“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944), 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 Universal Studios “Invisible” sci-fi/monster series installment masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944)

John Carradine and Jon Hall in Ford Beebe‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios “Invisible” sci-fi/monster masterpiece production of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944). Sidebar: The original Universal theatrical release trailer and/or the latter Realart theatrical re-release trailer(s) for “The Invisible Man’s Revenge are unavailable as of this writing. -C.H.

“A ‘Trail of Terror’!” Original 1944 Universal Studios theatrical poster art for “The Invisible Man’s Revenge.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/sci-fi feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944), this Sat.; March 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1944 Universal “Invisible” sci-fi/monster feature film masterpiece installment was directed by veteran newspaper journalist-turned-feature film screenwriter/director/producer Ford Beebe. Beebe previously wrote the screenplay for Joseph Kane’s classic mammoth Republic Pictures western musical drama masterpiece with legendary singing cowboy Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lucile Browne and George “Gabby” Hayes, “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” (1935, inspired by the legendary Sons of the Pioneers & their classic mammoth 1934 U.S. Decca country & western masterpiece recording, which was also one of Autry’s classic mammoth country & western masterpiece recordings that he & his trio recorded in 1935 for Brunswick/Melotone and was quickly re-issued on the record label that Autry was associated with for most of his recording career, Columbia Records/CBS along with Columbia/CBS’ OKeh imprint).

Beebe’s other productions that he was involved with included the classic mammoth Universal serial masterpiece adaptation  of “Buck Rogers” (1939, co-directed with Saul A. Goodkind) with Olympic swimming champion Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore and Jackie Moran; the latter classic mammoth Universal “Flash Gordon” serial masterpiece adaptation installment  “Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe” (1940, co-directed with Ray Taylor) with Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton and Anne Gwynne; the classic mammoth Universal serial masterpiece adaptation of “The Green Hornet” (1940) with Gordon Jones, Keye Luke and Anne Nagel;  and his classic mammoth Universal horror feature masterpiece production of  “Night Monster” (1942) with Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Irene Hervey, Leif Erickson, Ralph Morgan, Don Porter, Nils Asther, Doris Lloyd, Frank Reicher, Francis Pierlot, Robert Homans, Janet Shaw, Eddy Waller and Cyril Delevanti.  Alongside directing “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” Beebe also served as producer of the 1944 classic mammoth Universal “Invisible” sci-fi/monster masterpiece adaptation installment.

The screenplay for Beebe’s classic mammoth 1944 Universal “Invisible” sci-fi/monster feature masterpiece installment production was inspired by veteran sci-fi author H.G. Wells’ 1897 sci-fi novel, “The Invisible Man” and was adapted for the 1944 Universal feature installment by screenwriter Jane MacDonald.  The screenplay for Beebe’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster feature film masterpiece production installment of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944) was written by veteran screenwriter Bertram Millhauser.  Millhauser previously wrote the screenplay treatment for two classic mammoth Universal “Sherlock Holmes” wartime feature film mystery masterpiece adaptations inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle‘s mystery characters featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, Roy William Neill‘s “Sherlock Holmes in Washington” (1943, with a pre-“Danny Thomas Show” Marjorie Lord and George Zucco; Milhauser also wrote the original story treatment for the aforementioned Universal “Sherlock Holmes” production) and Neill’s “Sherlock Holmes Faces Death” (1943, with Hillary Brooke and a pre-“Gunsmoke” Milburn Stone).

Beebe’s production of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944) marked the fifth installment in Universal’s classic mammoth “Invisible” sci-fi/monster feature film masterpiece series.

The earlier features in the studio’s classic mammoth “Invisible” sci-fi/monster feature film masterpiece series were James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/onster masterpiece adaptation of “The Invisible Man” (1933) with Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers, Una O’Connor, Forrester Harvey, William Harrigan, Holmes Herbert, Dudley Digges; Joe May‘s classic mammoth Universal “Invisible” sci-fi/monster masterpiece installment of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940) with young Vincent Price, Nan Grey, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Napier (later of TV’s “Batman” fame), Cecil Kellaway, John Sutton and Forrester Harvey;  A. Edward Sutherland’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/monster/comedy masterpiece installment of “The Invisible Woman” (1940) with Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, Margaret Hamilton (of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame), Shemp Howard (of “The Three Stooges” fame), Charlie Ruggles, Maria Montez, Anne Nagel, Oscar Homolka, John Howard, Edward Brophy, Mary Gordon, Kathryn Adams, Donald MacBrideThurston Hall and  Charles Lane and  Edwin L. Marin‘s classic mammoth Universal wartime sci-fi masterpiece production of “Invisible Agent” (1942) with Jon Hall, Ilona Massey, Peter Lorre, Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Keye Luke, Holmes Herbert, J. Edward Bromberg, Albert Bassermann, John Litel, Bobbie Hale, Wallace Scott, John Burton, James Craven, Leslie Denison, Alberto Morin, Walter Tetley, John Holland, Milburn Stone, Sven Hugo Borg and Mabel Colcord.

This will mark Sven’s fifth big coast-to-coast broadcast of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Beebe’s classic mammoth 1944 Universal “Invisible” monster/sci-fi masterpiece installment as a Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in May 2011 and as regular Me-TV big broadcasts back in Sept. 2011, June 2013 and Aug. 2015.

In Son of Sven/Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased the classic mammoth Universal “Invisible” monster/sci-fi masterpiece production of Ford Beebe’s “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere during Sven/Rich’s days as the Son of Svengoolie on WFLD in the Berwyn/Chicago area in July 1980; according to IMDB.

Who was in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944)?

The players who appeared in Ford Beebe’s classic mammoth Universal “Invisible” sci-fi/monster masterpiece installment of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944) were Jon Hall (as Robert Griffin/the “Invisible Man”), Evelyn Ankers (as Julie Herrick), John Carradine (as Dr. Peter Drury), Gale Sondergaard (as Irene, Lady Herrick), Leon Errol (as Herbert Higgins), Alan Curtis (as Mark Foster), Lester Matthews (as Sir Jasper Herrick), Halliwell Hobbes (as Cleghorn), Leyland Hodgson (as Sir Frederick Travers, Hodgson received screen credit as “Leland Hodgson” in the 1944 production), Cyril Delevanti (as shopkeeper Malty Bill), Billy Bevan (in an uncredited role as a police sergeant), Doris Lloyd (in an uncredited role as Maud) and William J. O’Brien (in an uncredited role as a pub patron).

Svengoolie presents his big broadcast of Vincent Price in “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic Universal Studios mammoth “Invisible” monster sequel masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of Vincent Price in “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940)

Altered trailer for Joe May’s classic mammoth Universal “Invisible Man” monster sequel masterpiece with Vincent Price, “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940).

Original 1940 Universal Studios theatrical poster art for “The Invisible Man Returns” with Vincent Price.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/horror/sci-fi film host will present his big broadcast of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940), this Sat.; Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

Produced as a sequel to James Whale’s earlier classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (1933, with Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Una O’Connor and Henry Travers); the 1940 Universal classic “Invisible Man” monster masterpiece sequel installment was directed by veteran director Joe May.  May also directed the classic Universal crime-mystery-drama production of “The House of Fear” (1939) with Irene Hervey, William Gargan, Dorothy Arnold and Walter Woolf King and the classic Universal action-adventure-comedy production of “Hit the Road” (1941) with Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Evelyn Ankers, a pre-“Three Stooges” Shemp Howard,  Barton MacLane and Gladys George.  Inspired by Wells’ novel, May also wrote the original story idea with veteran sci-fi writer Curt Siodmak, who later wrote the screenplay for George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal werewolf monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains and Ralph Bellamy.  Siodmak also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation from his own original story idea with veteran screenwriter from his original story idea with May.

May’s classic 1940 Universal “Invisible Man” monster sequel masterpiece was produced by veteran studio associate producer Ken Goldsmith.  Three years after the original 1940 theatrical release of “The Invisible Man Returns,” Goldsmith died in 1943 after completing the production of Erle C. Kenton’s Universal musical comedy production, “Always A Bridesmaid” (1943) with the popular singing trio of The Andrews Sisters/Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Laverne Andrews.

This will mark Sven’s fifth big broadcast of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased May’s classic mammoth 1940 Universal “Invisible Man” monster sequel back in July 2011*, March 2013, Dec. 2014 and Jan. 2017.

Who was in Joe May’s classic Universal mammoth monster sequel masterpiece production of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940)?

The players who appeared in Joe May’s Universal production of “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940) were Vincent Price (as Geoffrey Radcliffe), Sir Cedric Hardwicke (as Richard Cobb), Nan Grey (as Helen Manson), Alan Napier (as Willie Spears), John Sutton (as Dr. Frank Griffin), Cecil Kellaway (as Sampson), Forrester Harvey (as Ben Jenkins) and Billy Bevan (in an uncredited role as Jim).

“Svengoolie” to showcase “The Invisible Ray” (1936), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie pals will be jumping for joy this weekend as he will be showcase a vintage Universal Studios thriller with two iconic screen legends.

“Svengoolie” presents: “The Invisible Ray” (1936)

1936 Universal Studios trailer for “The Invisible Ray” (with Realart re-issue end titles).

1936 Universal Studios poster art for “The Invisible Ray.”

The legendary Chicago/Berwyn-based horror film host will be showing “The Invisible Ray,” this Sat., Aug. 19 at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The film was directed by Lambert Hillyer, who also directed “Dracula’s Daughter” (which was also released by Universal in 1936) and the 1943 Columbia Pictures “Batman” serial film series.

This will be Sven’s fourth telecast of “The Invisible Ray” on Me-TV.  He had previously shown the 1936 Universal Studios thriller in June 2013, Jan. 2014 and May 2015.

Who was in “The Invisible Ray?”

The players who appeared in Hillyer’s screen thriller were Boris Karloff (as Dr. Janos Rukh), Bela Lugosi (as Dr. Felix Benet), Frances Drake (as Diane Rukh), Frank Lawton (as Ronald Drake), Beulah Bondi (as Lady Arabella Stevens), Walter Kingsford (as Sir Francis Stevens) and Violet Kemble Cooper (as Mother Rukh).