“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) with Grant Williams & Lola Albright, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing for joy his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi masterpiece feature production.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) with Grant Williams & Lola Albright

A snippet from John Sherwood’s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi masterpiece production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), prepared for the Eureka! Entertainment/Universal Blu-Ray edition in Great Britain.

“Mammoth Skyscrapers of Stone Thundering Across the Earth!” Original 1957 Universal Studios Australian poster art for “The Monolith Monsters,” with an Australian “General Exhibition” notice.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/sci-fi feature film host will present his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), this Sat.; June 8 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1957 Universal sci-fi creature-monster masterpiece production was directed by veteran director John Sherwood, who worked for Universal Studios for the majority of his motion picture career and also served as an assistant director/second-unit director for numerous studios, along with Universal throughout his years in the film industry.

Earlier in his assistant directorial/second-unit directorial career, Sherwood worked with Samuel Goldwyn and veteran director Sam Wood for their classic mammoth Academy Award-winning critically-acclaimed biopic masterpiece production on baseball player Lou Gehrig with Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel and Bill Stern, “The Pride of the Yankees” (1942).  Sherwood also served as an assistant director for Anthony Mann’s classic mammoth Universal biopic masterpiece on bandleader Glenn Miller with James Stewart, June Allyson, the legendary Louis Armstrong, Harry Morgan (later of TV’s “Dragnet: 1966–70” fame and of TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), Barton MacLane (of Warners’ “Torchy Blane” detective film series fame and later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame), Charles Drake, Irving Bacon and Kathleen Lockhart; “The Glenn Miller Story” (1954).

Sherwood’s other feature film productions in his Universal directorial career  include his classic mammoth Universal western masterpiece production “Raw Edge” (1955) with Rory Calhoun, Yvonne De Carlo (later of Universal/TV’s “The Munsters” fame),  Mara Corday (of Jack Arnold’s classic mammoth 1955 Universal sci-fi arachnid creature masterpiece production, “Tarantula” fame), Neville Brand, Rex Reason (of Joseph M. Newman’s classic mammoth 1955 Universal sci-fi masterpiece production, “This Island Earth” fame) and John Gavin.  Sherwood also directed the finale feature in Universal’s classic mammoth “Creature From the Black Lagoon” monster masterpiece trilogy series; “The Creature Walks Among Us” (1956) with Ricou Browning, Leigh Snowden, Jeff Morrow,  and  Don Megowan.

Sherwood died in 1959 after serving in  an uncredited position as a second unit director for the classic mammoth Universal-Michael Gordon–Ross Hunter Academy Award-winning comedy masterpiece production of “Pillow Talk” (1959) with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter and Hayden Rorke (later of 1964’s “The Night Walker” fame and later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame); according to IMDB.

The screenplay for Sherwood’s classic mammoth 1957 Universal sci-fi creature/monster masterpiece production was written by veteran screenwriters Robert M. Fresco and Norman Jolley.  Fresco also co-wrote the original story treatment for “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) with veteran Universal feature film director Jack Arnold.  Arnold directed the classic mammoth Universal 3-D sci-fi masterpiece production (and the studio’s first 3-D feature film production) of  “It Came from Outer Space” (1953) with Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush,  Russell Johnson, Charles Drake, Kathleen Hughes, Joseph Sawyer, Alan Dexter, Kermit Maynard, Robert ‘Buzz’ Henry, Ralph Brooks, Robert Carson and Ned Davenport; the original classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954) with Julie Adams, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Richard Carlson, Bernie Gozier, Richard Denning, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell and the vocal stylings of Art Gilmore and the sequel, “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) with  Ricou Browning, Lori Nelson, Tom Hennesy, Ginger Stanley, Nestor Paiva, John Agar, young Clint Eastwood, John Bromfield, Grandon Rhodes, Dave Willock, Charles Cane, and Robert B. Williams.

Fresco also wrote the screenplay for Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi arachnid creature masterpiece production of “Tarantula” (1955) with  John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, young Clint Eastwood, young Bing Russell, Edwin Rand, Steve Darrell, Dee Carroll, Ross Elliott, Hank Patterson, and Raymond Bailey (later of TV’s “The Beverly Hillbillies” fame).  Jolley mostly worked on scripts for numerous television productions in his career, including 36 episodes of the classic mammoth MCA-Revue-Universal-NBC TV western masterpiece series, “Wagon Train” from 1958-64 and a story consultant/screenwriter for Quinn Martin’s classic mammoth detective masterpiece series with Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether, “Barnaby Jones” from 1977-80.

This will mark Sven’s sixth big coast-to-coast broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Sherwood’s Universal classic cult monster masterpiece back in Jan. 2014* as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere and as regular coast-to-coast big broadcasts back in Feb. 2015*, Oct. 2016*, Feb. 2020* and June 2022.

In Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie,” Sven/Son of Sven previously showcased John Sherwood’s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi creature/monster masterpiece production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) as part of his 150^th Son of Sven Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast on WFLD back in June 1982; according to a video segment that was unearthed via Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s official FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television YouTube site.

Who was in John Sherwood’s Universal production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957)?

The players who appeared in John Sherwood’s Universal production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) were Grant Williams (as Dave Miller), Lola Albright (as Cathy Barrett), Les Tremayne (as Martin Cochrane), Trevor Bardette (as Prof. Arthur Flanders), Phil Harvey (as Ben Gilbert), William Flaherty (as Police Chief Dan Corey), Harry Jackson (as Dr. Steve Hendricks), Richard H. Cutting (as Dr. E.J. Reynolds), Linda Scheley (as Ginny Simpson), Dean Cromer (as a highway patrol officer), Steve Darrell (as Joe Higgins), young  Paul Petersen (in an uncredited role as Bobby the paperboy), young Troy Donahue (in an uncredited role as Hank Jackson), young William Schallert (in an uncredited role as a weatherman) and young Paul Frees (in an uncredited role as the narrator).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Forbidden Planet” (1956) plus “Sventoonie,” this Sat. on Me-TV (Happy 43rd Anniversary to Sven/Son of Sven/Rich Koz)!

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals from coast-to-coast will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Forbidden Planet” (1956), this Sat. on Me-TV

Original 1956 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) theatrical trailer for “Forbidden Planet” with Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, young Leslie Nielsen and “Robby the Robot;” filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen theatrical format/process.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago classic sci-fi feature film host will present his big broadcast of “Forbidden Planet” (1956) this Sat., July 18 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1956 MGM sci-fi/fantasy feature film masterpiece was directed by veteran studio director Fred M. Wilcox (who was credited under his full name of Fred McLeod Wilcox, according to IMDB).  Earlier in his career at MGM, he served as a second unit director for Edgar Selwyn and Richard Boleslawski’s classic mammoth MGM mystery-comedy masterpiece production of “The Mystery of Mr. X” (1934) with Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Leonard Mudie, Forrester Harvey and Lewis Stone (later known for his role of Judge Hardy in MGM’s classic mammoth “Andy Hardy” film series with Mickey Rooney).  Wilcox also directed the classic mammoth MGM canine/family adventure-drama masterpiece production of “Lassie, Come Home” (1943) with Pal (a.k.a. “Lassie”), Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Nigel Bruce, Elsa Lanchester (of “Bride of Frankenstein” fame), young Elizabeth Taylor and Alan Napier (later of TV’s “Batman” fame) and the classic mammoth MGM “Lassie” follow-up feature masterpiece production of “Courage of Lassie” (1946) with Pal (a.k.a. “Lassie”), Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan and Carl Switzer (previously known for his role of “Alfalfa” in the Hal Roach & MGM renditions of “Our Gang”/”The Little Rascals” short subjects).

The screenplay for Wilcox’s classic mammoth MGM sci-fi/fantasy feature masterpiece production of “Forbidden Planet” (1956) was written by Cyril Hume and was adapted from Allen Adler and Irving Block’s story treatment.  Adler and Block’s story treatment for the classic mammoth MGM masterpiece production of “Forbidden Planet” was lifted from William Shakespeare’s play, “The Tempest.”

Alongside his numerous screenwriting assignments for feature films and television productions throughout his career, Cyril Hume previously wrote screenplays for MGM’s classic mammoth adventure feature film adaptation masterpiece series of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Tarzan” featuring Olympic swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller in the title role and MGM contract player Maureen O’Sullivan; ranging from “Tarzan, the Ape Man” (1932) to “Tarzan Finds a Son!” (1939).  Allen Adler later wrote the screenplay for Willis H. O’Brien and Eugène “Gene” Lourié’s classic mammoth Allied Artists sci-fi stop-motion creature feature masterpiece production of “The Giant Behemoth” (1959). Irving Block also wrote the original story treatment for Roger Corman’s cult classic mammoth Allied Artists sci-fi masterpiece production of “War of the Satellites” (1956).  The classic mammoth MGM-Wilcox sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece production of “Forbidden Planet” (1956) was produced by veteran MGM feature film producer/production executive Nicholas Nayfack.

This will mark Sven’s second coast-to-coast big broadcast of “Forbidden Planet” (1956) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased the classic mammoth 1956 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) sci-fi/fantasy feature masterpiece production as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in July 2019.  In his home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Sven previously showcased the 1956 MGM sci-fi masterpiece as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere on his hometown television station, WCIU-TV 26 (“The U”) back in Nov. 1995; according to the official YouTube site for the broadcast video restoration/preservation firm known as Obsolete Video Services.

Who was in “Forbidden Planet” (1956)?

The players who appeared in “Forbidden Planet” were Walter Pidgeon (as Dr. Morbius), Anne Francis (as Altaira Morbius), young Leslie Nielsen (as Commander Adams), Jack Kelly (as Lt. Farman), Warren Stevens (as Lt. “Doc” Ostrow), Richard Anderson (as Chief Quinn), James Drury (as Crewman Strong), Earl Holliman (as the cook), George Wallace (as the Bosun), Robert “Bob” Dix (as Crewman Grey), Morgan Jones (as Crewman Nichols), Roger McGee (as Crewman Lindstrom), Les Tremayne (in an uncredited role as the opening narrator) and “Robby the Robot” (as himself, with Marvin Miller in an uncredited role as the voice of “Robby” and stunt performer Frankie Darro in the “Robby” costume).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), plus “Sventoonie” this Sat., for those who can receive Me-TV**

Sidebar: Once again, Me-TV** is still unavailable in my neck of the woods as of this writing.  Additional details are explained in this week’s edition of  “Silver Screen Reflections.”  –C.H.

For those who can receive Me-TV**: Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals will be interested fin his upcoming big broadcast of a classic Universal Studios  sci-fi masterpiece production.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), plus “Sventoonie” for those who can receive Me-TV**

Original 1957 Universal Studios theatrical release trailer for “The Monolith Monsters.”

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/sci-fi feature film host will present his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), this Sat.; June 4 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central, for those who can receive Me-TV**.

The classic mammoth 1957 Universal sci-fi creature-monster masterpiece production was directed by veteran director John Sherwood, who worked for Universal Studios for the majority of his career and also served as an assistant director/second-unit director for numerous studios, along with Universal throughout his years in the film industry.

Earlier in his assistant directorial/second-unit directorial career, Sherwood worked with Samuel Goldwyn and veteran director Sam Wood for their classic Academy Award-winning critically-acclaimed biopic masterpiece production on baseball player Lou Gehrig with Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel and Bill Stern, “The Pride of the Yankees” (1942).  Sherwood also served as an assistant director for Anthony Mann’s classic mammoth Universal biopic masterpiece on Glenn Miller with James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong, Harry Morgan, Barton MacLane, Charles Drake, Irving Bacon and Kathleen Lockhart; “The Glenn Miller Story” (1954).

Sherwood’s other feature film productions in his Universal directorial career  include his classic Universal mammoth western masterpiece production “Raw Edge” (1955) with Rory Calhoun, Yvonne De Carlo (later of Universal/TV’s “The Munsters” fame),  Mara Corday (of Jack Arnold’s classic mammoth 1955 Universal sci-fi arachnid creature masterpiece production, “Tarantula” fame), Neville Brand, Rex Reason (of Joseph M. Newman’s classic mammoth 1955 Universal sci-fi masterpiece production, “This Island Earth” fame) and John Gavin.  Sherwood also directed the finale feature in Universal’s classic mammoth “Creature From the Black Lagoon” monster masterpiece trilogy series; “The Creature Walks Among Us” (1956) with Jeff Morrow, Leigh Snowden, Ricou Browning and  Don Megowan.

Sherwood died in 1959 after serving in  an uncredited position as a second unit director for the classic mammoth Universal-Michael Gordon–Ross Hunter Academy Award-winning comedy masterpiece production of “Pillow Talk” (1959) with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter and Hayden Rorke; according to IMDB.

The screenplay for Sherwood’s classic mammoth 1957 Universal sci-fi creature/monster masterpiece production was written by veteran screenwriters Robert M. Fresco and Norman Jolley.  Fresco also co-wrote the original story treatment for “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) with veteran Universal feature film director Jack Arnold.  Arnold directed the classic mammoth original Universal classic monster masterpiece production of “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954) with Julie Adams, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Richard Carlson, Bernie Gozier, Richard Denning, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell and the vocal stylings of Art Gilmore.

Fresco also wrote the screenplay for Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi arachnid creature masterpiece production of “Tarantula” (1955) with  John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, young Clint Eastwood, young Bing Russell, Edwin Rand, Steve Darrell, Dee Carroll, Ross Elliott, Hank Patterson, and Raymond Bailey (later of TV’s “The Beverly Hillbillies” fame).  Jolley mostly worked on scripts for numerous television productions in his career, including 36 episodes of the classic mammoth MCA-Revue-Universal-NBC TV western masterpiece series, “Wagon Train” from 1958-64 and a story consultant/screenwriter for Quinn Martin’s classic mammoth detective masterpiece series with Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether, “Barnaby Jones” from 1977-80.

John Sherwood’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi creature/monster masterpiece production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) was originally released as part of a coast-to-coast Universal double-feature theatrical presentation with another adventure-fantasy theatrical production from the studio.   Sherwood’s classic mammoth Universal monster sci-fi masterpiece production was paired with veteran screenwriter/sci-fi author Curt Siodmak’s Universal Eastmancolor fantasy-adventure feature production of “Love-Slaves of the Amazon” (1957) with Gianna Segale, Don Taylor, Ana Maria Nabuco, Gilda Nery and Eduardo Ciannelli; according to an original 1957 Universal Studios exhibitors’ double-feature twinfold advertisement for “The Monolith Monsters” and “Love-Slaves of the Amazon.”

This will mark Sven’s fifth big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) on Me-TV**.  He previously showcased Sherwood’s Universal classic cult monster masterpiece back in Jan. 2014* as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere and as regular coast-to-coast big broadcasts back in Feb. 2015*, Oct. 2016* and Feb. 2020*.

In Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie,” Sven/Son of Sven previously showcased John Sherwood’s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi creature/monster masterpiece production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) as part of his 150^th Son of Sven Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast on WFLD back in June 1982; according to a video segment that was unearthed via Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s official FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television YouTube site.

Who was in John Sherwood’s Universal production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957)?

The players who appeared in John Sherwood’s Universal production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) were Grant Williams (as Dave Miller), Lola Albright (as Cathy Barrett), Les Tremayne (as Martin Cochrane), Trevor Bardette (as Prof. Arthur Flanders), Phil Harvey (as Ben Gilbert), William Flaherty (as Police Chief Dan Corey), Harry Jackson (as Dr. Steve Hendricks), Richard H. Cutting (as Dr. E.J. Reynolds), Linda Scheley (as Ginny Simpson), Dean Cromer (as a highway patrol officer), Steve Darrell (as Joe Higgins), young  Paul Petersen (in an uncredited role as Bobby the paperboy), young Troy Donahue (in an uncredited role as Hank Jackson), young William Schallert (in an uncredited role as a weatherman) and young Paul Frees (in an uncredited role as the narrator).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth Toho Studios/Universal Studios  kaiju creature battle masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1962/1963)

Original Universal Studios theatrical release trailer for the U.S. theatrical dub/release of Ishirô Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature battle masterpiece, “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (produced and released by Toho Studios in Japan in 1962, released theatrically by Universal Studios  in the United States in 1963).

Original 1962 Toho Studios theatrical poster artwork for the original Japanese theatrical release of  Ishirô Honda’s classic mammoth kaiju creature masterpiece, “King Kong vs. Godzilla; ” released theatrically one year later in the United States by Universal Studios.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago creature film host will present his big broadcast of “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963), this Sat., Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

Produced by Toho Studios of Japan and released theatrically in the United states by Universal Studios, the 1963 classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature battle feature masterpiece was directed by veteran director Ishirô Honda, who was credited in the film under his full name of Inoshiro Honda.  Honda’s best-known classic mammoth kaiju creature masterpiece productions for Toho Studios in Japan include “Gojira”/”Godzilla” (1954, released/re-purposed in 1956 under the title of “Godzilla: King of the Monsters!” in the United States with Raymond Burr in the North American dub); “Rodan“ (1956), “Mothra” (1961),“Mothra vs. Godzilla” (1964, released theatrically in the United States by Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures under the title of “Godzilla vs. the Thing”), “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster” (1964), “Frankenstein vs. Baragon” (1965), “The War of the Gargantuas” (1966), “Destroy All Monsters” (1968), “All Monsters Attack” (1969, released theatrically in the United States under the title of “Godzilla’s Revenge”) and “Terror of Mechagodzilla” (1975).  For the Universal/North American filmed segments for “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” the scenes for the North American dubbed edition of Honda’s 1963 production were directed by Tom Montgomery.

Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios-Universal kaiju creature masterpiece production of “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963) was produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka.  In addition to producing the majority of Honda’s classic mammoth kaiju creature masterpiece productions for Toho Studips, Tanaka also served as a producer for Akira Kurosawa’s classic mammoth Japanese samurai drama masterpiece for Toho Studios, with Toshirô Mifune  “Yojimbo” (1961).   The Universal/North American dub of “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963) was produced by veteran Universal Studios producer John Beck. Alongside “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963) during his time at Universal, Beck previously served as an associate producer for the classic mammoth William A. Seiter– Gregory La Cava– Frank Tashlin-Universal comedy adaptation masterpiece of S.J. Perelman, Ogden Nash & Thomas Anstey Guthrie’s “One Touch of Venus” (1948) with Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, Eve Arden, Dick Haymes, Olga San Juan, Eve Arden and Tom Conway.  John Beck also served as an associate producer for Henry Koster’s classic mammoth Universal fantasy-comedy masterpiece adaptation of Mary Chase’s award-winning play, “Harvey” (1950) with James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Wallace Ford, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White, Josephine Hull and “Harvey.”

The screenplay for “King Kong vs.Godzilla” was written by veteran screenwriter Shin’ichi Sekizawa, who also wrote the screenplay for Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature masterpiece production of “Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster” (1964).  Alongside producing the Universal/North American dub,  John Beck also served in an uncredited position for the screenplay treatment, which was originally written under the title of “”King Kong vs. Prometheus.”  Elements were also inspired by an unproduced script titled “King Kong vs. Frankenstein,” which was written by veteran stop-motion visual effects pioneer Willis H. O’Brien.  O’Brien worked on the majority of the visual/stop-motion effects for the original Ernest B. Schoedsack– Merian C. Cooper––David O. Selznick–RKO Radio Pictures* classic mammoth stop-motion creature/fantasy masterpiece, “King Kong” (1933, with Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, Victor Wong,  Frank Reicher, Bruce Cabot,  and the “eighth wonder of the world,” Kong!).

The additional screenwriters for John Beck’s Universal/North American theatrical dub of Ishiro Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios kaiju creature masterpiece production of “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963) were Bruce Howard and Paul Mason.

This will mark Sven’s fourth big broadcast of “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963) on Me-TV. He previously showcased Ishirô Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios/Universal Studios kaiju monster masterpiece back in Feb. 2014, March 2015 and April 2016.

Who was in “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963)?

The players who appeared in Ishirô Honda’s classic mammoth Toho Studios/Universal Studios kaiju monster masterpiece production of “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1963) were were veteran stunt performer Haruo Nakajima (in the “Gojira/Godzilla” suit), Shôichi Hirose (in the “King Kong” suit), Katsumi Tezuka (for additional scenes in the “Gojira/Godzilla” suit), James Yagi  (as Yutaka Omura), Kenji Sahara (as Kazuo Fujita, Sahara received screen credit under the name of Kenji Sahaka), Ichirô Arishima (as Mr. Tako), Byron Morrow (as Dr. Arnold Johnson), Harry Holcombe (as Dr. Johnson), Mie Hama (as Fumiko Sakurai), Akiko Wakabayashi (as Tamiye), Akihiko Hirata (as Dr. Shigezawa), Jun Tazaki (as Gen. Masami Shinzo), Yû Fujiki (as Kinsaburo Furue) and Les Tremayne (in uncredited roles as the narrator and the dubbed dialogue for Jun Tazaki’s characterization of Gen. Shinzo).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), this Sat. on Me-TV

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

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957)

Original 1957 Universal Studios theatrical trailer for “The Monolith Monsters.”

“Mammoth skyscrapers of stone thundering across the earth!” Original 1957 Universal Studios theatrical poster artwork for “The Monolith Monsters.”

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/sci-fi feature film host will present his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), this Sat.; Feb. 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The 1957 Universal sci-fi monster production was directed by veteran studio director John Sherwood.  Sherwood’s other features include “Raw Edge” (1955, with Rory Calhoun and Yvonne De Carlo, later of TV’s “The Munsters” fame) and the finale film in Universal’s “Creature From the Black Lagoon” monster trilogy series; “The Creature Walks Among Us” (1956, with Jeff Morrow, Leigh Snowden, Ricou Browning and  Don Megowan).  Sherwood died in 1959 after serving an uncredited position as a second unit director for the Universal-Michael Gordon–Ross Hunter comedy “Pillow Talk” (1959, with Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Tony Randall; according to IMDB).  The screenplay for “The Monolith Monsters” was written by veteran screenwriters Robert M. Fresco and Norman Jolley.  Fresco also co-wrote the story treatment with veteran Universal director Jack Arnold (Arnold directed the original 1954 Universal classic monster masterpiece production of “Creature From the Black Lagoon” with Julie Adams, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Richard Carlson and Richard Denning).

This will mark Sven’s fourth big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased Sherwood’s Universal classic cult monster masterpiece back in Jan. 2014, Feb. 2015 and Oct. 2016.

Who was in “The Monolith Monsters” (1957)?

The players who appeared in John Sherwood’s Universal production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) were Grant Williams (as Dave Miller), Lola Albright (as Cathy Barrett), Les Tremayne (as Martin Cochrane), Trevor Bardette (as Prof. Arthur Flanders), Phil Harvey (as Ben Gilbert), William Flaherty (as Police Chief Dan Corey), Harry Jackson (as Dr. Steve Hendricks), Richard H. Cutting (as Dr. E.J. Reynolds), Linda Scheley (as Ginny Simpson), Dean Cromer (as a highway patrol officer), Steve Darrell (as Joe Higgins), young  Paul Petersen (in an uncredited role as Bobby the paperboy), young Troy Donahue (in an uncredited role as Hank Jackson), young William Schallert (in an uncredited role as a weatherman) and young Paul Frees (in an uncredited role as the narrator).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast premiere of “Forbidden Planet” (1956), this Sat. on Me-TV from coast-to-coast

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast premiere of a classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sci-fi masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere of “Forbidden Planet” (1956), this Sat. on Me-TV

Original 1956 MGM theatrical trailer for “Forbidden Planet,” filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen process.

Original 1956 MGM poster artwork for “Forbidden Planet.”

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based sci-fi film host will present his big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere of “Forbidden Planet” (1956) this Sat., July 27 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

In his home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Sven previously showcased the 1956 MGM sci-fi masterpiece on WCIU-TV 26/”The U” back in Nov. 1995; according to fellow super SvenPal David Fuentes and his official “Terror From Beyond the Dave” YouTube channel.

“Forbidden Planet” (1956) was directed by veteran MGM director Fred M. Wilcox (who was credited under his full name of Fred McLeod Wilcox, according to IMDB).  The screenplay for “Forbidden Planet” (1956) was written by Cyril Hume and was adapted from Allen Adler and Irving Block’s story treatment.  Adler and Block’s treatment was lifted from William Shakespeare’s play, “The Tempest.”

Who was in “Forbidden Planet” (1956)?

The players who appeared in “Forbidden Planet” were Walter Pidgeon (as Dr. Morbius), Anne Francis (as Altaira Morbius), young Leslie Nielsen (as Commander Adams), Jack Kelly (as Lt. Farman), Warren Stevens (as Lt. “Doc” Ostrow), Richard Anderson (as Chief Quinn), James Drury (as Crewman Strong), Earl Holliman (as the cook), George Wallace (as the Bosun), Robert “Bob” Dix (as Crewman Grey), Morgan Jones (as Crewman Nichols), Roger McGee (as Crewman Lindstrom), Les Tremayne (in an uncredited role as the opening narrator) and “Robby the Robot” (as himself, with Marvin Miller in an uncredited role as the voice of “Robby” and stunt performer Frankie Darro in the “Robby” costume).