Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios monster feature masterpiece.
Rare original 1939 Universal Studios theatrical trailer for Rowland V. Lee’s classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece production installment of “Son of Frankenstein” with Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi. Sourced from a High-Definition transfer of an original/rare 35mm nitrate theatrical trailer film print from the collection of film archivist/projectionist Jonathan Froes.
Original 1939 Universal Studios theatrical poster art for Rowland V. Lee’s “Son of Frankenstein” with Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi.
The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based monster film host will present his big “FrankenFest” broadcast of the classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) this Sat., Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
Svengoolie will present the classic mammoth 1939 Universal monster feature film masterpiece installment as part of the legendary Berwyn/Chicago monster feature film host & Me-TV’s salute to classic mammoth Frankenstein feature film adaptation masterpieces for Sven’s Sat. evening big broadcasts throughout the month of Oct., titled “FrankenFest!” The remaining films that will be showcased in Sven’s Oct. “FrankenFest” Sat. evening big broadcast salute to classic mammoth “Frankenstein” monster feature film masterpiece adaptation productions will include:
Sat., Oct. 23: Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) with Glenn Strange (in the role of Frankenstein’s monster), John Carradine (as Count Dracula), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Lawrence/Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot), and J. Carrol Naish.
Sat., Oct. 30/Halloween eve: Sven’s upcoming big Me-TV “Franken-Fest” broadcast premiere of Robert Gaffney’s Allied Artists cult classic sci-fi/horror masterpiece production of “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) with Robert Reilly, Bruce Glover, Marilyn Hanold, James Karen and Lou Cutell.
The classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece production installment of “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) was directed by veteran director Rowland V. Lee. Lee previously worked on the classic mammoth RKO Radio Pictures adventure-comedy masterpiece with Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Frances Farmer and Jack Oakie; “The Toast of New York” (1935). The same year that he worked on “Son of Frankenstein,” Lee also directed the classic mammoth Universal drama masterpiece production of “Tower of London” (1939) with Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, young Vincent Price, Barbara O’Neil, Nan Grey, Leo G. Carroll, Lionel Belmore and Donnie Dunagan.
The screenplay for Lee’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) was written by veteran writer/screenwriter Wyllis Cooper. The same year that he wrote the screenplay for “Son of Frankenstein,” Cooper wrote the original story treatment for Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind’s classic mammoth 12-chapter Universal horror serial masterpiece series with Bela Lugosi, Dorothy Arnold, Regis Toomey and Edward Van Sloan; “The Phantom Creeps” (1939). Cooper’s screenplay for Lee’s classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece production installment of “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) was inspired by Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel, “Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus.
This will mark Sven’s seventh big broadcast of Lee’s classic 1939 mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece feature production on Me-TV. He previously showcased “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere presentation back in May 2011* and as regular big broadcasts back in Feb. 2012*, March 2013, April 2014 as part of “Rotten Relatives Reunion Month,” Sept. 2015 and Aug. 2018.
Who was in “Son of Frankenstein” (1939)?
The players who appeared in Rowland V. Lee’s classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece production of “Son of Frankenstein” (1939) were Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein’s monster), Basil Rathbone (as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein), Bela Lugosi (as Ygor), Josephine Hutchinson (as Elsa von Frankenstein), Donnie Dunagan (as Peter von Frankenstein), Lionel Atwill (as Inspector Krough), young Ward Bond (in an uncredited role as a policeman), Emma Dunn (as Amelia), Caroline Frances Cooke (as Frau Neumüller), Michael Mark (as Ewald Neumüller), Edgar Norton** (as Thomas Benson), Perry Ivins (as Fritz), Lawrence Grant (as the Burgomaster), Lionel Belmore (as Emil Lang) and Gustav von Seyffertitz, Lorimer Johnston and Tom Ricketts (as Burghers).
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