“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 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” 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).