“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., this Sat. on Me-TV

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

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr.

“Night Monster! Prowling! Killing! Terrifying!” Latter 1948 Realart/Film Classics theatrical re-issue poster for George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941), this Sat., April 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1941 Universal werewolf monster-thriller feature masterpiece was directed by veteran director George Waggner.  Alongside his numerous feature film and television productions throughout his film and television career, Waggner also worked on numerous episodes of the classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)/ABC television live-action “Batman” TV series adaptation of the DC Comics superhero with Adam West and Burt Ward (Waggner directed numerous episodes of the series from 1966-67).

The screenplay for Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster-werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) was written by veteran science-fiction author and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also worked on screenplays for numerous classic mammoth Universal monster/thriller/sci-fi masterpiece productions throughout his screenwriting career, including “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940), “The Invisible Woman” (1940), “Invisible Agent” (1942), “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943), “Son of Dracula” (1943), “House of Frankenstein” (1944) and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon” (1956).

Outside of his classic mammoth Universal feature film screenplays, Curt Siodmak also worked on the screenplay for Robert Florey’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. horror-mystery masterpiece, “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1946) with Peter Lorre, Andrea King, Robert Alda, Victor Aller, J. Carrol Naish, Patricia Barry, Pedro de Cordoba and William Edmunds.  Siodmak’s brother, Robert Siodmak was a feature film director, who was best-known for his classic mammoth Universal feature film masterpiece productions of  “Son of Dracula” (1943) with Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Craven, Etta McDaniel and George Irving and Ernest Hemmingway’s “The Killers” (1946) with Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker (of 1940’s “Dr. Cyclops” fame), William Conrad (in his pre-“Cannon” days) and Virginia Christine (who later rose to greater fame for her role of “Mrs. Olson” in numerous television commercials for Folgers Coffee).

This will mark Sven’s tenth big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal werewolf monster masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV back in Feb. 2013 as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere and as regular big broadcasts back in July 2013, Oct. 2014, Feb. 2016,  Sept. 2017,  Aug. 2018, Dec. 2019, July 2020 and April 2022.

In Son of Sven/Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie” on WFLD/32 as a “Son of Sven” big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 1979 and as regular “Son of Sven” Berwyn/Chicago big broadcasts back in Nov. 1980 and Nov. 1983.   On Svengoolie/Rich’s hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, WCIU-TV 26; he previously showcased “The Wolf Man” (1941) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast back in Jan. 2008, according to IMDB.

Who was in George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941)?

The players who appeared in George Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal monster-werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” were Lon Chaney Jr. (credited as “Lon Chaney” in the dual role of Lawrence “Larry” Talbot/the “Wolf Man”), Evelyn Ankers (as Gwen Conliffe), Claude Rains (as Sir John Talbot), Bela Lugosi (as Bela), Maria Ouspenskaya (as Maleva), Ralph Bellamy (as Col. Montford), Fay Helm (as Jenny),  Warren William (as Dr. Lloyd),  Patric Knowles (as Frank Andrews), Forrester Harvey (as Twiddle) and J.M. Kerrigan (as Charles Conliffe).