“Svengoolie” presents his big “FrankenFest” finale/Halloween eve broadcast premiere of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big Halloween eve broadcast premiere of a cult classic horror/sci-fi masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big FrankenFest finale/big Halloween eve broadcast premiere of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965)

Original 1965 Allied Artists theatrical release trailer for Robert Gaffney’s cult classic mammoth sci-fi/horror masterpiece, “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965).

“Warning! Beware their ‘stare’!” Original Allied Artists theatrical poster art for Robert Gaffney’s cult classic mammoth sci-fi/horror masterpiece, “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.”

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based horror film host will present his big FrankenFest broadcast premiere of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965); this Sat., Halloween eve/Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

Sven’s upcoming big Halloween eve broadcast of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) will be the “FrankenFest” finale film in his month-long salute to classic mammoth “Frankenstein” monster feature film adaptations on the airlanes of Me-TV. Since Sven’s broadcast premiere of the 1965 cult classic monster/horror/sci-fi masterpiece production will occur on Halloween eve/Oct. 30, Sven’s upcoming big “FrankenFest” broadcast will also be part of Me-TV’s “Scream with Me” lineup of classic Halloween-themed episodes of Me-TV’s classic TV show masterpieces and the upcoming Fri., Oct. 29 “Fan-tastic Fri.”/Halloween edition big broadcast of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me!”

“Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) was directed by veteran cinematographer/director/producer Robert Gaffney.  Earlier in his career, Gaffney served as an official producer for the United States Marine Corps-United States Navy pictorial short subject highlight film of President John F. Kennedy’s visit/review of the Atlantic Fleet at Naval Air Station Oceana near Virginia Beach, Virginia; “An Answer” (1962).  Gaffney also served in uncredited positions as director of photography for two of Stanley Kubrick’s productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), including the director of photography for the second unit in Kubrick’s classic mammoth MGM drama masterpiece production of “Lolita” (1962) with Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters, James Mason and Peter Sellers and director of photography for the Monument Valley scenes in Kubrick’s classic mammoth MGM Super Panavision/Cinerama sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s “2001:A Space Odyssey” (1968).  One year before “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster,” Gaffney produced Theodore J. Flicker’s cult classic comedy production for Janus Films, “The Troublemaker” (1964) with Flicker, Tom Aldredge, Joan Darling, Godfrey Cambridge, James Frawley, China Lee, young Buck Henry and Michael Currie.

Gaffney’s production of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) was produced by Robert McCarty, along with executive producer Alan V. Iselin and associate producer Stanley P. Darer.   Throughout his brief film career alongside his only producing credit for “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965), McCarty also directed a theatrical short documentary subject for Columbia Pictures four years earlier, titled “Rooftops of New York” (1961).  Two years after “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster,” Alan V. Iselin also worked for Marshall Stone’s cult-classic spy comedy masterpiece for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC)’s theatrical motion picture unit, “Come Spy With Me” (1967), which contained the 1967 Motown Records/Tamla Records source title song of the same name sung by the legendary Smokey Robinson and the Miracles; Iselin and Stone’s 1967 production featured Troy Donahue, Andrea Dromm, Albert Dekker  of “Dr. Cyclops” (1940) fame and Peter Finch, later of “Network” (1976) fame.  For Stanley P. Darer, the production of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) marked his only film production credit, according to IMDB.

The original story treatment and screenplay for Gaffney’s 1965 cult classic horror/monster/sci-fi masterpiece production was written by screenwriters R.H.W. Dillard, George Garrett and John Rodenbeck.  George Garrett later served as the official Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2002-04; according to the Library of Congress.

According to IMDB, “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) was co-produced by Gaffney’s production firm, Vernon-Seneca Films and Futurama Entertainment Corporation*  The 1965 Gaffney-Vernon-Seneca-Futurama* cult classic horror/monster/sci-fi masterpiece production was released theatrically in the United States through Allied Artists.

Who was in “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965)?

The players who appeared in the Gaffney-Vernon-Seneca-Futurama*-Allied Artists cult classic monster/horror/sci-fi masterpiece production of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) were Robert Reilly (in the dual roles of Col. Frank Saunders/the “Frankenstein” monster-style creature), Marilyn Hanold (as Princess Marcuzan), James Karen (as Dr. Adam Steele, James Karen received screen credit under the name of Jim Karen), Lou Cutell (as Dr. Nadir), Nancy Marshall (as Karen Grant), David Kerman (as Gen. Bowers), Robert Alan Browne (in an uncredited role as one of the Martian crewmembers), Robert Fields (in an uncredited role as a reporter), Bruce Glover (in the dual uncredited roles as another Martian crewmember/a monster) and Susan Stephens (in an uncredited role as a poster model).

“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).