“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of Boris Karloff in “The Old, Dark House” (1932); this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios* thriller masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of Boris Karloff in “The Old, Dark House” (1932)

Official Cohen Media Group/Cohen Film Collection theatrical re-issue trailer for the 2017 restoration of James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal Studios* thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Old, Dark House” (1932) with Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Raymond Massey and Melvyn Douglas.

“The man who played the Monster in ‘Frankenstein’ now transforms himself into the ‘mad butler’!” Original 1932 Universal Studios twinfold exhibitors’ leaflet for “The Old, Dark House” with Boris Karloff.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago classic horror feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Old, Dark House” (1932) this Sat., Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth Universal* thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932) was directed by veteran studio director James Whale.  Whale’s other well-known classic mammoth Universal monster/horror/thriller masterpiece productions include “Frankenstein” (1931) with Boris Karloff in the role of Frankenstein’s monster with Colin Clive in the role of Dr. Frankenstein, the classic mammoth Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells‘ “The Invisible Man” (1933) with Claude Rains in the title role and his classic mammoth Universal monster sequel masterpiece production of “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) with Elsa Lanchester in the title role of the “monster’s mate, Karloff and Clive. Boris Karloff and Colin Clive.

Shortly before working on his numerous classic mammoth Universal horror/monster feature masterpiece productions, Whale co-directed with veteran director Edmund Goulding and industrialist Howard Hughes on the classic mammoth aviation-war drama masterpiece production of “Hell’s Angels” (1930, originally released via United Artists) with Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon and James Hall; according to IMDB.  Hughes himself would later acquire rival studio RKO Radio Pictures in 1948 and after the industrialist’s tinkering of the studio- Hughes sold off RKO to General Tire in 1955.  In an ironic twist, Universal Studios/MCA later acquired the rights to “Hell’s Angels” (1930) from Howard Hughes’ estate; according to a 1979 Universal theatrical re-release poster for the 1930 production.  Around that same time, Universal/MCA acquired the rights to another Howard Hughes feature production from the Hughes estate- the original edition of “Scarface” (1932, directed by Howard Hawks) with Paul Muni; which later served as the basis for Brian De Palma‘s Universal modern re-make of “Scarface” (1983) with Al Pacino. -C.H.

The screenplay for “The Old Dark House” (1932) was adapted for the screen from author J.B. Priestley‘s classic 1927 horror novel, “Benighted;” according to the American Film Institute (AFI). The screenplay adaptation of Whale’s classic mammoth 1932 Universal horror masterpiece production was written by veteran playwright/future British parliament member Benn W. Levy with additional screen dialogue written by veteran screenwriter R.C. Sherriff. Sherriff later co-wrote the screenplay adaptation for James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (1933) with veteran screenwriters  Philip Wylie and young Preston Sturges, years before Sturges went onto greater fame for writing many feature film comedy masterpieces for rival studio Paramount Pictures.  Sherriff later worked as a contributing screenwriter for  Lambert Hillyer’s classic mammoth Universal “Dracula” monster sequel masterpiece installment of “Dracula’s Daughter” (1936) with Gloria Holden in the title role.  Benn W. Levy previously wrote the screenplay for one of young Alfred Hitchcock‘s earliest classic mammoth British sound feature film suspense masterpiece productions, “Blackmail” (1929) with Anny Ondra, Cyril Ritchard, Sara Allgood and Charles Paton.

Whale’s classic mammoth Universal horror-thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932) was produced by veteran producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the son of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle.   The junior Laemmle was responsible for building Universal’s trademark monster/horror feature film masterpiece productions as the official trademark “house style” feature film genre for his father’s studio.

31 years after the original Universal theatrical release of James Whale’s “The Old Dark House,” legendary veteran macabre feature film director William Castle re-made “The Old Dark House” (1963) for rival studio Columbia Pictures as a classic mammoth spook comedy masterpiece adaptation production that was co-produced by Britain’s Hammer Films with a pre-“Newhart” Tom Poston, Janette Scott, Robert Morley, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns, Fenella Fielding and Peter Bull.

*After the original 1932 Universal theatrical release of James Whale’s classic horror masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House,” the rights reverted back to J.B. Priestley; according to additional details from IMDB’s trivia section.   Film curator/collector Raymond Rohauer, who was known for acquiring the rights to many of Buster Keaton’s classic mammoth silent comedy feature film masterpieces later obtained the distribution rights to Whale’s adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932) after the film curator acquired the story rights to “Benighted,” according to NitrateVille, veteran film preservationist Robert A. Harris’ Home Theater Forum column and Andrew L. Yarrow’s Nov. 1987 New York Times obituary on Rohauer.  It was also reported that the 1932 version was withdrawn from circulation when Castle’s 1963 Columbia-Hammer adaptation was released.  Whale’s Universal feature production of “The Old Dark House” (1932) was even considered a “lost” film at one time, until film director Curtis Harrington searched for the original 35mm nitrate elements in 1968, according to Paul Tatara’s June 2005 Turner Classic Movies online article.

It was also reported that 16mm reduction re-release prints of “The Old Dark House” (1932) in the 1970s were altered with Raymond Rohauer’s name, who plastered his own name in place of Carl Laemmle’s name in the credits on 16mm non-theatrical release prints, according to film preservationist/film collector Ray Faiola’s eyewitness recollections on NitrateVille.  Throughout his film acquisition career, it was known that Rohauer foolishly affixed his own name and intertitles to films that he acquired when he didn’t have any involvement in any overall productions that he acquired.  After Rohauer’s death in 1987, the rights to the Rohauer classic film holdings were acquired by the Douris Corporation around 1995-96; according to Susan King’s 2013 Los Angeles Times article and the Online Archive of California. 

In 2011, investor and film producer Charles S. Cohen’s Cohen Media Group acquired the Rohauer-Douris film holdings and was re-christened as the Cohen Film Collection, according to Dave McNary’s Sept. 2011 Variety article. In 2016, Cohen’s firm restored “The Old, Dark House” (1932) with modern film restoration techniques, sourced from a 4K scan from the original 35mm nitrate elements held at the Library of Congress‘ Motion Picture Conservation Center.  The restoration was performed as a collaboration between Cohen Media Group and Universal Studios, according to John Hopewell’s Oct. 2016 Variety article, NitrateVille and the reverse cover art scan for the 2017 Cohen/eOne Blu-Ray release of “The Old Dark House” (1932) via Amazon.

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of “The Old, Dark House” (1932) on the airlanes of Me-TV. He previously showcased Whale’s classic mammoth 1932 Universal thriller adaptation masterpiece as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in April 2023.

Who was in James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal horror-thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932)?

The players who appeared in Whale’s classic mammoth Universal horror-thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Old Dark House” (1932) was Boris Karloff (as Morgan), Gloria Stuart (as Margaret Waverton), Charles Laughton (as Sir William Porterhouse), Raymond Massey (as Philip Waverton), Melvyn Douglas (as Penderel), Ernest Thesiger (as Horace Femm), Lilian Bond (as Gladys), Eva Moore (as Rebecca Femm), Brember Wills (as Saul Femm) and Elspeth Dudgeon (as Sir Roderick Femm, Dudgeon’s character was known as John Femm in the production).

Svengoolie presents his twinset of “The Night Strangler” (1973) & “Trilogy of Terror” (1975), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his big classic mammoth double-feature masterpiece festival of a big premiere of a classic mammoth 1973 made-for-TV supernatural movie masterpiece sequel & the return of another classic mammoth 1975 made-for-TV horror anthology movie masterpiece for “Halloween Boo-nanza 2023!”

“Svengoolie” presents his twinset of “The Night Strangler” (1973) & “Trilogy of Terror” (1975)

A snippet from Dan Curtis‘ classic mammoth 1973 ABC (American Broadcasting Company) “Kolchak/Movie of the Week” supernatural made-for-TV movie sequel masterpiece, “The Night Strangler” with Darren McGavin.

Compilation trailer for Dan Curtis‘ classic mammoth ABC (American Broadcasting Company) made-for-TV movie horror/thriller masterpiece, “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) with Karen Black.  Sidebar: This snippet was originally prepared/licensed by ABC for the latter MPI Home Video VHS release (MPI had most home entertainment rights to select ABC-produced programs and ABC News programs/specials/compilations at the time).  Due in part to the earlier success of the MPI VHS release of Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 ABC made-for-TV horror anthology masterpiece, MPI licensed the DVD home entertainment distribution rights to “Trilogy of Terror” from ABC/Disney in 2006 for a brief amount of time under MPI’s Dark Sky Films imprint.  Viewer discretion is advised.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth supernatural/horror feature film masterpiece host will present his big coast-to-coast made-for-TV supernatural/horror feature film masterpiece double-feature twinset showcase of “The Night Strangler” (1973) and “Trilogy of Terror” (1975). The aforementioned Sven double-feature twinset of “The Night Strangler” (1973) and “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) will begin this Sat., Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV!

Sven’s upcoming Sat., Oct. 28 2023 “Halloween Boo-nanza” twinset showcase of “The Night Strangler” (1973, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central) and “Trilogy of Terror” (1975, at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 p.m. Central) will be the finale in Sven’s month-long “Halloween Boo-nanza” twinset feature film showcases.

At 12:30 a.m. Eastern/11:30 p.m. Central, another bonus episode of Rod Serling’s classic mammoth CBS-TV supernatural masterpiece series, “The Twilight Zone” will also be showcased- along with anoher festival of bonus episodes of another classic mammoth supernatural masterpiece TV series that’s connected to one of the feature films that Sven will be showcase for this week’s twinset festival- additional details will be revealed momentarily in this week’s edition of “Silver Screen Reflections.” -C.H.

VHS Cover art for the 2000 Anchor Bay (under license from ABC/Disney) VHS edition of Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie sequel pilot masterpiece with Darren McGavin, “The Night Strangler” (1973).

Early 1980s MPI Home Video/ABC Video Enterprises VHS cover art for Dan Curtis’ ABC production of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) with Karen Black & the Zuni figurine.

Both “The Night Strangler” and “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) were directed and produced 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 series masterpiece 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 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 Barnabas Collins in the latter/brief “Dark Shadows” series revival.

Alongside his “Dark Shadows” productions, the two ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movies and the 1975 ABC made-for-TV movie production of “Trilogy of Terror,”  Curtis’ other productions include his 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.

“The Night Strangler” (1973) was a sequel to the earlier classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV movie masterpiece production of “The Night Strangler” (1972), which was produced by Curtis and was directed for the ABC television network by veteran director John Llewellyn Moxey and featured Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Claude Akins, Larry Linville (of TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), Simon Oakland and Barry Atwater.

1990s VHS cover art for the Columbia House-MCA/Universal (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) VHS series collection of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75), part of Columbia House’s mail-order VHS cassette club.

The two classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece pilots served as the inspiration for the classic mammoth brief Universal Studios supernatural TV series masterpiece that also aired on the ABC television network,  “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75) with McGavin and Oakland reprising their roles from the two earlier ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie production pilots. For Svengoolie’s “Halloween Boo-nanza 2023,” Me-TV will be presenting an all-night festival of extra classic episodes of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” this latenight Sat., Oct. 28 at 1:00 a.m. Eastern/Midnight Central on most Me-TV stations!

The screenplay for Curtis’ classic mammoth 1973 ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie sequel pilot masterpiece production of “The Night Strangler” and the stories for Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 ABC made-for-TV movie production of “Trilogy of Terror” was written by veteran screenwriter Richard Matheson. For “Trilogy of Terror” (1975), Matheson’s original story idea for the “Julie” segment were adapted into a teleplay by veteran screenwriter William F. Nolan.

Matheson previously wrote the screenplay 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, Raymond Bailey (of TV’s “The Beverly Hillbillies” fame) and William Schallert and also wrote 16 episodes of Rod Serling‘s classic mammoth critically-acclaimed CBS television supernatural sci-fi/thriller/fantasy masterpiece series, “The Twilight Zone” (Matheson wrote for Serling’s series from 1959-64).   Matheson previously wrote the screenplay for Curtis and Moxey’s earlier classic mammoth 1972 ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV move masterpiece with veteran writer-producer Max Hodge.  The two aforementioned ABC “Kolchak” features were adapted from an original idea by veteran author Jeffrey Grant Rice.

Curtis’ “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie sequel, “The Night Strangler” (1973) originally aired on the ABC television network on Jan. 16, 1973 as part of the network’s “Tuesday Movie of the Week” series of feature-length productions produced and/or financed by ABC along with made-for-TV productions produced for the network by major studios/production firms, according to IMDB. Fun Fact: 15 years  after the original 1973 ABC TV network airing of “The Night Strangler,” yours truly/the writer-author of “Silver Screen Reflections” was born (Jan. 16, 1988)!  “The Night Strangler” qualifies as an early “Birthday” film in connection to my Jan. 16, 1988 Birthday! -C.H.

Curtis’ “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) originally aired on the ABC television network on March 4, 1975 as an original “Movie of the Week” production of the network, according to additional details from IMDB.

According to additional details from IMDB, Curtis’ classic mammoth 1972 and 1975 made-for-TV  masterpiece productions were co-produced under the ABC television network’s in-house production subsidiary, “ABC Circle Films” (which later became “ABC Productions,” which is now known as “ABC Studios“/”ABC Signature“).  ABC later merged with radio & TV broadcast group Capital Cities Communications in 1985 to form Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.  Nearly a decade later, Capital Cities/ABC was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 1996, the ABC Circle Films/ABC Productions/ABC Video Enterprises holdings would be immediately put into the hands of Disney’s in-house TV syndication unit (then-known as Buena Vista Television during the 1996 ABC/Disney merger).

The animated/scanimation-filmed “ABC Movie of the Week” opening/closing graphics and bumpers contained a signature piece of music that was composed by legendary composer Burt Bacharach, which was an instrumental version of one of his original songs, “Nikki.”  An orchestral album cut version of Bacharach’s “Nikki” composition was released on the composer’s self-titled album via the legendary Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss‘ recorded music firm, A&M Records in 1971; according to Discogs.

Alongside feature-length productions that were produced by the network’s in-house production unit, ABC also contracted with veteran producer Aaron Spelling‘s production company, veteran producer and documentarian David L. Wolper‘s production outfit (Wolper would later sell his production company to Warner Bros. in 1976), Universal Studios/MCA and Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems (Columbia’s TV unit was later rebadged as Columbia Pictures Television in 1974) to produce made-for-TV movies for the network’s “Movie of the Week” showcases, according to Michael McKenna’s retrospective book on ABC’s slate of made-for-TV movies, “The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies for the Small Screen” and the Film Score Monthly forum.  Speaking of the “ABC Movie of the Week,” other classic mammoth made-for-TV features that was previously shown on Svengoolie’s Me-TV showcases was young Steven Spielberg‘s classic mammoth Universal-ABC made-for-TV action thriller masterpiece production of “Duel” (1971) with Dennis Weaver; which marked one of the earliest classic mammoth major masterpiece productions for the young veteran director.

“The Place To Be.. Tuesday!” Original Jan. 16, 1973 newspaper advertisement for the ABC television network’s evening lineup on that date, including “The Night Strangler” for Cedar Rapids, Iowa ABC affiliate KCRG-TV; “The Place to Be” was the slogan that ABC used for promoting their 1973-74 TV network season of shows and movies.

According to an original 1973 ABC television network ad that was featured in the Jan. 16, 1973 edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette for Cedar Rapids, Iowa ABC affiliate KCRG-TV, the network programmed Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece sequel production of “The Night Strangler” (1973) for their “Tuesday Movie of the Week” showcase in-between an episode of “Temperatures Rising” (with Cleavon Little of 1974’s “Blazing Saddles” fame and James Whitmore) and an episode of “Marcus Welby, M.D.” (with Robert Young and James Brolin).

Rare 1973 ABC promotional slide for “The Night Strangler” with Darren McGavin, sourced off of an off-air recording via ABC-owned KABC-TV Los Angeles from the Obsolete Video Services collection.

During the original Jan. 16, 1973 prime-time big broadcast airing/premiere of the “ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week Kolchak” sequel of ”The Night Strangler,” the alphabet network’s classic mammoth 1973 made-for-TV supernatural masterpiece production was shown opposite an episode of “Hawaii Five-O” (with Jack Lord) and the made-for-TV movie “The Voyage of the Yes” (with Desi Arnaz Jr. and Mike Evans) on CBS; the final episode of “Bonanza” (with Lorne Greene and Michael Landon and newcomer Mitch Vogel) and the pilot episode of “Hernandez/Hernandez: Houston P.D.” (with Henry Darrow, Ronny Cox, Dana Elcar of TV’s “Baa, Baa Black Sheep”/”Black Sheep Squadron” and “MacGyver” fame and Desmond Dhooge) on NBC; according to the Jan. 16, 1973 edition of the Hanover Evening Sun.

Re-purposed ABC promotional ad for “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) for a 1981 re-airing on ABC affiliate WPLG-TV/Miami. Not sure if this was part of an ABC overnight re-run or a syndicated package of films that ABC licensed to a syndicator at the time.  By 1981, ABC News’ “Nightline with Ted Koppel” would have aired in the 11:30 p.m. ET/10:30 p.m. CT weeknight timeslot on ABC stations- the WPLG re-broadcast of “Trilogy of Terror” was possibly from a weekend latenight movie airing on WPLG.

According to the March 4, 1975 issue of The Gettysburg Times, ABC programmed Dan Curtis’ “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) for the “Tuesday Movie of the Week” showcase in-between an episode of “Happy Days” (titled “Fonzie Joins the Band”) and an episode of “Marcus Welby, M.D.” (titled “Dark Corridors”).  During the original March 4, 1975 prime-time big broadcast airing of the “ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week”/”Trilogy of Terror,” the alphabet network & Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 made-for-TV horror-thriller masterpiece production was shown opposite an episode of “M*A*S*H” (titled “Payday”) and the First Annual “People’s Choice Awards” over on CBS and the Columbia Pictures made-for-TV movie production of “The Last Survivors” (1975) over on NBC.

For the original Jan. 16, 1973 ABC television network airing of “The Night Strangler” (1973) and the original March 4, 1975 ABC television network airing of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975): Curtis’ classic mammoth 1972 and 1975 ABC made-for-TV movie masterpieces aired on ABC-owned WLS-TV in Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois and on a regional scale for the home region/home office of “Silver Screen Reflections;” the original 1973 and 1975 ABC “Tuesday Movie of the Week” productions aired on WMAL-TV 7 (which became WJLA-7 in 1977); WJLA/7 previously carried Me-TV in the Washington, D.C./Frederick, Maryland area from 2013-17) in the Washington, D.C./Frederick, Maryland area; WTPA-TV 27 (which became WHTM-27 in 1980) in the Gettysburg/Hanover/York/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area and WJZ-TV Channel 13 (which later became affiliated with CBS after the 1995 Baltimore TV affiliation switch, CBS-owned since the 1996 Westinghouse/Group W-CBS merger) in the Baltimore, Maryland area. -C.H.

For Sven/”The Night Strangler” (1973): In Sven/Rich’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased Curtis’ classic mammoth 1973 ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie sequel pilot masterpiece of “The Night Strangler” as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere on his hometown TV station, WCIU-TV 26 back in Nov. 1996; according to IMDB.

For Sven/”Trilogy of Terror” (1975): This will mark Sven’s third big broadcast of Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 ABC made-for-TV movie masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) as a big broadcast premiere back in Sept. 2022 for the start of the 2022 “Svengoolie’s Halloween Boo-nanza” festival along with the original Sept. 2022 premiere of the classic mammoth Me-TV documentary masterpiece on Svengoolie/Rich Koz, “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022) featuring fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie, Nanette Keir and Brian Bernardoni, which was recently re-shown on Me-TV’s “Svengoolie Halloween Boo-nanza 2023” Latenight festival back on Oct. 14, 2022! -C.H.  Sven also re-broadcast “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) as a regular big broadcast on Me-TV back in Sept. 2023.

“The Night Strangler” (1973):

Who was in Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV masterpiece sequel pilot of “The Night Strangler” (1973)?

Darren McGavin (as Carl Kolchak) in “The Night Strangler” (1973).

The players who appeared in Curtis’ classic mammoth 1973 ABC “Kolchak” supernatural made-for-TV sequel pilot masterpiece of “The Night Strangler” were  Darren McGavin (as Carl Kolchak, McGavin previously appeared in the title role of Mike Hammer in the classic mammoth 1958-59 MCA-Revue-Universal crime drama masterpiece adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s “Mike Hammer;” alongside his roles of Mike Hammer and Carl Kolchak, one of McGavin’s most famous screen appearances was in the role of Old Man Parker in Bob Clark and Jean Shepherd’s classic mammoth 1983 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/MGM holiday-comedy masterpiece with Peter Billingsley and Melinda Dillon, “A Christmas Story”), Jo Ann Pflug (as Louise Harper, Pflug previously appeared in the role of Lt. Dish in Robert Altman’s classic mammoth 1970 Twentieth Century Fox/Twentieth Century Studios wartime drama-medical comedy feature film masterpiece adaptation of “M*A*S*H” and later appeared in the classic mammoth Glen Larson/Twentieth Century Fox/Twentieth Century Studios action-adventure-comedy masterpiece series with Lee Majors from 1981-82, “The Fall Guy“), Wally Cox (as Titus Berry, Cox previously appeared in the title role of Robinson J. Peepers in the comedy series “Mister Peepers” with Tony Randall from 1952-55, of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me,” Cox lent his vocal stylings of the voice of the title cartoon character of Underdog in the classic mammoth 1964-73 TV cartoon masterpiece series, “Underdog“), Margaret Hamilton (as Prof. Crabwell, Hamilton previously appeared in her famous role of Miss Gulch/the Wicked Witch of the West in Victor Fleming’s classic mammoth 1939 MGM Technicolor feature film adaptation masterpiece of “The Wizard of Oz,” she previously appeared in  A. Edward Sutherland‘s classic mammoth 1940 Universal Studios “Invisible” comedy masterpiece with Virginia Bruce, “The Invisible Woman;” around the same time that she was in “The Night Strangler,” Hamilton also appeared in television ads in the role of “Cora” for Maxwell House Coffee ), Al Lewis (as Tramp, Lewis rose to greater fame for his role of Grampa Munster in the classic mammoth 1964-66 Universal Studios-CBS “Munster” monster comedy masterpiece series, “The Munsters” and in the classic mammoth 1966 Universal “Munster” monster-comedy feature-length masterpiece production of “Munster, Go Home!“), Richard Anderson (as Dr. Richard Malcolm, Anderson previously appeared in the role of Chief Quinn in Fred M. Wilcox’s classic mammoth 1956 MGM sci-fi masterpiece production of “Forbidden Planet” and appeared in 26 episodes of the classic mammoth CBS television drama masterpiece adaptation of  Erle Stanley Gardner‘s “Perry Mason” with Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins and William Talman from 1964-66; To paraphrase Sven, “Richard Anderson was on.. ‘Perry Mason’!” -C.H.) veteran horror actor John Carradine, Kate Murtagh (as Janie Watkins, Murtaugh later appeared in Elliot Silverstein‘s classic mammoth 1977 Universal action-thriller masterpiece production of “The Car,” Murtagh later appeared in the role of a waitress for the album cover photo art for the legendary rock group Supertramp‘s classic mammoth 1979 rock album masterpiece released on the legendary Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss‘ A&M Records, “Breakfast In America“), Simon Oakland (as Tony Vincenzo, Oakland previously appeared in the role of Dr. Fred Richman in Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic mammoth 1960 Paramount Pictures suspense-thriller masterpiece production with Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins, “Psycho” and in Peter Yates’ classic mammoth 1968 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts action/crime drama masterpiece production with Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn, “Bullitt;” Oakland later appeared in the classic mammoth 1976-78 Universal/NBC wartime drama masterpiece production of ”Baa, Baa Black Sheep”/”Black Sheep Squadron“), Nina Wayne (as Charisma Beauty), Virginia Peters (as Wilma Krakenheimer), Ivor Francis (as Dr. Webb), Diane Shalet (as Joyce Gabriel), Anne Randall (as Police officer Shiela), Francoise Birnheim (as the Restaurant Woman) and Regina Parton (as Merissa, Parton received screen credit under the pseudonym of Ethel Parker).

“Trilogy of Terror” (1975):

Who was in Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV masterpiece production of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975)?

“Karen Black is Sensational in ‘Trilogy of Terror’!” Original 1975 ABC Television Network newspaper advertising proof for the original “Tuesday Movie of the Week” airing of Dan Curtis’ “Trilogy of Terror” with Karen Black.

The players who appeared in Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV horror/thriller masterpiece production of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) were Karen Black  (in the dual roles of Julie, Millicent, Therese and Amelia; Bob Rafelson‘s classic mammoth 1970 Columbia Pictures Golden Globe award-winning drama masterpiece with Jack Nicholson, Ralph Waite, Sally Struthers of TV’s “All in the Family” fame, Fannie Flagg and Toni Basil; “Five Easy Pieces,” in the role of Myrtle Wilson in Jack Clayton‘s classic mammoth 1974 Paramount Pictures Academy Award-winning feature film adaptation masterpiece of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s “The Great Gatsby” with Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Lois Chiles, Howard Da Silva and Edward Herrmann and in the role of the role of Connie White in Robert Altman‘s classic mammoth 1975 Paramount Pictures Academy Award-winning music-drama-comedy masterpiece with Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, Ned Beatty, Geraldine Chaplin, Ronee Blakley, young Jeff Goldblum, Scott Glenn of 1972’s “Gargoyles” fame and Henry Gibson of Rowan and Martin’s “Laugh-In” fame, “Nashville;” she also appeared with her real-life son, Hunter Carson in Tobe Hooper‘s cult classic mammoth 1986 Cannon sci-fi masterpiece re-make of “Invaders from Mars“); Robert Burton (as Chad Foster), John Karlen (as Thomas Ammen, Karlen previously appeared in the dual roles of Willie Loomis, Carl Collins, Desmond Collins and Kendrick Young in Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC television gothic vampire-horror masterpiece series, “Dark Shadows” from 1967-71; he also went onto greater fame for his role of Harvey Lacey in the classic mammoth 1982-88 Filmways/Orion/CBS television detective drama masterpiece series with Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless, “Cagney & Lacey” , Karlen later reprised his role of Harvey Lacey in several “Cagney & Lacey” made-for-TV movies with Daly and Gless from 1994–96 and also appeared in the role of Jake Morrisson in the classic mammoth 1991 Viacom/NBC “Perry Mason” made-for-TV movie masterpiece with Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale, “Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin;” To paraphrase Sven, “John Karlen was on.. ‘Perry Mason’!”), George Gaynes (as Dr. Chester Ramsey, he previously appeared in the role of Dr. Marderosian in Nathan Hertz Juran‘s classic mammoth 1973 Universal Studios werewolf monster masterpiece production with Kerwin Matthews, Elaine Devry, Scott Sealey, Robert J. Wilke, Susan Foster, Jack Lucas, Bob Homel, Loretta Temple, Harold Goodwin, Eric Gordon and Paul Baxley; “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf” and later appeared in the role of John Van Horn in Sydney Pollack‘s classic mammoth 1982 Columbia Pictures comedy masterpiece with Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis and a cameo by Pollack, “Tootsie” and in the role of Henry Warnimont in “Punky Brewster” from 1984-88, which originally aired on NBC and later became a first-run syndicated series for local TV stations), Jim Storm (as Eddie Nells), Kathryn Reynolds (as Anne Richards), Orin Cannon (as a motel clerk), Gregory Harrison (as Arthur Moore), Tracy Curtis (as Tracy) and the vocal stylings of Walker Edmiston (for those who have not seen “Trilogy of Terror,” the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections” will not reveal what character Edmiston voiced in Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 made-for-TV horror-thriller masterpiece). -C.H.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth made-for-TV movie horror anthology masterpiece that was produced by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975)

A fan-made trailer for Dan Curtis‘ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV movie horror/thriller anthology masterpiece, “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) with Karen Black.

Custom art designed by Jacob Phillips for the Kino Lorber Blu-Ray & DVD release of Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV horror anthology masterpiece, “Trilogy of Terror” (1975).

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth horror film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) this Sat., Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1975 ABC made-for-TV horror feature masterpiece production was directed by veteran television and feature film director-producer Dan Curtis.

Curtis was best-known for producing and directing his own classic mammoth ABC television network gothic horror series masterpiece 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 around the same time that ABC cancelled “Dark Shadows”).  20 years after the final ABC broadcast of “Dark Shadows,” Curtis would re-team with MGM to produce a newer, short-lived primetime “Dark Shadows” series for rival network NBC in 1991 with Ben Cross in the Barnabas Collins role.

Alongside his “Dark Shadows” productions and “Trilogy of Terror,” most of Curtis’ classic mammoth masterpiece TV productions aired on the ABC television network for the majority of his career.  He also produced the classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV movie masterpiece production of John Llewellyn Moxey‘s “The Night Stalker” (1972) with Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Carol Lynley, Claude Akins and Larry Linville (of TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame). Curtis also directed the classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece sequel, “The Night Strangler” (1973) with McGavin, Oakland, Margaret Hamilton of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame, John Carradine, Al Lewis of “The Munsters” fame and Wally Cox.  The two classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV “Kolchak” movie masterpieces inspired the latter classic mammoth Universal Studios/ABC TV supernatural masterpiece series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75) with McGavin and Oakland.  For the aforementioned 1975-75 Universal “Kolchak” series, Dan Curtis served as a supervising producer.  Speaking of “Kolchak,” the two aforementioned classic mammoth Dan Curtis/ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpieces with Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland will air on future editions of Svengoolie’s Sat. evening Me-TV big broadcasts as part of his twinset features for “Svengoolie’s Halloween Boo-nanza” 2023 festival! -C.H.

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 “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.

The screenplay of Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 ABC made-for-TV horror/thriller masterpiece production was written by veteran screenwriter William F. Nolan and was based off of several original story ideas by veteran screenwriter Richard Matheson.  Nolan previously co-authored George Clayton Johnson‘s classic mammoth futuristic sci-fi thriller novel masterpiece that was later adapated by Michael Anderson for the classic mammoth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) futuristic sci-fi/thriller masterpiece production with Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett (Farrah Fawcett-Majors), Peter Ustinov and Richard Jordan; “Logan’s Run” (1976).  Matheson previously wrote the screenplay 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, Raymond Bailey (of TV’s “The Beverly Hillbillies” fame) and William Schallert and also wrote 16 episodes of Rod Serling‘s classic mammoth critically-acclaimed CBS television supernatural sci-fi/thriller/fantasy masterpiece series, “The Twilight Zone” (Matheson wrote for Serling’s series from 1959-64).

“Trilogy of Terror” (1975) originally aired on the ABC television network on March 4, 1975 as part of the network’s “Tuesday Movie of the Week”/”Movie of the Week” series of feature-length productions produced and/or financed by ABC, according to IMDB and an original 1975 ABC print advertisement for the network presentation of “Trilogy of Terror.”   The alphabet network began their “Movie of the Week” series in 1969

The animated/scanimation-filmed “ABC Movie of the Week” opening/closing graphics and bumpers contained a signature piece of music that was composed by legendary composer Burt Bacharach, which was an instrumental version of one of his original songs, “Nikki.”  An orchestral album cut version of Bacharach’s “Nikki” composition was released on the composer’s self-titled album via the legendary Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss‘ recorded music firm, A&M Records in 1971; according to Discogs.

Alongside feature-length productions that were produced by the network’s in-house production unit, ABC also contracted with veteran producer Aaron Spelling‘s production company, veteran producer and documentarian David L. Wolper‘s production outfit (Wolper would later sell his production company to Warner Bros. in 1976), Universal Studios/MCA and Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems (Columbia’s TV unit was later rebadged as Columbia Pictures Television in 1974) to produce made-for-TV movies for the network’s “Movie of the Week” showcases, according to Michael McKenna’s retrospective book on ABC’s slate of made-for-TV movies, “The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies for the Small Screen” and the Film Score Monthly forum.  Speaking of the “ABC Movie of the Week,” one of the other classic mammoth made-for-TV features that was previously shown on Svengoolie’s Me-TV showcases was young Steven Spielberg‘s classic mammoth Universal-ABC made-for-TV action thriller masterpiece production of “Duel” (1971) with Dennis Weaver; which marked one of the earliest classic mammoth major masterpiece productions for the young veteran director.

According to additional details from IMDB, Curtis’ classic mammoth made-for-TV thriller/horror masterpiece production was co-produced under the ABC television network’s in-house production unit, “ABC Circle Films” (which later became “ABC Productions,” which is now known as “ABC Studios“/”ABC Signature“).

For the original March 4, 1975 ABC television network airing of “Trilogy of Terror:” Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV 1975 horror/thriller masterpiece aired on ABC-owned WLS-TV in Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois and on a regional scale for the home region of “Silver Screen Reflections;” the original 1975 ABC showing of Curtis’ “Trilogy of Terror” aired on WMAL-TV 7 (which became WJLA-7 in 1977) ; WJLA/7 previously carried Me-TV in the Washington, D.C./Frederick, Maryland area from 2013-17) in the Washington, D.C./Frederick, Maryland area; ,WTPA-TV 27 (which became WHTM-27 in 1980) in the Gettysburg/Hanover/York/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area and WJZ-TV Channel 13 (which later became affiliated with CBS after the 1995 Baltimore TV affiliation switch, CBS-owned since the 1996 Westinghouse/Group W-CBS merger) in the Baltimore, Maryland area. -C.H.

According to the March 4, 1975 issue of The Gettysburg Times, ABC programmed Dan Curtis’ “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) for the “Tuesday Movie of the Week” showcase in-between an episode of “Happy Days” (titled “Fonzie Joins the Band”) and an episode of “Marcus Welby, M.D.” (titled “Dark Corridors”).  During the original March 4, 1975 prime-time big broadcast airing of the “ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week”/”Trilogy of Terror,” the alphabet network & Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 made-for-TV horror-thriller masterpiece production was shown opposite an episode of “M*A*S*H” (titled “Payday”) and the First Annual “People’s Choice Awards” over on CBS and the Columbia Pictures made-for-TV movie production of “The Last Survivors” (1975) over on NBC.

During the original March 4, 1975 ABC big broadcast network TV premiere of Curtis’ “Trilogy of Terror,” it was reported that several ABC-affiliated stations from coast-to-coast did not clear Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 made-for-TV horror anthology movie masterpiece production for prime-time.

According to a March 17, 1975 issue of Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable), several ABC affiliates were concerned and felt that ABC’s airing of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) would scare off viewers in prime-time; yet ABC placed a viewer discretion disclaimer in the original network promos/commercials for Curtis’ 1975 production; according to a latter commercial for a syndicated airing of “Trilogy of Terror” that was unearthed on YouTube.

Several ABC affiliates decided to delay Curtis’ “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) by airing it in the Latenight timeslot in place of ABC’s then-Latenight programming lineup, “Wide World of Entertainment” in New Orleans, Louisiana (WVUE, which was affiliated with ABC until 1995); Miami, Florida (WPLG– though WPLG would later air a syndicated airing of “Trilogy of Terror” In 1981); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WITI, which was affiliated with ABC until 1977) and Fresno, California (KJEO/KGPE, which was affiliated with ABC until 1985– when the network moved to KFSN as a result of the Capital Cities/ABC merger).

The only ABC-affiliated station that declined to show the original 1975 network airing of Curtis’ “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) in any timeslot was Duluth, Minnesota’s ABC affiliate (and future Me-TV affiliate) WDIO-TV.

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 ABC made-for-TV movie masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) as a big broadcast premiere back in Sept. 2022 for the start of the 2022 “Svengoolie’s Halloween Boo-nanza” festival along with the original Sept. 2022 premiere of the classic mammoth Me-TV documentary masterpiece on Svengoolie/Rich Koz, “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022) featuring fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie, Nanette Keir and Brian Bernardoni!*  And speaking of “Sven:Uncrypted,” the classic mammoth 2022 Me-TV/Sven documentary masterpiece with fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette & Brian will be coming back to the airlanes in the upcoming Me-TV 2023 “Sven’s Halloween Boo-nanza” showcase this upcoming latenight Sat. evening, Oct. 14 at 11:30 p.m. Central/early Sun. morning, Oct. 15 at 12:30 a.m. Eastern after Sven’s twinset double-feature showcase! -C.H.

Who was in Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV masterpiece production of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975)

The players who appeared in Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV horror/thriller masterpiece production of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) were Karen Black  (in the dual roles of Julie, Millicent, Therese and Amelia); Robert Burton (as Chad Foster), John Karlen (as Thomas Ammen), George Gaynes (as Dr. Chester Ramsey), Jim Storm (as Eddie Nells), Kathryn Reynolds (as Anne Richards), Orin Cannon (as a motel clerk), Gregory Harrison (as Arthur Moore), Tracy Curtis (as Tracy) and the vocal stylings of Walker Edmiston (for those who have not seen “Trilogy of Terror,” the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections” will not reveal what character Edmiston voiced in Curtis’ classic mammoth 1975 made-for-TV horror-thriller masterpiece). -C.H.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals from coast-to-coast will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi monster masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”)*

From the Eureka Entertainment/Universal Studios British Blu-Ray Disc release of Universal’s recent High-Definition restoration of George Waggner‘s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”)* with Lon Chaney Jr. as part of the Eureka/Universal classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster/creature feature film Blu-Ray anthology box set compilation in Britain, “Three Monster Tales of Sci-Fi Terror.”

Original 1941 Universal Studios theatrical poster art element of “Man-Made Monster” featuring Lon Chaney Jr.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/sci-fi feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”*), this Sat.; June 3 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The 1941 classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece was directed by veteran director George Waggner.  Waggner was best known for his mammoth classic Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) and later directed 10 episodes of the classic mammoth live-action Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)–ABC TV masterpiece series adaptation of  Bill Finger and Bob Kane’s DC Comics superhero creation, “Batman” with Adam West and Burt Ward from 1966-67.  Waggner also wrote the screenplay for “Man-Made Monster” under the pseudonym of Joseph West.  Waggner/West’s screenplay was adapted from the original unpublished short sci-fi horror story, titled “The Electric Man” by Harry “H.J.” Essex, Len Golos and Sid Schwartz.

Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece production was produced by veteran associate producer Jack Bernhard.  Bernhard also produced William Nigh’s classic mammoth Universal mystery-horror masterpiece, “The Strange Case of Dr. Rx” (1942) with Lionel Atwill, Patric Knowles, Anne Gwynne, a pre-Columbia “Three Stooges” Shemp Howard, Samuel S. Hinds, Mona Barrie and an uncredited appearance by Ray “Crash” Corrigan. Later in his career, Bernhard directed the North American dubbing segments for the 1959 dubbed version of Motoyoshi Oda’s classic mammoth “Gojira”/”Godzilla” kaiju monster-creature sequel masterpiece production for Japan’s Toho Studios, “Godzilla Raids Again” (1955; released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. in 1959 under the title of “Gigantis: The Fire Monster” with the famous “Banana Oil!” phrase in the dubbed edition. Bernhard did not receive screen credit for the 1959 dubbed version of Oda’s 1955 classic mammoth Toho Studios “Gojira”/”Godzilla” sequel masterpiece production.

“They’ll ‘Double-Scare’ You!” “From the studio that created ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dracula’!” Original 1941 Universal Studios double-feature twinset leaflet for the George Waggner productions of “Man-Made Monster” and “Horror Island.”

According to a fragment from an original 1941 Universal Studios exhibitors’ press booklet from New York University’s William K. Everson Archive of classic motion picture publicity materials, George Waggner’s production of “Man-Made Monster” was released as a double-feature presentation with his other classic Universal horror-mystery feature masterpiece that was produced the same year with Leo Carrillo (later of TV’s “The Cisco Kid” fame), Peggy Moran, Dick Foran, Fuzzy Knight and Walter Catlett; “Horror Island” (1941).

This will mark Sven’s fifth big Me-TV broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941) on the airlanes of Me-TV Me-TV.  He previously showcased Waggner’s classic 1941 Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece production as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV broadcast premiere back in May 2015 and regular Me-TV big broadcast airings in Sept. 2016, June 2018 and Jan. 2021.

Who was in “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”)*?

The players who appeared in George Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” (a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”)* were Lon Chaney Jr. (as Dan McCormick), Anne Nagel (as June Lawrence), Samuel S. Hinds (as Dr. John Lawrence), Lionel Atwill (as Dr. Paul Rigas), Constance “Connie” Bergen (as a Nurse), Chester Gan (as Wong), Ivan Miller  (as a Doctor), George Meader (as Dr. Bruno), Frank Albertson (as Mark Adams),  William B. Davidson (as District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley**), Ben Taggart (as Det. Sgt. Regan), John Dilson (as a medical examiner), Frank O’Connor (as a Police Detective) and Byron Foulger (as a second alienist).

The son of the Late senior Lon Chaney, the junior Lon Chaney (born under the name Creighton Tull Chaney) appeared in numerous western and fantasy film roles early in his feature film actingcareer.  The junior Chaney previously appeared in the role of Lennie in classic mammoth critically-acclaimed Hal Roach–Lewis Milestone masterpiece adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel,  “Of Mice and Men” (1939).  One year before the production of “Man-Made Monster,” the junior Chaney appeared in the role of caveman Akhoba in the Hal Roach-Hal Roach Jr. prehistoric fantasy-themed production of “One Million B.C.” (1940).   Studio contract player Anne Nagel previously appeared in the role of Jean in A. Edward Sutherland’s classic mammoth Universal “Invisible” sci-fi comedy masterpiece, “The Invisible Woman” (1940) with Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, Margaret Hamilton, Charlie Ruggles, Shemp Howard and Oscar Homolka.  Nagel also appeared in the role of Sunny Rogers in Arthur Lubin’s classic mammoth Universal horror-thriller masterpiece with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, “Black Friday” (1940).

Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” turned out to be a major success at the box-office.  Lon Chaney Jr. and George Waggner were signed to long-term Universal feature film contracts; according to details from Richard Harland Smith’s Turner Classic Movies online article.   Shortly after the production and the original Universal theatrical release of “Man-Made Monster,” the junior Chaney re-teamed with the Waggner for the popular title Universal monster role of Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot in the classic mammoth Universal masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with  Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers,  Maria Ouspenskaya, Warren William and Patric Knowles.  This would bring greater success for the junior Chaney in the monster/horror/thriller feature film genre throughout his time at Universal.

Speaking of the Senior Lon Chaney:16 years after the Junior Chaney’s successes in the two aforementioned 1941 classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece productions, veteran actor James Cagney portrayed the Senior Lon Chaney in Joseph Pevney‘s classic mammoth Universal biopic drama masterpiece on the life and career of the Senior Chaney that was also inspired by the real-life nickname of the Senior Chaney, “Man of a Thousand Faces” (1957) with Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau, Jim Backus (of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me”– of “Mister Magoo” fame and later of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), future film producer/studio executive Robert Evans, young Roger Smith (later of TV’s “77 Sunset Strip” fame and the real-life husband of Ann-Margret), Jack Albertson (later of 1971’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” fame and with the Senior Freddie Prinze, TV’s “Chico and the Man” fame), Jeanne Cagney (the real-life sister of James Cagney) Celia Lovsky and silent comedy film legend “Snub” Pollard.

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals from coast-to-coast will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi monster masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”)*

From the Eureka Entertainment/Universal Studios British Blu-Ray Disc release of Universal’s recent High-Definition restoration of George Waggner‘s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”)* with Lon Chaney Jr. as part of the Eureka/Universal classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster/creature feature film Blu-Ray anthology box set compilation in Britain, “Three Monster Tales of Sci-Fi Terror.”

Original 1941 Universal Studios theatrical poster art element of “Man-Made Monster” featuring Lon Chaney Jr.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/sci-fi feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”*), this Sat.; June 3 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The 1941 classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece was directed by veteran director George Waggner.  Waggner was best known for his mammoth classic Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) and later directed 10 episodes of the classic mammoth live-action Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)–ABC TV masterpiece series adaptation of  Bill Finger and Bob Kane’s DC Comics superhero creation, “Batman” with Adam West and Burt Ward from 1966-67.  Waggner also wrote the screenplay for “Man-Made Monster” under the pseudonym of Joseph West.  Waggner/West’s screenplay was adapted from the original unpublished short sci-fi horror story, titled “The Electric Man” by Harry “H.J.” Essex, Len Golos and Sid Schwartz.

Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece production was produced by veteran associate producer Jack Bernhard.  Bernhard also produced William Nigh’s classic mammoth Universal mystery-horror masterpiece, “The Strange Case of Dr. Rx” (1942) with Lionel Atwill, Patric Knowles, Anne Gwynne, a pre-Columbia “Three Stooges” Shemp Howard, Samuel S. Hinds, Mona Barrie and an uncredited appearance by Ray “Crash” Corrigan. Later in his career, Bernhard directed the North American dubbing segments for the 1959 dubbed version of Motoyoshi Oda’s classic mammoth “Gojira”/”Godzilla” kaiju monster-creature sequel masterpiece production for Japan’s Toho Studios, “Godzilla Raids Again” (1955; released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. in 1959 under the title of “Gigantis: The Fire Monster” with the famous “Banana Oil!” phrase in the dubbed edition. Bernhard did not receive screen credit for the 1959 dubbed version of Oda’s 1955 classic mammoth Toho Studios “Gojira”/”Godzilla” sequel masterpiece production.

“They’ll ‘Double-Scare’ You!” “From the studio that created ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dracula’!” Original 1941 Universal Studios double-feature twinset leaflet for the George Waggner productions of “Man-Made Monster” and “Horror Island.”

According to a fragment from an original 1941 Universal Studios exhibitors’ press booklet from New York University’s William K. Everson Archive of classic motion picture publicity materials, George Waggner’s production of “Man-Made Monster” was released as a double-feature presentation with his other classic Universal horror-mystery feature masterpiece that was produced the same year with Leo Carrillo (later of TV’s “The Cisco Kid” fame), Peggy Moran, Dick Foran, Fuzzy Knight and Walter Catlett; “Horror Island” (1941).

This will mark Sven’s fifth big Me-TV broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941) on the airlanes of Me-TV Me-TV.  He previously showcased Waggner’s classic 1941 Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece production as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV broadcast premiere back in May 2015 and regular Me-TV big broadcast airings in Sept. 2016, June 2018 and Jan. 2021.

Who was in “Man-Made Monster” (1941, a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”)*?

The players who appeared in George Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” (a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”)* were Lon Chaney Jr. (as Dan McCormick), Anne Nagel (as June Lawrence), Samuel S. Hinds (as Dr. John Lawrence), Lionel Atwill (as Dr. Paul Rigas), Constance “Connie” Bergen (as a Nurse), Chester Gan (as Wong), Ivan Miller  (as a Doctor), George Meader (as Dr. Bruno), Frank Albertson (as Mark Adams),  William B. Davidson (as District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley**), Ben Taggart (as Det. Sgt. Regan), John Dilson (as a medical examiner), Frank O’Connor (as a Police Detective) and Byron Foulger (as a second alienist).

The son of the Late senior Lon Chaney, the junior Lon Chaney (born under the name Creighton Tull Chaney) appeared in numerous western and fantasy film roles early in his feature film actingcareer.  The junior Chaney previously appeared in the role of Lennie in classic mammoth critically-acclaimed Hal Roach–Lewis Milestone masterpiece adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel,  “Of Mice and Men” (1939).  One year before the production of “Man-Made Monster,” the junior Chaney appeared in the role of caveman Akhoba in the Hal Roach-Hal Roach Jr. prehistoric fantasy-themed production of “One Million B.C.” (1940).   Studio contract player Anne Nagel previously appeared in the role of Jean in A. Edward Sutherland’s classic mammoth Universal “Invisible” sci-fi comedy masterpiece, “The Invisible Woman” (1940) with Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, Margaret Hamilton, Charlie Ruggles, Shemp Howard and Oscar Homolka.  Nagel also appeared in the role of Sunny Rogers in Arthur Lubin’s classic mammoth Universal horror-thriller masterpiece with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, “Black Friday” (1940).

Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” turned out to be a major success at the box-office.  Lon Chaney Jr. and George Waggner were signed to long-term Universal feature film contracts; according to details from Richard Harland Smith’s Turner Classic Movies online article.   Shortly after the production and the original Universal theatrical release of “Man-Made Monster,” the junior Chaney re-teamed with the Waggner for the popular title Universal monster role of Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot in the classic mammoth Universal masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with  Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers,  Maria Ouspenskaya, Warren William and Patric Knowles.  This would bring greater success for the junior Chaney in the monster/horror/thriller feature film genre throughout his time at Universal.

Speaking of the Senior Lon Chaney: 16 years after the Junior Chaney’s successes in the two aforementioned 1941 classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece productions, veteran actor James Cagney portrayed the Senior Lon Chaney in Joseph Pevney‘s classic mammoth Universal biopic drama masterpiece on the life and career of the Senior Chaney that was also inspired by the real-life nickname of the Senior Chaney, “Man of a Thousand Faces” (1957) with Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau, Jim Backus (of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me”– of “Mister Magoo” fame and later of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), future film producer/studio executive Robert Evans, young Roger Smith (later of TV’s “77 Sunset Strip” fame and the real-life husband of Ann-Margret), Jack Albertson (later of 1971’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” fame and with the Senior Freddie Prinze, TV’s “Chico and the Man” fame), Jeanne Cagney (the real-life sister of James Cagney) Celia Lovsky and silent comedy film legend “Snub” Pollard.

Lionel Atwill previously appeared in the title role of Dr. Jerry “X” Xavier in the classic mammoth Michael Curtiz–Warner Bros. two-strip Technicolor sci-fi/horror masterpiece production with Fay Wray (later of 1933’s “King Kong” fame), “Doctor X” (1932, produced under Warners’ “First National Pictures” moniker). Shortly after the success of “Doctor X,” Atwill and Wray appeared in Curtiz’s other classic mammoth Warner Bros. two-strip Technicolor horror masterpiece production of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) with Glenda Farrell (of Warners’ “Torchy Blane” classic mammoth mystery film masterpiece series fame) and Frank McHugh.  Atwill later appeared as the villain Moriarity in Roy William Neill’s classic mammoth Universal “Sherlock Holmes” wartime mystery adaptation masterpiece featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, “Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon” (1942).  He also appeared in numerous Universal monster and horror features, including the role of Inspector Krogh in “Son of Frankenstein” (1939), the role of Dr. Theodore Bohmer in  “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942) and the Mayor in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1944).

According to additional details from Richard Harland Smith’s Turner Classic Movies article on Waggner’s Universal production of “Man-Made Monster” (1941), Atwill threw a controversial “wild” Holiday party at his own house during the Waggner-Universal production of “Man-Made Monster.”  Atwill was ordered to attend a court proceeding in connection to his controversial “wild” Holiday party, Atwill was found guilty in 1942 by the grand jury for fabricating his own accounts of the controversial Holiday party.  His conviction was later overturned/reduced, yet the damage was done to the veteran actor.  Atwill was relegated to appearing in low-budget features, aside from a few Universal feature film appearances in bit roles until his death in 1946; according to Jim Knipfel’s article on Atwill for Den of Geek and additional details from the American Film Institute.

Both Frank Albertson and Samel S. Hinds later appeared in Frank Capra’s Liberty Films/RKO Holiday/Christmas classic masterpiece with James Stewart, Donna Reed, Ward Bond, Henry Travers and Lionel Barrymore, “It’s A Wonderful Life” (1946). Albertson played the role of Sam Wainwright and Hinds played the role of “Pa” Bailey.  Throughout his numerous feature film & TV acting appearances throughout his career, Frank Albertson later appeared in an episode of the classic mammoth CBS TV drama masterpiece adaptation of Erle Stanley Gardner‘s “Perry Mason” with Raymond Burr,  Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins and William Talman (1960’s “Duck Hunter”) To paraphrase Sven: “Frank Albertson was on.. ‘Perry Mason‘!” Albertson also appeared in the role of Tom Cassidy in Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic mammoth Paramount Pictures suspense thriller masterpiece production of “Psycho” (1960) with Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Simon Oakland (later of TV’s “Baa, Baa Black Sheep”/”Black Sheep Squadron” and “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” fame), future film journalist/film historian/classic film host/young Robert Osborne (later of Turner Classic Movies fame) and young Ted Knight (later of TV’s “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” 1980’s “Caddyshack” and TV’s “Too Close For Comfort” fame) and in the role of Sam the Mayor in the classic mammoth George Sidney–Fred Kohlmar–Columbia Pictures musical comedy masterpiece adaptation of “Bye, Bye Birdie” (1963) with Ann-Margret, Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, Ed Sullivan, Paul Lynde, Bobby Rydell, Jesse Pearson, Maureen Stapleton, young Jerry Orbach, John Daly and young Kim Darby.

Additional insight into the pre-production of Waggner’s Universal production of “Man-Made Monster” (1941)

Latter Realart re-issue lobby card for the Universal production of “Man-Made Monster” (1941, listed as “Atomic Monster”) with Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill.

Before Lon Chaney Jr. was cast in George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi monster masterpiece production “Man-Made Monster” (1941), the studio had different plans for their newest monster feature film masterpiece.

According to additional details from the American Film Institute’s database entry on Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal sci-fi/monster feature film masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” (a.k.a. “The Atomic Monster”), the studio bought the rights to Essex, Golo and Schwartz’s original short story treatment of “The Electric Man.”  Alongside the original working title of the aforementioned short story, it was reported that the other original working titles for Waggner’s production were “The Electric Man,” “The Human Robot,” “The Mysterious Dr. R” and “The Mysterious Dr. X” before “Man-Made Monster” was finally chosen.  For the aforementioned working title of “The Mysterious Dr. X,” that title might have been scrapped by Universal in order to avoid legal proceedings from rival studio Warner Bros., which produced and released Michael Curtiz’s classic mammoth Warners two-strip Technicolor sci-fi/horror masterpiece production of “Doctor X” (1932) and Vincent Sherman‘s classic mammoth Warners sci-fi/horror sequel masterpiece producrtion of “The Return of Doctor X” (1939) with Humphrey Bogart (in his only sci-fi/horror feature film appearance in his film career), Rosemary Lane, Dennis Morgan and Wayne Morris. -C.H.

A collage of original Universal Studios publicity photos for “Man-Made Monster” (1941).

The original short story of “The Electric Man” was purchased by Universal in 1935 and it was reported that silver screen horror legends Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi were originally going to be considered to appear in the Universal production under another original working title of “The Man in the Cab.”  The proposed film project was shelved by Universal officials for several years until newer management within Universal Studios was interested in the overall project, with Waggner’s direction and the Junior Chaney’s lead appearance.  “Man-Made Monster” was one of the newest Universal classic mammoth monster masterpiece feature creations at the time, according to additional details from Richard Harland Smith’s Turner Classic Movies online article.  Two years before production on “Man-Made Monster” began, the studio had re-entered into their signature field/”house style” genre of monster/horror/thriller feature productions after Rowland V. Lee’s classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece entry, “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) with Boris Karloff in his final screen portrayal of Frankenstein’s monster.

“Man-Made Monster” (1941): Similar Music cues and additional footage were re-utilized in Universal’s other classic mammoth 1941 monster masterpiece production and a Universal serial production.

Original 1941 Universal Studios tinted lobby card of “Man-Made Monster” featuring Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill.

According to additional details on IMDB’s trivia section, several original source orchestral music cues for Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” that were composed by veteran Universal Studios music composer Hans J. Salter were re-used for the director’s classic mammoth Universal werewolf monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941).

Four years after the original Universal theatrical release of Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 sci-fi/monster masterpiece production, it was reported that the outtake footage of the bus crash sequence for “Man-Made Monster” (1941) was re-used for Lewis D. Collins and Ray Taylor‘s classic mammoth Universal action-adventure serial masterpiece production of “Mystery of the River Boat” (1944) with Robert Lowery, Marion Martin and Eddie Quillan.  For the original bus crash sequence in “Man-Made Monster,” it was reported that additional film footage by Universal Studios cinematographers was filmed for another instance of the bus crash sequence.

The 1941 Universal “Man-Made Monster” creation for Lon Chaney Jr. was featured in a publication at the time of the original theatrical release and a theater’s promotional gimmick

Lon Chaney Jr. in “Man-Made Monster” (1941).

During the original 1941 Universal theatrical release of “Man-Made Monster,” a Universal publicity photo of Lon Chaney Jr. was featured in the April 1941 edition of Fawcett Publications’ Hollywood, which was unearthed on the official Lantern Media History Archive site.  The junior Chaney’s characterization of Dan McCormick in George Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production was nicknamed the “Electrical Man” for his costumed segment in the production.

The “mechanical man!” “Man-Made Monster starts Fri.!”  And no, that’s not Jam Handy’s “Roll-Oh!”  Promotional “robot mascot” gimmick for the 1941 theatrical screening of the  Universal Studios production “Man-Made Monster” at the now-defunct Warner Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee.

For the 1941 screening of Waggner’s classic Universal monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” at the now-defunct Warner Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee (owned by Universal’s rival, Warner Bros. until the 1948 anti-consent decree when the major studios were forbidden to own theatres/cinema venues), Warner Theatre official Jimmie Barnes dressed up as a “robot”-style figure with “blinking” eyes on his “robot” mask for his costume outfit for interested patrons.

Additional details on the Realart theatrical re-issue of Universal’s “Man-Made Monster”*

*Realart Pictures, who licensed the theatrical re-issue rights to many of the classic mammoth Universal Studios pre-1948 sound feature film masterpieces from Universal in the late 1940s through the mid-1950s decided to change the name of Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal sci-fi monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” with the name of “Atomic Monster” in 1951 to capitalize on the popularity then-modern atomic/sci-fi fiction stories, according to the American Film Institute and Darryl Jones, Elizabeth McCarthy and Bernice M. Murphy’s retrospective in-depth film & TV book, “It Came from the 1950s! Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties.”

1951 Realart theatrical re-issue/lobby card art for the classic mammoth 1941 Universal sci-fi monster masterpiece, “Man-Made Monster,” re-issued by Realart under the title of “The Atomic Monster.”

It was reported that a young up-and-coming film promoter/producer/distributor who worked for Realart at the time of the re-release, James H. Nicholson was consulted about the “Atomic Monster” title by way of film producer Alex Gordon, the brother of film producer/distributor Richard Gordon.  This was after Alex Gordon sent in a story idea to Realart with the “Atomic Monster” name.  According to Tom Weaver’s retrospective in-depth book on his interviews with the numerous pioneers of sci-fi cinema, titled “Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers: 20 Interviews;” Alex Gordon was represented by young entertainment lawyer and up-and-coming producer/distributor Samuel Z. Arkoff– it was reported that Gordon, Nicholson and Arkoff settled their matters over the use of the “Atomic Monster” name.  Indirectly, the early meeting of young Arkoff and young Nicholson in connection to the re-issue/re-marketing of “Man-Made Monster” prompted the two to enter into the field of feature film production/distribution themselves by forming American-International Pictures (as American Releasing Corporation) in 1954 according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection housed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Both Arkoff and Nicholson would have greater feature film successes with their American-International production-distribution firm throughout the majority/remainder of their film careers.

From the 1957 “Shock!” TV syndication package of classic mammoth pre-1948 Universal monster/horror/sci-fi feature film masterpieces, including “Man-Made Monster” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr.

When the TV rights to the majority of the pre-1948 Universal features were originally leased by Universal to rival studio Columbia Pictures’ “Screen Gems” TV unit in 1957; the classic mammoth George Waggner-Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” was featured was featured in the “Shock!” syndication package of pre-1948 Universal monster masterpiece classics; according to a rare, original 1957 Columbia/Screen Gems “Shock!” syndication booklet that was unearthed on the Internet Archive featuring many of the classic mammoth Universal monster masterpieces.  The original “Man-Made Monster” title was preserved.  MCA/Universal re-obtained the television rights to the pre-1948 Universal features beginning in 1971 after Columbia/Screen Gems’ TV leasing rights to the pre-1948 Universal sound feature film catalogue for local TV stations expired. -C.H.

Be sure to watch Svengoolie’s big broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., this Sat. on Me-TV!

Re-print of an original Universal Studios publicity photo of Lon Chaney Jr. in “Man-Made Monster,” this was used for an MCA/Universal television syndication package (ca. early 1970s) of classic mammoth pre-1948 Universal monster/horror masterpiece features, MCA/Universal re-obtained the television rights to the pre-1948 Universal features beginning in 1971, as the TV rights to the majority of the pre-48 Universal features were originally leased by Universal to rival studio Columbia’s “Screen Gems” TV unit in 1957; notably for the “Shock!” syndication package of the classic mammoth pre-1948 Universal monster masterpieces. .

Original 1941 Universal Studios lobby card artwork for Lon Chaney Jr. in “Man-Made Monster.”

Berwyn’s big broadcast legends! And almost ready for the upcoming Fri. Windy City ThunderBolts/Sven game! Svengoolie (portrayed by Rich Koz), Kerwyn and all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners everywhere are all jumping and dancing for joy for his big broadcast of George Waggner’s classic Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Lionel Atwill, Constance “Connie” Bergen, Chester Ganm Ivan Miller, George Meader, Frank Albertson, Samuel S. Hinds, William B. Davidson, Ben Taggart, John Dilson, Frank O’Connor and Byron Foulger; this Sat. on Me-TV!

👍👍🐔🎙️;-) Wonderful, #Svengoolie/Rich & all fellow SvenPals! I watched Lisa Whelchel & Alyssa's "#CollectorsCall" on Me-TV with your guest cameo earlier today & I enjoyed the entire show!
And very awesome, neat & cool Blue "Yeti" USB Microphone setup too! Cheers! #LoveSven! pic.twitter.com/WMCng5ZDh2

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 29, 2023

With Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Lionel Atwill, Constance “Connie” Bergen, Chester Gan, Ivan Miller, George Meader, Frank Albertson, Samuel S. Hinds (as Dr. John Lawrence), William B. Davidson, Ben Taggart, John Dilson, Frank O’Connor Byron Foulger and the make-up effects from veteran Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce; you will not want to miss out on Svengoolie’s big expanded broadcast of George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi monster masterpiece, “Man-Made Monster” (1941); this Sat. on Me-TV!  A wonderful treat for all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi/monster feature film masterpiece aficionados everywhere with Sven’s extensive fun facts, maestro Sven and maestro Doug Graves’ parody song, Sven and Kerwyn’s “Mail Call” segment, fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners’ “Spawn of Svengoolie” guest video cameo auditions, classic Sven moments, Sven surprises and much, mich more! You will not be disappointed!  Highly recommended to all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi/monster feature film masterpiece aficionados everywhere!

**William B. Davidson’s characterization of “Ralph B. Stanley” in “Man-Made Monster” (1941) is not connected to Bluegrass music legend Ralph Stanley (1927-2016). -C.H.

Svengoolie to present his big broadcast of “Man-Made Monster” (1941)

Sat., June 3 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV

To all fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals/fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners/fellow Super readers/fellow subscribers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere: Seriously, Please, please be good, kind, courteous, safe and respectful to each other.   Let’s all look to positive/uplifting enlightenment, wisdom and encouragement from Svengoolie, all fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere, all fellow super Me-TV “Toon In With Me”/”Saturday Morning Cartoons” Tooners, all fellow super Mystery Science Theater 3000/MST3K MSTies everywhere and all fellow super classic film/television aficionados everywhere.  Again, to all fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals and all fellow super Me-TV “Toon In With Me”/”Saturday Morning Cartoons” Tooners, fellow super MST3K MSTies & fellow super classic film & TV aficionados everywhere; safety first, to our fellow super SvenPals/MSTies/Tooners who have not made a plan to get their vaccines yet, be sure to schedule your vaccines, booster vaccines & your flu shot by contacting your doctor/physician/healthcare professional soon, follow all precautions safely and seriously, wear a protective face mask/appropriate protective face covering, wash your hands for approximately 20 sec., avoid touching your face, practice proper social distancing/physical distancing protocols, use a tissue/sleeve when coughing/sneezing, stay home, keep healthy and stay well.   Again, let’s all take preventative measures/steps by being safe, keeping healthy and staying well- and again, we fellow Super SvenPals everywhere highly recommend watching Kerwyn’s informative coronavirus/COVID-19 prevention safety public service announcement!   Escape from anxiety, chaos and stress by relaxing and having fun with Sven and his Sat. evening big broadcasts of classic creature/sci-fi/monster/horror/fantasy feature film masterpieces on Me-TV’s big broadcast airlanes  featuring Sven’s big Me-TV expanded big broadcast of the classic mammoth George Waggner-Universal Studios sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” (1941) featuring Lon Chaney Jr.! Join in on the fun with all fellow super SvenPals everywhere by live-tweeting on the airlanes during Sven’s Sat. evening big broadcasts and.or Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me!”  Again, be good, safety first, keep healthy and stay well, Sven/Rich Koz, the entire Sven/Sventoonie/”Toon In”/Me-TV production team & the entire crowd of fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere!   To quote Svengoolie’s executive producer, Jim Roche: “#KeepCalmAndWatchSven!”  –C.H.

Flashback “Silver Screen Reflections” articles on Sven’s big June 2018 and big Jan. 2021 broadcasts of George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster masterpiece production with Lon Chaney Jr., “Man-Made Monster” (1941)!

"Malls had multiple toy stores in the 1990s!" -Bill to Toony, with the "Star Trek: TNG"/"Data" figurine/ "#ToonInWithMe: Time Machine" on @MeTV!

I sure remember "Kay-Bee"/K-B Toys in my early years! Along with Lionel's "Kiddie City," which was their own version of "Toys 'R' Us!" pic.twitter.com/lpnSQHSMsb

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 31, 2023

Tomorrow magician Benjamin Barnes will perform close-up magic tricks for Bill and Toony! 🪄

Here’s a sneak peek at his magical powers! 😮

Tune in on Thursday, June 1st at 7A | 6C to see more from him!#ToonInWithMe #metv pic.twitter.com/G361cU6GVs

— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) May 31, 2023

Bill and Toony explore the history of magic plus magician Benjamin Barnes astounds them with his magic tricks on Thursday, June 1st! 🎩🐇🪄#ToonInWithMe #metv pic.twitter.com/73oWxSJtNh

— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) June 1, 2023

Good News, fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals! I will be joining all of you for Toony, guest professional magician Benjamin Barnes and Bill’s “Magic” edition of “Toon In With Me” tomorrow/Thurs. morning in the “Toon In With Me” airlanes, fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals!  I enjoyed Toony & Bill’s recent “Time Machine” edition of “Toon In With Me!” -C.H.

Fright Night this Friday! Don't miss out on your chance to meet Svengoolie! pic.twitter.com/ujXscmDEb3

— Windy City ThunderBolts (@WCThunderBolts) May 30, 2023

Extra! Extra! Extra! Harry Caray, Curtiss Blurtiss and all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners of Berwyn/Chicago and beyond are all dancing & jumping for joy for the legendary Svengoolie’s upcoming guest appearance with the legendary Windy City ThunderBolts Minor League Baseball team and their upcoming “Fright Night” festival on Fri. evening/Sven eve, June 2 at Ozinga Field (14011 South Kenton Ave., Crestwood, Illinois; 60418)!  There will be a pre-game costume festival for attendees in their favorite Sven/classic horror/monster/sci-fi/animation-themed costumes at 6 p.m. (local time), followed by Sven’s ceremonial first pitch of the game at 6:45 p.m. (local time), numerous Sven and “Fright Night” surprises, a 7th inning charitable custom Sven-style ThunderBolts jersey silent auction to benefit the Illinois Make-A-Wish foundation and a post-game fireworks show!  Additional details and last-minute ticket purchasing information is available on the official website for the Windy City ThunderBolts!  To all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners of Berwyn/Chicago/Crestwood and from coast-to-coast who are attending the Sven/ThunderBolts’ “Fright Night” game festival: Please, please follow all official health/safety precautions seriously and have fun/enjoy Sven’s guest appearance at the Windy City Thunderbolts’ Sven/”Fright Night” 2023 game at Ozinga Field! -C.H.

Enter today for your chance to be featured in the “Spawn of Svengoolie” guest video audition showcase for one of Sven’s future big broadcasts!  Many fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners everywhere have been featured during Sven’s ”Spawn Stars” segments on his big broadcasts and you could be featured in a future Svengoolie big broadcast on the airlanes of Me-TV if you enter in the “Spawn of Svengoolie” guest video audition!  Sven & his Me-TV broadcast crew are still accepting & reviewing guest cameo video audition submissions!  We fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners highly recommend entering your “Spawn of Sven” audition video today via the official Svengoolie app from Me-TV for your smartphone/tablet!  

There’s something for everyone on the official Sven/Toon In With Me/Me-TV Mall online store! Including official Sven blankets, Sven & “Toon In” mugs, Sven, Sventoonie & “Toon In” apparel, Sven beverage tumblers, Sven hats, Sven smartphone cases, Sven buttons, Sven magnets & the Sven figurine!  To quote Sven, “No Personal Checks!” Only purchase official Svengoolie/Sventoonie/”Toon In With Me”/Me-TV and/or officially-licensed Sven/Sventoonie/”Toon In With Me”/Me-TV merchandise items! Beware of imitations! Avoid imitation products! -C.H.

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No surprise here either…. #Svengoolie pic.twitter.com/sGEhLiTUY1

— Nanette (@disgruntmonkey) May 30, 2023

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Extra! Extra! Extra! Cameo mentions of fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners!

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Extra! Extra! Extra! Fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners danced & jumped for joy when fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie and Nanette Keir recently commemorated #SarahgoolieSunday featuring a photo of Nanette’s wonderful Sarahgoolie & Sven/Malört figurine art creation masterpiece!

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Extra! Extra! Extra! Wait! There’s More! Fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners danced and jumped for joy when fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPal Sarah Rhodes and her wonderful Svengoolie skateboard art creation masterpiece cameos were featured in Sven’s recent big broadcast of the cult classic mammoth sci-fi creature masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959) on the airlanes of Me-TV!  Sidebar/Update: My recorder malfunctioned during the concluding Sven/”The Killer Shrews”/”Hand at the Door” moment at the end of the big broadcast for reasons unknown. I’m hoping that my recorder will be fully & completely functioning for Sven’s upcoming/future big broadcasts with your wonderful Sven skateboard art creation masterpiece cameos, Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners! Fingers crossed! -C.H.

"Known as 'The Old Scotchman'!" –#Svengoolie's fun facts on radio broadcaster & "The #KillerShrews" (1959) co-producer Gordon McLendon on Me-TV!

Big, big congrats to fellow SvenPal Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie (@DoctorRhodes)'s Sven skate art cameo! Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/wPEZpZsGJM

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 28, 2023

"In 'The Big Steal..' 'DeSoto' stole an 'Edsel'?" –#Svengoolie's fun facts about Alfredo DeSoto & classic cars/"The #KillerShrews" (1959) on Me-TV!

And another glimpse of fellow SvenPal @DoctorRhodes' Sven skate art! Cheers, Sarah/Sarahgoolie! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/oyVBKiePHA

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 28, 2023

"Battling Big 'Shrews' causes 'Big Thirst'!" -Zalman T. Tombstone & #Svengoolie's classic "Shrew Brew"* parody ad & Sven's classic 2014 "Flashback Weekend" moments w/the "Nightmare on Elm Street" alums during "The #KillerShrews" (1959) on @MeTV!

*What about "Shrew Malört?" -C.H. pic.twitter.com/uuCCipxXqm

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 28, 2023

Alright Tooners, we want to see your fan art!! 🎨🖼️

Check out our fan gallery for inspiration and send it to us here:https://t.co/bEHZYA2BlK

You might just see it on the show 😉#ToonInWithMe #metv pic.twitter.com/pNacZWpP18

— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) May 27, 2023

Extra! Extra! Extra! Wait! Wait! There’s More! Fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners danced & jumped for joy when fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPal/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooner Drew Love spotted the recent Me-TV “Toon In With Me” art gallery infographic featuring fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPal/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooner Nanette Keir and her wonderful “Kerwyn vs. Toony” art creation masterpiece! Fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals danced & jumped for joy when fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPal/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooner Nanette Keir spotted the recent “Toon In With Me” art gallery infographic/also featuring fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPal/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooner Makayla Stormer/Storgoolie and her wonderful “Toony Cupcake” art creation masterpiece!  We fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners are all looking forward to seeing Nanette and Makayla’s wonderful “Toon In” art creation masterpieces on future “Toon In With Me” big broadcasts on the airlanes of Me-TV!

Finished my Dondi #Svengoolie mashup. I included the sketch and the original comic that inspired me. Hope you like it! #SvenPals pic.twitter.com/RjcY6KMyPt

— Nanette (@disgruntmonkey) May 30, 2023

Extra! Extra! Extra! Wait! Wait! Wait! There’s more! Fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners danced & jumped for joy when fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPal/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooner Nanette Keir recently debuted her wonderful Svengoolie & Kerwyn/”Dondi”-style art creation masterpiece!

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1661706179196727298

👍👍🐔🐟🍩🎙️;-) #LoveSven! Wonderful! Happy Sarahgoolie/#Svengoolie Eve..Eve, Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow Super #SvenPals/ Tooners! Big, big congratulations on your guest cameo in the Sarahgoolie edition of Chris Connolly's "Sven-ology!" Cheers to all! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/yqgV07zgxn

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 25, 2023

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1661746367646294018

Update: Good News! Your wonderful Sarahgoolie art creation masterpiece reply finally appeared on the airlanes, Sarah/Sarahgoolie!  I highly appreciate your concerns/wisdom!

Cheers! Woo-Hoo! “Hi-Keeba! “-C.H.

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1661706551671881728

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1661707923813199874

👍👍🐔🐟🍩🎙️;-) We must find 3-D Glasses.. Toony found some! 😉 Good "#ToonInWithMe" Mornin', Drew, Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow Super #Tooners/SvenPals! Wonderful to be with all of you for today's Toony & Bill "The 1960's" festival on @MeTV! Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/dv0FPhESoM

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 25, 2023

Let’s not forget #Kerwyn!

3-D glasses supplied by Sarah, thanks again, Kerwyn won’t give them back…#Svengoolie pic.twitter.com/xTao2QSzAk

— Nanette (@disgruntmonkey) May 25, 2023

👍👍🐔🐟🍩🎙️;-) #LoveSven! Wonderful! The #Kerwyn figurine art creation with 3-D Glasses! Very awesome, neat & cool, Nanette, Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Drew & all fellow Super #SvenPals/Super Tooners of #Svengoolie & "Toon In" everywhere!
Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/4fYonGOERL

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 25, 2023

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1661763582885785601

👍👍🐔🐟🍩🎙️;-) #LoveSven! Wonderful!
I just came across your post! From the Museum of Broadcast Communications' "Meet the Press" set! Very awesome, neat & cool, Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette, Drew & all fellow #Svengoolie Super #SvenPals/Tooners! Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/TTKke2qVHX

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 26, 2023

👍👍🐔🐟🍩😂🤣🎙️;-) Chuckle! #LoveSven! And "Kerwyn Jr." may have found a "Chicken Relative!" Glad you all enjoyed this week's article, Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette & all fellow #Svengoolie Super #SvenPals! Highly appreciated! Big, big Congrats/Cheers to All! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/IgEupCmZGr

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 25, 2023

👍👍🐔🐟🍩;-) My parents talked about "Rax"- it closed in my home area shortly before I was born (b. 1988)- Good @MeTV Mornin', Dragongoolie & all fellow Super #Tooners-SvenPals! Wonderful to be with all of you for #ToonInWithMe/Toony & Bill/1960s today! Cheers/Woo-Hoo! Hi-Keeba! pic.twitter.com/Fqn2vpnNYG

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 25, 2023

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1661734631174193154

👍👍🐔🐟🍩🎙️;-) Interesting! I just came across this! Thank you for sharing the video of one of the last #Rax locations near Joliet, Illinois; Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Dragongoolie & all fellow Super #Tooners/SvenPals of #ToonInWithMe! Cheers to all! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/1wGquVZjlp

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 26, 2023

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1662407002008567809

👍👍🐔🎙️;-) Wonderful! #LoveSven!
Radio Rich Koz & Son of Sven! Happy early Sarahgoolie & #Svengoolie Saturday, Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow #SvenPals everywhere! See you all this evening for Sven's big Me-TV broadcast/"The Killer Shrews" (1959)!
Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/ebJWDww0ps

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 27, 2023

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1662588768241459201

👍👍🐔🎙️;-) #LoveSven! Wonderful! Highly appreciated, Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow #SvenPals of Sarahgoolie & #Svengoolie everywhere!
See you all for this evening's Sven big broadcast! Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/RC6s88NYyG

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 27, 2023

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1662611922741788673

👍👍🐔🎙️;-) Wonderful! #LoveSven! Watching with all of you in the Sarahgoolie & Sven airlanes! Happy #Svengoolie Sat., Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow SvenPals! Wonderful to be back with all of you for Sven/"The Killer Shrews!" Sarahgoolie & Sven Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" @MeTV pic.twitter.com/Sw6eKJNVIb

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 28, 2023

👍👍🐔🎙️;-) Wonderful! #LoveSven! The Sarahgoolie & Sven Malört art creation! Very awesome, neat & cool, Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette & all fellow #Svengoolie Super SvenPals! #SarahgoolieSunday Cheers to you all! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/mx3S77bnyq

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 29, 2023

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1663501244563070976

👍👍🐔🐟🍩🍕🎙️;-) Precisely! Good Toony and "#ToonInWithMe" Morning, Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow Super #Tooners-SvenPals of the @MeTV airlanes! Wonderful to be with all of you for Toony, Teddy & Bill's "Toon In: Fitness" today!
Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/BGhRu22xpu

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 30, 2023

👍👍🐔🐟🍩;-) Wonderful News! Good Toon In Morning, Drew, Nanette & all fellow Super #Tooners/SvenPals! Wonderful to be with all of you for Toony, Tessa & Bill's retro "Documentary" #ToonInWithMe! Big, big congrats on Nanette's art in the @MeTV gallery! Cheers! Woo-Hoo! Hi-Keeba! pic.twitter.com/gyARWQPoSx

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 29, 2023

Thanks so much, Drew and Christopher, I also see @StudioMakayla Toony cupcake in there. So many amazing pieces of artwork in that #ToonInWithMe showcase!

— Nanette (@disgruntmonkey) May 29, 2023

👍👍🐔🐟🍩;-) Wonderful! Highly appreciated, Nanette, Makayla, Drew & all fellow Super #Tooners/SvenPals of @MeTV everywhere!
Big, big congratulations on your "Toon In" art creations in the "#ToonInWithMe" gallery!
Cheers to everyone! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/RHQcXWF8zH

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 29, 2023

https://twitter.com/DoctorRhodes/status/1663523836896350209

👍👍🐔🐟🍩🎙️;-) Chuckle! 😉 All of us are dancing & jumping for joy to the "Cleam™ Pit Check Lawn Sprinkler™" dance of joy, Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Drew & all fellow Super #Tooners/Super SvenPals of "#ToonInWithMe" & @MeTV! 😉
Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/9xyxphlWDs

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 30, 2023

👍👍🐔🐟🍩🎙️;-) Wonderful! And very awesome, neat & cool TMNT figurine! Good Toony & "#ToonInWithMe" Morning, Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow @MeTV Super #Tooners/SvenPals! Wonderful to be with all of you today for Toony & Bill's Time Machine! Cheers! Cowabunga! Woo-Hoo! Hi-Keeba! pic.twitter.com/bQROGegu7o

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 31, 2023

👍👍🐔🐟🍩;-) Wonderful! #LoveSven! Very awesome, neat & cool #Dondi/#Svengoolie & Kerwyn art creation collage, Nanette & all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners! Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/41IK8pWWnx

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 31, 2023

Thanks Christopher!

— Nanette (@disgruntmonkey) May 31, 2023

👍👍🐔🐟🍩;-) #LoveSven! Wonderful! Highly appreciated, Nanette & all fellow Super #SvenPals/Super Tooners of #Svengoolie & "Toon In" everywhere! Cheers! Woo-Hoo! "Hi-Keeba!" pic.twitter.com/GLZZsuikJb

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) May 31, 2023

👍👍🐔🎙️;-) #LoveSven! Highly appreciated, Sarah/Sarahgoolie & all fellow Super #SvenPals/Super Tooners of Sarahgoolie & #Svengoolie! And Good News/Wonderful News! Your Sarahgoolie art creation reply finally appeared on the airlanes!
Sarahgoolie & Sven Cheers! Woo-Hoo! Hi-Keeba! pic.twitter.com/qfYZdFuEc0

— Christopher Hamby (@chrishambyfilms) June 1, 2023

Congratulations to Sarah/Sarahgoolie & Nanette on the wonderful Sarahgoolie & Sven Malört art figurine creation masterpiece for “Sarahgoolie Sunday!” Congratulation to Sarah/Sarahgoolie on your wonderful Svengoolie skateboard art creation masterpiece cameo featured in Sven’s recent big broadcast of “The Killer Shrews” (1959) on Me-TV! Congratulations to Drew on spotting Nanette’s wonderful “Toony & Kerwyn” art creation masterpiece in the Me-TV art gallery! Congratulations to Nanette on spotting Makayla/Storgoolie’s wonderful “Toony Cupcake” art creation masterpiece in the Me-TV art gallery! Congratulations to Nanette & Makayla on their upcoming wonderful “Toon In With Me” art creation masterpieces that will appear in future Toony & Bill big broadcasts! Very awesome, neat & cool! We’re all dancing & jumping for joy for all of you, Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette, Drew, Makayla/Storgoolie, Dragongoolie & all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners! Good News! I will see you all in the Thurs. Morning/June 1 airlanes for the Live-Tweeting of Toony, Benjamin & Bill’s “Magic” edition of “Toon In With Me,” the upcoming Fri. “Toon In With Me” & Sven/”Man-Made Monster” & future Sven & “Toon In” big broadcasts on the airlanes of Me-TV, Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette, Drew, Makayla/Storgoolie, Dragongoolie & all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners everywhere!  Safety first, keep healthy, three cheers, two thumbs up & all the best to Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette, Drew, Makayla/Storgoolie, Dragongoolie  & all fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super Chicagoons™/Super broadcasters/Super DJs/Super artists/Super photographers everywhere, Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette, Drew, Makayla/Storgoolie & Dragongoolie!  Cheers to Sarah/Sarahgoolie, Nanette, Drew, Makayla/Storgoolie, Dragongoolie & all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super broadcasters/Super DJs/Super artists/Super photographers! Yippee! “Yee-Howdy!” Hooray! Woo-Hoo! “Hi-Keeba!”

That’s a wrap on #JamminWithJamie #290! Jam with us again next time to a set of school and summer vacation songs! Get requests in ASAP! If you want the recording of this or another show, let me know! @WNUR893

— Jamie Lee (@JackalopeJamie) May 27, 2023

Extra! Extra! Extra! Be sure to listen to fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPal/Super Jammer Jamie Lee’s upcoming big broadcast jam session festival of Summer-themed tunes on “Jammin’ with Jamie” this Sat. morning, June 3 at 6 a.m. Central/7 a.m. Eastern on the airlanes of WNUR-FM 89.3/Northwestern University Radio in the greater Berwyn/Chicago region, WNUR.org and/or WNUR via TuneIn from coast-to-coast and around the globe!  Get your last-minute “Music about Music” song requests via Jamie’s official website and/or Twitter site!

Congratulations to Jamie/J-Gor on your upcoming wonderful “Jammin’ with Jamie: Summer Tunes” jam session big broadcast on WNUR/Northwestern University Radio, Jamie!  Very awesome, neat & cool! We’re all dancing/jumping for joy for you, Jamie/J-Gor! Fingers crossed for all airlanes!  Safety first, keep healthy, keep up the wonderful & excellent work, stay well, three cheers/two thumbs up & all the best to Jamie & to all fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super artists/super broadcasters/Super DJs/Super jammers everywhere! Cheers to Jamie! Yippee! Hooray! “Yee-Howdy!” Woo-Hoo! “Hi-Keeba!” -C.H.

In connection to “Man-Made Monster” (1941):

“The most amazing Monster the World has ever known!” Latter 1951 Realart re-issue/tinted lobby card for the classic mammoth Universal sci-fi monster masterpiece, “Man-Made Monster” (1941), under the 1951 theatrical re-issue title of “Atomic Monster” with Lon Chaney Jr.

George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster/sci-fi masterpiece production of “Man-Made Monster” (1941) is also available as part of Shout! Factory’s Scream Factory imprint and their multi-film Blu-Ray disc box set collection of classic Universal horror masterpiece features, “Universal Horror Collection: Vol. 3,” sourced from Universal’s recent High-Definition transfer with bonus commentary from authors/film historians Tom Weaver and Constantine Nasr and a still gallery (by arrangement with Universal Studios).   George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi monster masterpiece is also available as part of  Universal’s multi-film DVD anthology set, “Universal Horror: Classic Movie Archive.”  “Man-Made Monster” (1941) is also available as a standalone DVD title through Universal’s manufactured-on-demand “Vault Series” of rare/hard-to-find Universal/Universal owned-features and TV series, including select titles from the MCA collection of the classic mammoth pre-1948 Paramount sound feature film masterpieces.

Questions/Comments about “Svengoolie” and/or “Man-Made Monster” (1941)? Drop a line in the comments section!

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Killer Shrews” (1959), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy upcoming big broadcast of a cult classic mammoth sci-fi creature masterpiece production.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Killer Shrews” (1959)

“All that was left after.. ‘The Killer Shrews’!” Original 1959 Gordon McLendon tinted publicity photo/lobby card for “The Killer Shrews” with James Best, Ingrid Goude, Gordon McLendon and Baruch Lumet.

The legendary & iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/creature feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Killer Shrews” (1959), this Sat., May 27 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“The Killer Shrews” (1959) was directed by veteran visual effects/matte artist-turned second-unit director Ray Kellogg.

Throughout his film & TV career, Kellogg worked on numerous classic mammoth feature film & TV masterpiece productions for major studio Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios).  He worked as part of the visual effects team for Robert Wise’s classic mammoth critically-acclaimed sci-fi masterpiece production of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951) with Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Locke Martin, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, young Billy Gray (later of TV’s “Father Knows Best” fame) and  Frances Bavier (later of TV’s “The Andy Griffith Show” fame).  Kellogg also worked on special photographic effects for Richard Brooks’ classic mammoth film noir-drama masterpiece with Humphrey Bogart, Kim Hunter, Ethel Barrymore and Jim Backus, “Deadline U.S.A.” (1952), for Jean Negulesco’s classic mammoth CinemaScope widescreen romantic comedy masterpiece with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall and Rory Calhoun, “How To Marry a Millionaire” (1953), Billy Wilder‘s classic mammoth romantic comedy masterpiece production of “The Seven-Year Itch” (1955) with Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes and Carolyn Jones (of 1953’s “House of Wax” fame and TV’s “The Addams Family” fame), Robert D. Webb‘s classic mammoth drama masterpiece production of “Love Me Tender” (1956) with the legendary Elvis Presley (which helped introduce his classic mammoth 1956 RCA-Victor song recording masterpiece of the same name), Debra Paget and Richard Egan and Frank Tashlin‘s classic mammoth rock musical-comedy masterpiece production of “The Girl Can’t Help It” (1956) with the legendary Little Richard, Jayne Mansfield, the legendary Fats Domino, the legendary Julie London (who was married to Jack Webb of “Dragnet” fame), the legendary singing group The Platters, the legendary Eddie Cochran, legendary composer Ray Anthony, Ewell, the legendary Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps and Edmond O’Brien.

He also worked as a second unit director for Joseph L. Mankiewicz‘s classic mammoth spectacle masterpiece production of the dramatization of the reign of Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra IV,  “Cleopatra” (1963) with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Martin Landau (later of TV’s “Mission: Impossible: and “Space: 1999” fame) Roddy McDowall, Hume Cronyn, Carroll O’Connor (later of TV’s “All in the Family” fame and TV’s “In the Heat of the Night” fame) and Michael Gwynn (of Hammer Horror fame, 1960’s “Village of the Damned” fame and the 1975 BBC TV pilot episode of John Cleese’s “Fawlty Towers” fame)- the production of “Cleopatra” took several years to film due in part to multiple production conflicts and a lengthy production schedule- the production nearly sank Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) into bankruptcy until studio mogul Darryl F. Zanuck regained control of Twentieth Century Fox that same year (originally a merged company of Zanuck’s Twentieth Century Pictures and the financially-plagued Fox Film Corporation back in 1935) and for  Leslie H. Martinson’s classic mammoth feature film live-action adventure masterpiece adaptation production of the DC Comics superhero series based off the classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)/ABC TV live-action masterpiece adaptation of “Batman” (1966) with Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Lee Meriwether, Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp.

The screenplay for Kellogg’s production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959) was written by veteran film and TV screenwriter Jay Simms.  Simms also co-wrote the screenplay with John Morton for Ray Milland’s classic mammoth sci-fi/thriller/horror masterpiece production for Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures, titled “Panic In Year Zero” (1962) with Milland, Jean Hagen and singer Frankie Avalon (in one of his pre-“Beach Party” feature films during his film career at Arkoff and Nicholson’s American-International).

“After receiving latest Chicago ‘Pulse’ Ratings Report!” Original 1963 advertising leaflet for Gordon McLendon’s group of radio stations, this is one for WYNR/Chicago, known today as WGRB.

Kellogg and Curtis’ cult classic mammoth 1959 sci-fi/horror/thriller masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” was also produced by veteran Texas-based radio broadcaster/radio station owner Gordon McLendon, through the monikers of his “McLendon-Radio Pictures” and “Hollywood Pictures Corporation”* monikers, according to IMDB and a 1980 Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable) retrospective article on the life and career of Gordon McLendon.   He founded his group of radio stations under the “Liberty Broadcasting System” moniker, or LBS**- which later turned into the McLendon group of stations and described play-by-play re-tellings of certain football and baseball games under the on-air alias persona of “The Old Scotchman;” according to the Soceity for American Baseball Research retrospective on McLendon.

He was noted as one of the many pioneers of the top-40 music format on most of his radio stations with the addition/introduction of station jingles by local Dallas-based singing groups and several pioneering jingle production companies. He also specialized in pioneering all-news and easy-listening music formats on his line of radio stations.  He even dubbed one of his music formats in March 1960 on one of his radio stations as the “McLendon Sound of the Sixties,” according to Broadcasting (Broadcasting & Cable).

A visual aircheck glimpse of KLIF Radio in Dallas during the final year of Gordon McLendon‘s ownership of the station in 1971, featuring disc jockey Mike Selden; filmed by Public TV station KERA (via the KERA archives from the G. William Jones Film & Video archive housed at Southern Methodist University).  Note Selden’s RCA 77-DX microphone setup, the Gates/Harris radio broadcast mixing console, cart machines and the close-up of the 45 r.p.m. single on the turntable in the snippet- it should be noted that the wrong record footage is featured when the source recording of the legendary John Lennon & the legendary Plastic Ono Band‘s classic mammoth 1971 Apple Records masterpiece recording of “Imagine” is featured in the aircheck- the incorrect record that was shown was the legendary Neil Diamond‘s classic mammoth 1966/70 Bang Records masterpiece recording of “Solitary Man.” Surprised that the footage of the Apple Records label/single of Lennon’s “Imagine”  wasn’t filmed in the KLIF Radio broadcast studio booth when “Imagine” was playing on the airlanes. -C.H.

Some of the radio stations that McLendon owned throughout the years included Dallas’ KLIF, Chicago’s WYNR/WNUS, today’s WGRB;, Los Angeles’ KOST and Louisville’s WAKY.  It was also noted alongside his pioneering radio station formats on the stations that he owned throughout his years in broadcasting, McLendon was also responsible for his radio stations’ pioneering promotional tie-ins and contest giveaways, including “money balloons” and $50,000 “treasure hunt” giveaways to local listeners within his stations’ target market.  McLendon also owned numerous movie theaters and drive-in theaters in his entertainment career; according to Cornell R. Miller’s Sept. 2019 retrospective article on McLendon’s foray into motion pictures for Dallas (D) Magazine, titled “The Time a Radio Legend Brought a Taste of Hollywood to Town.”

It was also noted that Kellogg’s “The Killer Shrews” was filmed on location at McLendon’s Cielo Ranch in Lake Dallas, Texas; according to additional details from IMDB, additional details from Cornell R. Miller’s Sept. 2019 article for D (Dallas) Magazine, “The Time a Radio Legend brought a Taste of Hollywood to Town” and Ronald Garay’s 1992 retrospective book on McLendon’s life and career, “Gordon McLendon: The Maverick of Radio,” The broadcast veteran mogul invited the entire cast and the entire production crew to come to his ranch for his interest into motion picture productions and managed to keep everyone in his productions happy throughout the entire filming schedule of his own productions. McLendon’s original intention for filming his own feature film productions at his Lake Dallas, Texas Ranch complex was done as a cost-saving method instead of allocating funds to film at another ranch within the immediate Dallas/Ft. Worth region and/or traveling to one of the major studio “movie ranch” locations/studio lots within Los Angeles/Burbank/Hollywood, California.

The trio of Kellogg, Curtis and McLendon produced another production together on the McLendon Cielo Ranch, titled “My Dog, Buddy” (1959).  Their latter production was released theatrically for coast-to-coast distribution through major Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures, according to Clive Hirschorn’s retrospective book on the history of and the most memorable films of Columbia Pictures; “The Columbia Story;”   It was also noted that McLendon was also one of the largest shareholders of Columbia Pictures at one point, according to additional details from the 1980 Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable) article on McLendon.

This will mark Sven’s second big coast-to-coast broadcast of the cult classic mammoth Kellogg-McLendon sci-fi creature masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased “The Killer Shrews” (1959) as a Me-TV coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in August 2022.

In Sven’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Svengoolie previously showcased the cult classic mammoth 1959 Kellogg-Curtis-McLendon sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” on his hometown TV station, Berwyn/Chicago’s WCIU-TV 26 back in 1996, according to IMDB and fellow Super SvenPal WolfmanSlick’s YouTube channel.

Who was in the Kellogg-Curtis-McLendon production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959)?

The players who appeared in the cult classic mammoth Kellogg-Curtis-McLendon sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959) were James Best (as Thorne Sherman),  Ken Curtis (as Jerry Farrell), Ingrid Goude (as Ann Craigis),  Judge Henry Dupree (as “Rook” Griswold), a cameo by Gordon McLendon (as Dr. Radford Baines), Baruch Lumet (as Dr. Marlowe Craigis) and Alfredo de Soto (credited under the name of Alfred deSoto, as Mario).