mammoth Universal productions that he produced include Barton’s other classic mammoth Universal spook comedy-mystery masterpiece production with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and horror film legend Boris Karloff, “Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer, Boris Karloff” (1949); Arthur Lubin‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece and first feature film in the studio’s “Francis The Talking Mule” classic mammoth comedy masterpiece franchise series, “Francis” (1950) with Donald O’Connor, Patricia Medina, a pre-“Perry Mason” Ray Collins, Zasu Pitts, young Tony Curtis, the vocal stylings of Chill Wills and Molly the Mule; Blake Edwards‘ classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece with Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O’Brien, Dina Merrill, young Gavin MacLeod (later of TV’s “The Mary Tyler Moore” show fame and TV’s “The Love Boat” fame), young Marion Ross (later of TV’s “Happy Days” fame), “Operation Petticoat” (1959), Delbert Mann‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, a pre-“Odd Couple” Tony Randall, Edie Adams, a pre-“Brady Bunch” Ann B. Davis, Joe Flynn (of “McHale’s Navy” fame) and Jack Oakie; “Lover, Come Back” (1961) and Harry Keller‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy-fantasy masterpiece adaptation of Thomas Anstey Guthrie‘s novel with a pre-“I Dream of Jeannie” Barbara Eden, Tony Randall, Burl Ives and Philip Ober; “The Brass Bottle” (1964).  The screenplay for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was written by veteran Abbott and Costello gag writer John Grant, along with Robert Lees and Frederic I. Rinaldo.

“There’s no place on Earth to hide.” Original 1986 Cannon Group theatrical poster art for Tobe Hooper’s cult classic mammoth sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders from Mars.”

The adaptation of “Invaders from Mars” (1986) was directed by veteran feature film director Tobe Hooper.  Some of Hooper’s best known classic mammoth /modern classic mammoth feature film masterpieces throughout his directorial career include his classic mammoth Bryanston horror-thriller masterpiece production with Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail and the vocal stylings of young John Larroquette, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974); his classic mammoth supernatural thriller masterpiece for Steven Spielberg and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) with Heather O’Rourke, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Richard Lawson, Dominique Dunne and Dirk Blocker (son of the late Dan Blocker of TV’s “Bonanza” fame), “Poltergeist” (1982), his classic mammoth 1985 Cannon Group sci-fi/horror masterpiece with Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Sir Patrick Stewart (of the 1984 adaptation of “Dune” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” fame) and Peter Firth, “Lifeforce” and the second “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” installment for the Cannon Group, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2” (1986) with Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams and Bill Moseley.

Hooper’s cult classic mammoth Cannon sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders From Mars” (1986) was adapted from William Cameron Menzies’ earlier cult classic mammoth sci-fi masterpiece production of the same name, “Invaders From Mars” (1953); which was also produced by Edward L. Alperson Jr.

The original 1953 Menzies-Alperson version was originally released by Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios), according to IMDB.  Recently, a complete 4K restoration of the 1953 version of “Invaders From Mars’ was implemented by classic film distribution firm Ignite Films of the Netherlands , the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the George Eastman Museum and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia for a 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray release; the complete restoration was finally showcased at the 2022 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Hollywood; California; according to the official Ignite Films site and Steve Pond’s April 2022 article for The Wrap.

Before directing numerous classic mammoth thriller/horror/sci-fi feature film productions and TV episodes in his directorial career, Hooper previously directed a classic mammoth TV documentary film masterpiece on the legendary folk music trio; Peter, Paul and Mary (Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers); titled “Peter, Paul and Mary: The Song is Love” (1971).  Of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill Leff/Bill the Cartoon Curator’s “Toon In With Me” on Me-TV, Hooper’s classic mammoth 1971 made-for-TV documentary masterpiece on Peter, Paul and Mary was produced three years after the legendary folk trio was involved with a classic mammoth Warner Bros.-Seven Arts cartoon masterpiece that was adapted from one of their classic mammoth song recording masterpieces for Warner Bros. Records and was co-written by Noel Paul Stookey and directed by Alex Lovy, “Norman Normal” (1968, the legendary & iconic folk music trio’s recording of “Norman Normal” was previously issued two years earlier on Peter Paul and Mary’s classic mammoth 1966 Warner Bros. Records album masterpiece, “Album;” according to Discogs).

Media Home Entertainment publicity photo for the VHS release of Tobe Hooper’s Cannon adaptation of “Invaders from Mars” (1986).

The screenplay for Hooper’s adaptation of “Invaders from Mars” (1986) was written by veteran screenwriters Don Jakoby and Dan O’Bannon along with David Lipman and David Womark; based off the original 1953 screenplay by Richard Blake.  Don Jakoby previously wrote the screenplay for Hooper’s production of “Lifeforce” (1985) and O’Bannon previously co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Shusett for Ridley Scott’s classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) sci-fi masterpiece production with Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Bolaji Badejo and Eddie Powell; “Alien” (1979).

Hooper’s classic mammoth sci-fi thriller masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders of Mars” (1986) was produced and released by The Cannon Group, Inc. (a.k.a. Cannon Films), an independent releasing organization that was established by producers Dennis Friedland and Christopher C. Dewey.  Friedland and Dewey later sold Cannon to veteran feature film producers-film financiers Menahem Golan and his cousin, Yoram Globus in 1979; according to IMDB. During Golan and Globus’ ownership of the Cannon Group; the company specialized in producing, financing and releasing numerous cult action feature film productions.  Golan and Globus’ Cannon also owned various movie theaters throughout Europe and the United States (Golan and Globus acquired the Kansas City, Missouri based Commonwealth Theatres group in 1986), according to Geraldine Fabrikant’s 1986 New York Times article on the rise of Golan and Globus’ Cannon firm at the time.  The ownership of their own theaters would eventually cause numerous financial problems for Golan and Globus’ Cannon.

Cannon was later acquired by notorious financier Giancarlo Parretti around 1987-88. Parretti renamed the Cannon Group as Pathé Communications in 1989 after his brief involvement with France’s pioneering film studio, Pathé.  The majority of the Cannon Films/Cannon Group library holdings later became part of the modern incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) after Parretti’s brief ownership of MGM; according to IMDB, Al Degulach’s 1988 Los Angeles Times article and Peter Bart’s 2013 Variety article on Parretti’s financial shenanigans and brief ownership of MGM.  Sidebar: Though MGM owns the theatrical re-issue licensing and home entertainment licensing rights to the majority of the Cannon Group library, Paramount Global/Paramount Pictures (Viacom/the former ViacomCBS) currently owns the North American television syndication and premium pay-television/cable distribution-syndication rights to the majority of the Cannon Group feature film library, including “Invaders from Mars” (1986); which was part of a long-term TV syndication-distribution pact between Golan, Globus/Cannon and Viacom back in 1986, according to additional details from Fabrikant’s New York Times article and a 1986 Broadcasting (Broadcasting & Cable) article. -C.H.

Golan and Globus co-produced Hooper’s cult classic mammoth Cannon sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders From Mars” (1986) with veteran producer-distributor  Edward L. Alperson Jr., veteran sci-fi/horror film collector-producer-distributor Wade Williams and veteran creative producer David Rodgers.

For “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), this will mark Sven’s 12th big broadcast of the classic mammoth 1948 Abbott and Costello Universal mammoth monster-comedy masterpiece production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” on Me-TV. He had previously showcased “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) on Me-TV from coast-to-coast back in Oct. 2011* as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV premiere and as regular Me-TV broadcasts back in Nov. 2013, Oct. 2014, April 2015, Oct. 2016, Nov. 2017, Oct. 2018, May 2019 (showcased during Sven’s “Monstrous May” 2019 festival of classic Universal “Frankenstein” mammoth monster masterpiece features) Nov. 2020, Sept. 2021 (part of Sven’s “Franken-Fest” festival of classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster feature film masterpieces) and Nov. 2022.

For “Invaders from Mars” (1986), this will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of Hooper’s cult classic mammoth 1986 Cannon sci-fi/comedy farce masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders from Mars” on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Invaders from Mars” (1986) as a big broadcast premiere back in April 2022.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948); plus “Sventoonie;” this Sat. on Me-TV!

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios monster-comedy masterpiece with the studio’s comedic duo.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) plus “Sventoonie;” this Sat. on Me-TV

Latter Realart theatrical re-release trailer of the classic Universal Studios mammoth monster-comedy classic masterpiece, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948).

“The Laughs are ‘Monsterous’!” Original 1948 Universal Studios concept poster art for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster-comedy feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of the classic mammoth Universal monster-comedy masterpiece production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948); this Sat., Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was directed by veteran Abbott and Costello feature film director Charles T. Barton.  Barton’s other classic mammoth Abbott and Costello comedy masterpiece feature film productions include directing the duo’s other classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece productions of  “The Time of their Lives” (1946), “Buck Privates Come Home” (1947; which was the sequel to Arthur Lubin’s earlier classic mammoth 1941 Universal wartime comedy masterpiece with Abbott and Costello and The Andrews Sisters, “Buck Privates”) and “The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap” (1947, featuring Marjorie Main of Universal’s classic mammoth “Ma and Pa Kettle” feature film comedy masterpiece productions).  Later in his feature film and television directorial career, Barton later directed one episode of the classic mammoth Universal Studios “Munster” monster comedy masterpiece series with Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Pat Priest and Butch Patrick, “The Munsters;” “Love Locked Out;” which aired on the CBS television network in 1965.   Earlier in his feature film directing career and alongside directing most of his productions at Universal, Barton also directed the Columbia Pictures “Five Little Peppers” feature film adaptation series, from 1939-40 and the classic mammoth Columbia Pictures musical comedy masterpiece with bandleader Ted Lewis, Nan Wynn, Michael Duane, Larry Parks and Billy Bletcher, “Is Everybody Happy?” (1943).

The classic mammoth 1948 Universal monster-comedy masterpiece was produced by veteran Universal producer Robert Arthur. Alongside “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948); Arthur’s other classic mammoth Universal productions that he produced include Barton’s other classic mammoth Universal spook comedy-mystery masterpiece production with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and horror film legend Boris Karloff, “Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer, Boris Karloff” (1949); Arthur Lubin‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece and first feature film in the studio’s “Francis The Talking Mule” classic mammoth comedy masterpiece franchise series, “Francis” (1950) with Donald O’Connor, Patricia Medina, a pre-“Perry Mason” Ray Collins, Zasu Pitts, young Tony Curtis, the vocal stylings of Chill Wills and Molly the Mule; Blake Edwards‘ classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece with Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O’Brien, Dina Merrill, young Gavin MacLeod, young Marion Ross and young Marion Ross, “Operation Petticoat” (1959), Delbert Mann‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, a pre-“Odd Couple” Tony Randall, Edie Adams, a pre-“Brady Bunch” Ann B. Davis, Joe Flynn (of “McHale’s Navy” fame) and Jack Oakie; “Lover, Come Back” (1961) and Harry Keller‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy-fantasy masterpiece adaptation of Thomas Anstey Guthrie‘s novel with a pre-“I Dream of Jeannie” Barbara Eden, Tony Randall, Burl Ives and Philip Ober; “The Brass Bottle” (1964).  The screenplay for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was written by veteran Abbott and Costello gag writer John Grant, along with Robert Lees and Frederic I. Rinaldo.

“Guess who?  Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!” Veteran Universal Studios “Car-Tune” cartoon animator Walter Lantz with an official “Woody Woodpecker” plush.

Of interest to fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners of Toony & Bill’s weekday morning “Toon In With Me” classic mammoth cartoon masterpiece showcase on Me-TV, legendary veteran Universal “Car-Tune” cartoon masterpiece animator Walter Lantz supervised the opening animated sequence for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948); according to IMDB.

This will mark Sven’s eleventh big broadcast of the classic mammoth 1948 Abbott and Costello Universal mammoth monster-comedy masterpiece production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” on the airlanes of Me-TV. He had previously showcased “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) on Me-TV from coast-to-coast back in Oct. 2011* as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV premiere and as regular Me-TV broadcasts back in  Nov. 2013, Oct. 2014, April 2015, Oct. 2016, Nov. 2017, Oct. 2018, May 2019 (showcased during Sven’s “Monstrous May” 2019 festival of classic Universal “Frankenstein” mammoth monster masterpiece features) Nov. 2020 and Sept. 2021 (part of Sven’s “Franken-Fest” salute to classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster feature film masterpieces).

To quote Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula: “Wilbur.. Come!” Who was in Barton’s classic mammoth 1948 Universal monster/comedy masterpiece feature production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein?”

“Spook Show!” Original motor-driven display to promote the original Universal theatrical release of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) at the Coleman Theatre in Miami, Oklahoma.

The players who appeared in Charles Barton’s classic mammoth Universal monster-comedy masterpiece production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) were Bud Abbott (as Chick Young), Lou Costello (as Wilbur Grey), Glenn Strange (as Frankenstein’s monster), Bela Lugosi (as Count Dracula), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Lawrence/Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot), Lenore Aubert (as Dr. Sandra Mornay), Jane Randolph (as Joan Raymond), Vincent Price (in an uncredited cameo role as a “surprise” Universal monster character, again- to those who have not seen “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein;” the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections” will not reveal Price’s character),  Charles Bradstreet (as Dr. Stevens), Frank Ferguson (as Mr. McDougal), Bobby Barber (in an uncredited role as a waiter) and Harry Brown (in an uncredited role as a photographer).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “House of Dracula” (1945) with John Carradine, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece with several horror legends.

“Svengoolie” presents hsi big broadcast of “House of Dracula” (1945) with John Carradine

Truncated theatrical trailer for Erle C. Kenton‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece, “House of Dracula” (1945); altered for the latter Realart Pictures theatrical re-release with John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Strange, Onslow Stevens, Martha O’Driscoll and Lionel Atwill.

 

The legendary Berywn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster masterpiece feature film host will present his big broadcast of “House of Dracula” (1945); this Sat., Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1945 Universal Studios monster masterpiece production installment of “House of Dracula” 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.  Kenton also directed the classic mammoth Paramount Pictures feature film supernatural/sci-fi screen masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel, “Island of Lost Souls” (1932) with Sir Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Leila Hyams, Kathleen “Panther Woman” Burke, Richard Arlen and young Alan Ladd. 

Alongside “House of Dracula” (1945), many of Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster feature film masterpiece productions include “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942) with  Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy and  Dwight Frye; Kenton also worked on two classic mammoth Universal feature film comedy masterpieces 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 to many fellow Me-TV Super Tooners/Super SvenPals), Leif Erickson and Herb Vigran.  Kenton also directed his classic mammoth Universal mystery-thriller masterpiece production of “The Cat Creeps” (1946) with Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, Paul Kelly and Douglass Dumbrille.

The screenplay for Kenton’s classic mammoth 1945 Universal monster masterpiece installment production was written by veteran screenwriter Edward T. Lowe Jr. and the original story treatment for “House of Dracula” was written by veteran screenwriters Dwight V. Babcock and George Bricker.  Lowe previously wrote the screenplay for Kenton’s earlier classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production, “House of Frankenstein” (1944).   Babcock previously wrote the story treatment for Leslie Goodwins‘ classic mammoth Universal “Mummy” monster masterpiece installment with Lon Chaney Jr., Virginia Christine  (who later appeared in Folgers Coffee commercials as “Mrs. Olson”), Peter Coe, Martin Kosleck and Holmes Herbert, “The Mummy’s Curse” (1944), Wallace Fox’s classic mammoth Universal “Inner Sanctum” mystery-thriller masterpiece adaptation with Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce and J. Edward Bromberg, “Pillow of Death” (1945), Jean Yarbrough‘s classic mammoth Universal werewolf monster masterpiece production with June Lockhart, Don Porter, Sara Haden, Lloyd Corrigan and Jan Wiley, “She-Wolf of London” (1946). Later in their screenwriting careers, Dwight V. Babcock and George Bricker contributed to the screenplay for Jean Yarbrough’s classic mammoth Universal thriller masterpiece production with Rondo Hatton, Virginia Grey, Virginia Christine, a pre-“Alan Napier” Alan Napier and Bill Goodwin, “House of Horrors” (1946).    

“House of Dracula” was co-produced by veteran Universal Studios feature film music department supervisor Joseph Gershenson  and veteran Universal producer Paul Malvern.  Gershenson supervised the source orchestral music soundtrack scores for Jack Arnold’s classic Universal mammoth monster masterpiece with Julie Adams, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Nestor Paiva and Whit Bissell, “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954) and Orson Welles’ classic Universal film noir-drama masterpiece adaptation of Whit Masterson’s “Badge of Evil;” “Touch of Evil” (1958) with Janet Leigh, Welles, Charlton Heston, Joanna Moore, young Dennis Weaver and Ray Collins of TV’s “Perry Mason” fame. Gershenson also produced  Edward Dein‘s classic mammoth Universal vampire-western monster masterpiece production of “Curse of the Undead” (1959) with Eric Fleming, Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley and John Hoyt.  Paul Malvern also produced Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal action/aviation drama masterpiece production with William Gargan, Peggy Moran and Edmund Lowe, “Flying Cadets” (1941).

This will mark Svengoolie’s seventh big coast-to-coast broadcast of “House of Dracula (1945) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased Erle C, Kenton’s classic mammoth 1945 Universal monster masterpiece installment back in April 2011* as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere and as regular big broadcasts back in July 2012*, June 2013, Feb. 2014, July 2016 and April 2019.

In Sven’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased “House of Dracula” (1945) during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie” on WFLD during a five-and-a-half-hour edition of Sven/Son of Sven’s big broadcast on Halloween night 1979, titled “Son of Svengoolie: Halloween Draculathon;” which  also included Sven/Son of Sven’s big broadcasts of the classic mammoth Tod Browning–Karl Freund-Universal vampire monster masterpiece with Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan and David Manners, “Dracula” (1931) and Lambert Hillyer‘s classic mammoth Universal “Dracula” monster masterpiece sequel with Gloria Holden, Van Sloan and Otto Kruger, “Dracula’s Daughter” (1936); according to the official YouTube site of Berwyn/Chicago Television preservationist Rick Klein’s FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television.    Also in Sven’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, he also previously showcased Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth 1945 Universal monster masterpiece as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast on his hometown TV station, WCIU-TV 26 back in 2007; according to IMDB.

Who was in “House of Dracula” (1945)?

The players who appeared in “House of Dracula” (1945) were John Carradine (as Count Dracula, a.k.a. Baron Latos), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Larry Talbot/the “Wolf Man”), Glenn Strange (as Frankenstein’s monster), Jane Adams (as Nina), Lionel Atwill (as Inspector Holtz), Martha O’Driscoll as Miliza Morelle, Onslow Stevens (as Dr. Franz Edelmann), Skelton Knaggs (as Steinmuhl), Ludwig Stossel (as Siegfried), Jane Nigh and Harry Lamont (in uncredited roles as villagers); Joseph E. Bernard (in an uncredited role as Brahams, the Coroner), Fred Cordova and Carey Harrison (in uncredited roles as Gendarmes), Gregory Marshall (in an uncredited roles as Johannes) and uncredited “flashback”/”dream sequence” stock footage cameos of Boris Karloff (in his earlier Universal classic mammoth “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece appearances).  

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Horror of Dracula” (1958) with Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Hammer Films horror-vampire feature film adaptation masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Horror of Dracula” (1958) with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, this Sat. on Me-TV

Latter Warner Bros.* theatrical re-issue trailer for the classic mammoth Hammer Films horror-vampire masterpiece production of “Horror of Dracula” with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (originally released theatrically by Universal Studios in 1958)*.

“Who will be his ‘Bride’ tonight?” Original 1958 Universal Studios*/Hammer Films theatrical poster art for the U.S. theatrical release of “Horror of Dracula.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth horror/monster feature film masterpiece host will be presenting his big broadcast of  “Horror of Dracula” (1958), this Sat., Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

 

The 1958 Hammer “Dracula” entry was directed by veteran Hammer studio director Terence Fisher.  Fisher ‘s other classic mammoth Hammer horror masterpiece productions include “The Curse of Frankenstein” (1957, co-produced by Warner Bros.)*, “The Revenge of Frankenstein” (1958, co-produced by Columbia Pictures), “The Mummy” (1959, co-produced by Universal Studios)*, “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll” (1960, released in Britain through Columbia Pictures and released in the United States through Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures due to conflicts between Columbia and the Motion Picture Association, Columbia Pictures later acquired the U.S. rights in the early 1970s) and “The Gorgon” (1964, co-produced by Columbia).  Adapted from Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novelization masterpiece of “Dracula,” the screenplay for “Horror of Dracula” was written by veteran Hammer screenwriter Jimmy Sangster.

 

“Don’t Dare See It Alone!” “Sensational shock and thrill show!” “The all-new ‘Dracula’!” Original Universal Studios*/Rank Organisation British theatrical poster artwork for the Hammer production of “Dracula,” released in the United States as “Horror of Dracula.”

Released under the title of “Dracula” (1958) in Great Britain, Universal Studios executives in the United States decided to re-title the under the name of “Horror of Dracula” *1958).  This was done by Universal executives in order not to confuse the public with Tod Browning’s earlier classic mammoth Universal  monster adaptation production of “Dracula” (1931) with Bela Lugosi; which was one of many classic mammoth pre-1948 Universal feature film masterpieces that was being theatrically re-issued from coast-to-coast through Realart Pictures (by arrangement with Universal) and the additional re-discovery of Browning’s classic mammoth 1931 Universal monster masterpiece through the “Shock!” TV syndication package of classic mammoth pre-1948 Universal monster/horror feature film masterpieces when Universal leased the TV rights to their pre-1948 film library to competitor Columbia Pictures’ Screen Gems TV subsidiary, according to IMDB.

Pioneering TV syndicator Eliot Hyman, ca. 1954.

Veteran pioneering television syndicator Eliot Hyman (of Associated Artists Productions and Seven Arts fame) co-financed the 1958 Hammer production of “Horror of Dracula,” according to Howard Maxford’s extensive retrospective book on Hammer Films, “Hammer Complete.”  The North American theatrical and television rights to “Horror of Dracula” reverted back to Hyman, who later established television syndication/film production powerhouse Seven Arts in 1960 according to Sponsor Magazine.

“Here is your 7A (Seven Arts) ‘Monster Manual’!” 1964 Seven Arts* exhibitors’ leaflet cover for their classic mammoth Hammer Films horror masterpiece double-feature re-issue of “The Curse of Frankenstein” (1957)* and “Horror of Dracula” (1958)*. The Seven Arts/Hammer double-feature re-issue occurred three years before Eliot Hyman/Seven Arts’ 1967 acquisition of Warner Bros. (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts)*.

According to Heritage Auctions, Seven Arts re-issued the Hammer production of “Horror of Dracula” as a double-feature presentation in 1964 with another past Hammer horror production, “The Curse of Frankenstein” (1957, also co-financed by Hyman and originally distributed by Warner Bros.)  *Hyman’s Seven Arts acquired Warner Bros. Pictures in 1967 to form Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (until 1969, when the company was sold to Steve Ross’ Kinney conglomerate; the future Warner Communications) and “Horror of Dracula” (1958); along with the classic mammoth Fisher-Hammer-Universal horror/monster masterpiece adaptation of “The Mummy” (1959) were added to the (post-1948) Warner Bros. feature film library.  “The Curse of Frankenstein” (1957) was reunited with Warner Bros. after Seven Arts’ acquisition of Warners).

 

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of the classic mammoth1958 Hammer “Dracula” horror masterpiece production on Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Horror of Dracula” (1958) as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in March 2020.

 

Who was in “Horror of Dracula” (1958)?

The players who appeared in “Horror of Dracula” (1958) were Christopher Lee (as Count Dracula), Peter Cushing (as Dr. Van Helsing),  Melissa Stribling (as Mina Holmwood), Michael Gough (as Arthur Holmwood), Carol Marsh (as Lucy Holmwood), Charles Lloyd Pack (as Dr. Seward), Olga Dickie (as Gerda), John Van Eyssen (as Jonathan), Janina Faye (as Tania), George Merritt (as a Policeman), Barbara Archer (as Inga), George Benson (as an official), Miles Malleson (as Marx, the undertaker),  George Woodbridge (as the landlord) and Valerie Gaunt (as a vampire woman).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Brides of Dracula” (1960) with Peter Cushing, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals from coast-to-coast will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Hammer Films–Universal Studios monster-horror masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Brides of Dracula” (1960) featuring Peter Cushing, this Sat. on Me-TV

Original 1960 theatrical trailer for the classic mammoth Universal Studios –Hammer Films horror/monster masterpiece production of Terence Fisher’s “The Brides of Dracula” with Peter Cushing.

The legendary classic mammoth Berwyn/Chicago-based horror/monster feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Brides of Dracula” (1960), this Sat.; July 23 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1960 Hammer-Universal “Dracula” monster-horror masterpiece was directed by veteran Hammer director Terence Fisher.   Fisher’s other Hammer horror masterpieces include “The Curse of Frankenstein” (1957), “Horror of Dracula” (1958), the latter Universal/Hammer screen adaptation of  “The Mummy” (1959), “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll” (1960) and “The Gorgon” (1964).  Fisher’s 1960 Hammer “Dracula” entry was produced by veteran Hammer producers Michael Carreras, Anthony Hinds and Anthony Nelson Keys.  Hinds also served in an uncredited position for co-writing the script for “The Brides of Dracula”  (1960), with veteran Hammer feature film screenwriters Jimmy Sangster, Edward Percy and Peter Bryan.

This will mark Sven’s ninth big broadcast of “The Brides of Dracula” (1960) on Me-TV. He previously showcased Fisher’s classic 1960 Hammer-Universal “Dracula” horror masterpiece back in April 2011*, June 2012*, May 2013*, June 2014*, Feb. 2015*, Dec. 2016*, Oct. 2017*  and July 2020*.  Sven’s April 2, 2011 big broadcast presentation of “The Brides of Dracula” (1960) also marked Sven/Rich Koz’s big coast-to-coast big broadcast debut on the airlanes of Me-TV, according to the Monster Kid Classic Horror Forum.

Who was in Terence Fisher’s Hammer-Universal production of “The Brides of Dracula” (1960)?

The players who appeared in Fisher’s 1960 Hammer-Universal production of “The Brides of Dracula” were Peter Cushing (as Dr. Van Helsing). Martita Hunt (as Baroness Meinster), Yvonne Monlaur (as Marianne Danielle), Andree Melly (as Gina), Freda Jackson (as Greta), David Peel (as Baron Meinster), Miles Malleson  (as Dr. Tobler), Henry Oscar (as Herr Lang), Mona Washbourne (as Frau Lang), Victor Brooks (as Hans), Fred Johnson (as Cure), Michael Ripper (as a coachman),  Vera Cook (as the landlord’s wife), Marie Devereux (as a village girl) and Norman Pierce (as a landlord).

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

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

Latter Realart theatrical re-issue trailer for Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) with Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine.

“All together!” Original 1944 Universal Studios poster art for “House of Frankenstein” with Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/horror film host will present his big “FrankenFest” broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944), this Sat.; Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

Svengoolie will present the classic 1944 mammoth Universal monster feature film masterpiece installment as part of the legendary Berwyn/Chicago monster feature film host & Me-TV’s salute to classic mammoth Frankenstein feature film adaptation masterpieces for Sven’s Sat. evening big broadcasts throughout the month of Oct., titled “FrankenFest!”  The remaining feature that will be showcased in Sven’s Oct. “FrankenFest”/Sat. evening big broadcast salute to classic mammoth “Frankenstein” monster feature film masterpiece adaptation productions will include:

Sat., Oct. 30/”FrankenFest” finale/Halloween eve: Sven’s upcoming big Me-TV “FrankenFest” broadcast premiere and “FrankenFest” finale classic “Frankenstein” feature film masterpiece will be Robert Gaffney’s cult classic Allied Artists sci-fi/horror masterpiece production of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) with Robert Reilly, Bruce Glover, Marilyn Hanold, James Karen and Lou Cutell.

The 1944 classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” was directed by veteran actor-turned-director Erle C. Kenton.  According to IMDB, Kenton was part of pioneering silent film comedian Mack Sennett’s original “Keystone Cops” silent comedy players for Sennett’s Keystone Film Company before going into the field of directing films.   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, Bela Lugosi, Leila Hyams, Kathleen “Panther Woman” Burke, Richard Arlen and young Alan Ladd.   Kenton also worked on the classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece productions of “Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942) with Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Evelyn Ankers and Lionel Atwill   and “House of Dracula” (1945) with John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Glenn Strange, Jane Adams and Onslow Stevens.  In his directorial career, Kenton also worked on two classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpieces 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 (later of “My Three Sons”), Leif Erickson and Herb Vigran.

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 eighth big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased Kenton’s classic mammoth 1944 Universal monster masterpiece production as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere back in Jan. 2012* and as regular big broadcasts back in Dec. 2012*, Nov. 2013, April 2014, Dec. 2015, Jan. 2017 and Aug. 2018.

In Sven’s Berwyn/Chicago “Son of Svengoolie” days, he previously showcased Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth 1944 Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast back on WFLD/32 in 1981; according to Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television and a copy of Sven/Son of Sven’s 1981 WFLD “House of Frankenstein” (1944) entire host segments from video transfer/restoration firm Obsolete Video Services.

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” presents his big “Franken-Fest” broadcast of “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), this Sat. on Me-TV

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

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), for Sven & Me-TV’s Oct. “Franken-Fest” salute!

A snippet from Charles Barton’s classic mammoth Universal Studios monster-comedy masterpiece with Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange.; “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948).

“Jeepers! The ‘creepers’ are after Bud & Lou!” Latter Realart theatrical re-release poster artwork for Charles Barton’s classic mammoth Universal Studios monster-comedy masterpiece, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948).

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster film host will present his big broadcast of the classic mammoth Universal Studios monster-comedy masterpiece, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948); this Sat., Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

Svengoolie will present the classic mammoth 1948 Universal/Abbott & Costello monster-comedy masterpiece as part of the legendary Berwyn/Chicago monster feature film host & Me-TV’s salute to classic mammoth Frankenstein feature film adaptation masterpieces for Sven’s Sat. evening big broadcasts throughout the month of Oct. titled “Franken-Fest!”

“Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) on Sat., Oct. 2 will mark the first feature in Sven’s month-long “Franken-Fest” salute on Me-TV. Other classic mammoth “Frankenstein” feature film adaptation masterpieces that will be shown in Sven’s “Franken-Fest” showcase will include:

Sat., Oct. 9: James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece adaptation production of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” (1931) with Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein’s monster), Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Edward Van Sloan and Dwight Frye.

Sat., Oct. 16: Rowland V. Lee’s classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece production installment of “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) with Karloff (in his third and final Universal “Frankenstein” monster appearance) Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi.

Sat., Oct. 23: Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) with Glenn Strange (as Frankenstein’s monster), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Lawrence/Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot), John Carradine (as Count Dracula) and J. Carrol Naish.

Sat., Oct. 30/Halloween eve: Sven’s upcoming big Me-TV broadcast premiere of Robert Gaffney’s cult classic Allied Artists sci-fi/horror masterpiece production of “Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster” (1965) with Robert Reilly, Bruce Glover, Marilyn Hanold, James Karen and Lou Cutell.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was directed by veteran film director Charles T. Barton.  Barton directed numerous classic Abbott and Costello feature film  comedy masterpieces throughout his feature film career, including “The Time of their Lives” (1946), “Buck Privates Come Home” (1947, the sequel to Arthur Lubin’s earlier classic mammoth 1941 Universal wartime comedy masterpiece with Abbott and Costello, “Buck Privates”) and “The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap” (1947, featuring Marjorie Main of Universal’s classic mammoth “Ma and Pa Kettle” mammoth feature comedy masterpieces).

The classic mammoth 1948 Universal mammoth monster-comedy masterpiece was produced by veteran Universal producer Robert Arthur.  Nine years after the production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948),  Arthur produced Joseph Pevney’s classic mammoth Universal biopic masterpiece on the life of legendary horror film actor  Lon Chaney Sr. with James Cagney’s portrayal of the senior Chaney, Dorothy Malone,    Jane Greer , Marjorie Rambeau , Jim Backus, actor-turned future film producer/executive Robert Evans, Jeanne Cagney, Jack Albertson and Roger Smith, “Man of a Thousand Faces” (1957).

The screenplay for Barton’s classic mammoth 1948 Universal monster-comedy masterpiece with Abbott and Costello was written by veteran Abbott and Costello comedy gag writer John Grant, along with veteran screenwriters Robert Lees and Frederic I. Rinaldo.  Alongside Sven’s first installment in his Oct. 2021 “Franken-Fest” salute to classic mammoth “Frankenstein” monster feature film adaptations, this will mark Sven’s tenth big broadcast of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) on the airlanes of Me-TV from coast-to-coast. He had previously showcased “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) on Me-TV from coast-to-coast back in Oct. 2011* as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere, regular big broadcasts in Nov. 2013, Oct. 2014, April 2015, Oct. 2016, Nov. 2017, Oct. 2018, May 2019 (showcased during Sven’s previous “Monstrous May” 2019 salute to the classic Universal “Frankenstein” mammoth monster masterpiece features) and in Nov. 2020.

“A good cast is worth repeating, ‘Wilbur’!” Who was in Charles Barton’s classic mammoth Universal monster-comedy masterpiece production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948)?

“The monsters of menace vs. the masters of mirth!” Original 1948 Universal Studios newspaper advertising proof element for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

The players who appeared in Charles Barton’s classic mammoth Universal monster-comedy masterpiece production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) were Bud Abbott (as Chick Young), Lou Costello (as Wilbur Grey), Glenn Strange (as Frankenstein’s monster; “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” marked Glenn Strange’s third Universal feature monster appearance as Frankenstein’s monster; he previously appeared in the role of Frankenstein’s monster in Erle C. Kenton‘s “House of Frankenstein” in 1944 and Kenton’s “House of Dracula” in 1945), Bela Lugosi (as Count Dracula, the classic mammoth 1948 Universal-Abbott and Costello monster-comedy masterpiece feature  marked Bela Lugosi’s second and final Universal feature monster screen appearance as Count Dracula; he previously played the role of Count Dracula in Tod Browning’s landmark classic 1931 mammoth Universal vampire monster screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Lawrence/Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot; “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” marked the fifth screen appearance of the junior Chaney’s role of Larry/Lawrence “Wolf Man” Talbot, the junior Chaney previously played the role in George Waggner‘s classic mammoth 1941 Universal werewolf monster masterpiece, “The Wolf Manl”  which also featured Bela Lugosi along with Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy and Warren William and reprised the role in Roy William Neil‘s “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” in 1943, Erle Kenton’s “House of Frankenstein” in 1944 and “House of Dracula” in 1945), Vincent Price (in an uncredited cameo role as a “surprise” Universal monster character, for our fellow super SvenPals who have not seen “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein;” the author/writer of “Silver Screen Reflections” will not reveal Price’s character in the film- you will have to see for yourself in Sven’s big broadcast; the same year that he appeared in “A&C Meet Frankenstein;” Price portrayed William “Boss” Tweed in William A. Seiter’s classic mammoth 1948 Universal comedy musical masterpiece production of “Up in Central Park” with Deanna Durbin and Dick Haymes), Lenore Aubert (as Dr. Sandra Mornay, Lenore Aubert later appeared with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Boris Karloff in Charles Barton’s classic mammoth 1949 Universal thriller-comedy masterpiece, “Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff”), Jane Randolph (as Joan Raymond),  Charles Bradstreet (as Dr. Stevens), Frank Ferguson (as Mr. McDougal), Bobby Barber (in an uncredited role as a waiter) and Harry Brown (in a non-credited role as a photographer).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic Universal Studios monster-comedy masterpiece with the studio’s comedic duo.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948)

A snippet from the Universal production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), featuring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi and Glenn Strange.

Original 1948 Universal Studios theatrical poster artwork element for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster film host will present his big broadcast of the classic Universal monster-comedy farce masterpiece, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948); this Sat., Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was directed by veteran Abbott and Costello feature film director Charles T. Barton.  Barton’s other classic Abbott and Costello comedy masterpiece features include “The Time of their Lives” (1946), “Buck Privates Come Home” (1947, the sequel to Arthur Lubin’s classic 1941 Universal wartime comedy masterpiece with Abbott and Costello, “Buck Privates”) and “The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap” (1947, featuring Marjorie Main of Universal’s “Ma and Pa Kettle” feature comedy masterpieces).  The 1948 classic Universal monster-comedy masterpiece was produced by veteran Universal producer Robert Arthur. The screenplay for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was written by veteran Abbott and Costello gag writer John Grant, along with Robert Lees and Frederic I. Rinaldo.

This will mark Sven’s ninth big broadcast of the classic 1948 Abbott and Costello Universal mammoth monster-comedy masterpiece on the airlanes of Me-TV. He had previously showcased “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) on Me-TV from coast-to-coast back in Oct. 2011*, Nov. 2013, Oct. 2014, April 2015, Oct. 2016, Nov. 2017, Oct. 2018 and May 2019 (showcased during Sven’s “Monstrous May” 2019 festival of classic Universal “Frankenstein” mammoth monster masterpiece features).

“Who’s on first?”  Who was in the classic 1948 Abbott and Costello-Universal monster/comedy masterpiece?

The players who appeared in Charles Barton’s classic mammoth Universal monster-comedy masterpiece production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) were Bud Abbott (as Chick Young), Lou Costello (as Wilbur Grey), Glenn Strange (as Frankenstein’s monster), Bela Lugosi (as Count Dracula), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Lawrence/Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot), Lenore Aubert (as Dr. Sandra Mornay), Jane Randolph (as Joan Raymond), Vincent Price (in an uncredited cameo role as a “surprise” Universal monster character, for those who have not seen “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein;” the writer of “Silver Screen Reflections” will not reveal Price’s character),  Charles Bradstreet (as Dr. Stevens), Frank Ferguson (as Mr. McDougal), Bobby Barber (in an uncredited role as a waiter) and Harry Brown (in a non-credited role as a photographer).