“Svengoolie” presents his big premiere of “The Time Travelers” (1964), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his big broadcast premiere of a classic mammoth American-International sci-fi/fantasy feature masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big premiere of “The Time Travelers” (1964)

Original 1964 American-International Pictures theatrical release trailer for Ib Melchior‘s “The Time Travelers” with Preston Foster, Philip Carey, Merry Anders, Dennis Patrick and John Hoyt.

“Step through ‘The Time Portal’ beyond the crack in Space and Time where the fantastic world of the Future will freeze your blood with its weird horrors!” Original 1964 American-International theatrical poster art for “The Time Travelers.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/fantasy feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast premiere of “The Time Travelers” (1964), this Sat.; April 6 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“The Time Travelers” (1964) was directed by veteran director-turned-screenwriter Ib Melchior.   Melchior directed numerous network TV specials featuring legendary crooner Perry Como for Kraft Foods from 1948-67.  Five years before directing “The Time Travelers,” Melchior directed an earlier cult classic mammoth sci-fi feature film masterpiece for American-International Pictures, his classic mammoth sci-fi masterpiece production of “The Angry Red Planet” (1959, in “Cinemagic”) with Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden, Les Tremayne, Jack Kruschen, Paul Hahn, J. Edward McKinley, Joan Patrick/Joan Fitzpatrick, Billy Curtis and the vocal stylings of Ted Cassidy (later of TV’s “The Addams Family” fame).  Fun Fact: Melchior’s “The Angry Red Planet” (1959) was co-produced between American-International and veteran producer-writer Norman Maurer, the real-life son-in-law of Moe Howard of “The Three Stooges” fame.  Maurer married Moe’s real-life daughter, Joan Howard in 1947; both Norman and Joan were married until Norman Maurer died in 1986. -C.H.

For his screenwriting career, Melchior wrote the screenplay for the North American dubbing of Motoyoshi Oda‘s classic mammoth Toho Studios Gojira/Godzilla kaiju creature masterpiece sequel production of “Godzilla Raids Again” (1955, released by Warner Bros. in the United States in 1959 under the title of “Gigantis: The Fire Monster”) with Haruo Nakajima,  Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Ren Yamamoto, Masao Shimizu and the vocal stylings of  George Takei (later of “Star Trek” fame), Keye Luke, Paul Frees and Marvin Miller (later of “The Millionaire” fame). Fun Fact: The North American dubbing of “Godzilla Raids Again”/”Gigantis: The Fire Monster” contained the famous “Banana Oil” phrase. -C.H.

Melchior also wrote the screenplay for actor-turned-director Paul Henreid‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios modern film noir/drama masterpiece production of “Live Fast, Die Young” (1958) with Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, Mike Connors (later of TV’s “Mannix” fame), Sheridan Comerate, Peggy Maley, Troy Donahue, Joan Marshall, Gordon Jones, Robert Karnes and young Dorothy Provine; the factual research for Oscar Brodney‘s screenplay for Kenneth G. Crane‘s classic mammoth Paramount Pictures war drama masterpiece production of “When Hell Broke Loose” (1958) with Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckel, Violet Rensing, Robert Easton, Eddie Foy III. Dennis McCarthy, Robert Stevenson, Joe Conley and Kurt Katch; the co-writing of the screenplay for Sidney W. Pink‘s classic mammoth American-International creature masterpiece version of Poul Bang‘s classic mammoth Danish creature masterpiece production of “Reptilicus” (1961) with Bent Mejding, Ann Smyrner, Mimi Heinrich, Dirch Passer and Marlies Behrens; the screenplay adaptation of Daniel Defoe‘s novel with veteran screenwriter John C. Higgins for Byron Haskin‘s classic mammoth Paramount Pictures sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of “Robinson Crusoe on Mars” (1964) with Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West (later of TV’s “Batman” fame) and The Woolly Monkey.

Melchior also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation with veteran screenwriter Louis M. Heyward for the American-International dubbed edition of Mario Bava‘s cult classic mammoth Italian vampire masterpiece production, “Terrore nello Spazio/Planet of the Vampires” (1965, in “Colorscope”) with Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda and Evi Marandi.

Alongside his involvement with American-International Pictures, Melchior also wrote the original story concept for Roger Corman and Paul Bartel‘s cult classic mammoth action-adventure masterpiece production of “Death Race 2000” (1975, originally released through Corman’s New World Pictures production-distribution firm) with David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone (one year before going onto greater fame in 1976’s “Rocky“), Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins, Martin Kove, Louisa Moritz, Joyce Jameson, director John Landis and legendary veteran Los Angeles radio broadcaster/radio disc jockey “The Real” Don Steele.

Alongside directing “The Time Travelers,” Melchior also wrote the screenplay and co-wrote the original story concept with veteran screenwriter-turned-director-turned-visual effects supervisor David L. Hewitt.  Hewitt also worked on the visual effects for Melchior’s cult classic mammoth 1964 American-International sci-fi/fantasy feature masterpiece production.  Hewitt later directed his own cult fantasy/creature/special effects feature production of “Journey to the Center of Time” (1967) with Scott Brady, Anthony Eisley, Gigi Perreau, Andy Davis and young Lyle Waggoner (later of TV’s “The Carol Burnett Show” fame with Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman and Tim Conway from 1967 until Waggoner left the series in 1974 and of TV”s “Wonder Woman” fame with Lynda Carter from 1975-79).

James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff, founders of American-International Pictures.

Ib Melchior’s cult classic mammoth fantasy/sci-fi masterpiece production of “The Time Travelers” (1964) was co-produced and released by American-International Pictures. The independent distribution-production-releasing firm was established by Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson in 1954 as the American Releasing Corporation; according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection/archives housed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.   American-International was later acquired by Filmways in 1979, which was later acquired by Orion Pictures in 1982.  Orion, along with the majority of the American-International/Filmways holdings was later sold to the present incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1997.  Inspired by MGM’s revival of the “Orion Pictures” moniker for feature film releases in recent years, the current incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) also revived the “American-International Pictures” moniker.

The Ib Melchior/American-International feature production of “The Time Travelers” (1964) was co-produced by veteran producers Don Levy and William “Bill” Redlin.   Melchior’s cult classic mammoth American-International feature masterpiece production of “The Time Travelers” was produced under the name of Dobil Productions for theatrical release by Arkoff and Nicholson’s production-distribution releasing firm, according to the American Film Institute (AFI).

Who was in Ib Melchior’s “The Time Travelers” (1964)?

The players who appeared in Ib Melchior’s cult classic mammoth American-International fantasy/sci-fi feature film masterpiece production of “The Time Travelers” (1964) were John Hoyt (as Varno), Preston Foster (as Dr. Erik von Steiner), Philip Carey (as Steve Connors), Merry Anders (as Carol White),  Dennis Patrick (as Councilman Willard), Joan Woodbury (as Gadra), Delores Wells (as Reena), Steve Franken (as Danny McKee), Berry Kroeger (as Preston), Gloria Leslie (as a councilwoman), Molly Glessing and Wayne Anderson (as androids), William F. McGaha (in an uncredited role as an android technician), Peter Strudwick (as a mutant), J. Edward McKinley (as Raymond), Margaret Seldeen (as Miss Hollister) and Forrest J. Ackerman (as a square-frame technician).

“Svengoolie” presents his big premiere of Dan Curtis’ “Dracula” (1974) with Jack Palance, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast premiere of a classic mammoth made-for-TV vampire adaptation masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast premiere of Dan Curtis’ “Dracula” (1974) with Jack Palance

British theatrical trailer for Dan Curtis‘ classic mammoth made-for-TV movie masterpiece adaptation, “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) with Jack Palance; released theatrically in Great Britain by now-former British recording, film & technology giant EMI under the title of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula**.”

British EMI theatrical poster art for “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) with Jack Palance.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/horror feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast premiere of “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) this Sat., March 23 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1974 made-for-TV movie adaptation masterpiece of Bram Stoker’s gothic vampire novel, “Dracula” was directed 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 masterpiece series 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 and released 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 vampire Barnabas Collins in the latter/brief Curtis/MGM/NBC “Dark Shadows” series revival.

Curtis was also involved with two classic mammoth ABC “Movie of the Week”/”Kolchak” made-for-TV movie supernatural masterpiece pilots, “The Night Stalker” (1972, produced by Curtis, directed by John Llewellyn Moxey) with  Darren McGavin (of the 1958-59 “Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer” TV adaptation series fame and later of 1983’s “A Christmas Story” fame), Carol Lynley (of 1972’s “The Poseidon Adventure” fame), Claude Akins (later of TV’s “Movin’ On” fame and TV’s “B.J. and the Bear“/“The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo” fame), Larry Linville (of  TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), Simon Oakland (of Alfred Hitchcock‘s “Psycho” fame, Peter Yates’ “Bullitt” fame and TV’s “Black Sheep Squadron”/”Baa Baa Black Sheep” fame), Ralph Meeker, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Elisha Cook Jr., Stanley Adams, Jordan Rhodes and Barry Atwater and “The Night Strangler” (1973, produced and directed by Curtis) with McGavin, Oakland, Jo Ann Pflug (of Robert Altman‘s 1970 “M*A*S*H” feature film fame), Wally Cox (of TV’s “Mister Peepers” fame and of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me,” of the vocal stylings of TV’s “Underdog“ fame), Margaret Hamilton (of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame, 1940’s “The Invisible Woman” fame, 1960’s “13 Ghosts” fame and in the latter part of her acting career- “Cora” for TV commercials for Maxwell House Coffee ), Al “Grampa” Lewis (of TV’s “The Munsters” fame and of 1966’s “Munster, Go Home!“ fame), Richard Anderson (of 1956’s “Forbidden Planet” fame), veteran horror actor John Carradine, Kate Murtagh (of 1977’s “The Car” fame and on the album cover of Supertramp‘s “Breakfast In America“ fame), Nina Wayne, Virginia Peters, Ivor Francis, Diane Shalet, Anne Randall, Francoise Birnheim and Regina Parton/Ethel Parker.  The two classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpieces later inspired the 1974-75 classic mammoth Universal Studios/ABC “Kolchak” supernatural masterpiece TV series, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” with McGavin and Oakland reprising their roles from the two aforementioned classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece productions.

Curtis also produced and directed his classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV thriller-horror anthology movie masterpiece production of “Trilogy of Terror” (1975) with  Karen Black , Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm, Kathryn Reynolds, Orin Cannon, Gregory Harrison, Tracy Curtis  and the vocal stylings of Walker Edmiston.  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 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.

For his made-for-TV adaptation of “Dracula,” Curtis co-produced his classic mammoth telefilm adaptation with veteran associate producer Robert Singer.  Singer previously co-produced Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV masterpiece sequel, “The Night Strangler” (1973).  Singer later served as executive producer of the classic mammoth Warner Bros./NBC sci-fi masterpiece series, “V” (1984-85) with Jane Badler, June Chadwick, Jennifer Cooke, Robert Englund (of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” fame), Faye Grant, Marc Singer, Jeff Yagher and guest appearances by Howard K. Smith (former news anchor/correspondent of rival networks CBS and ABC) and Duncan Regehr (of “The Monster Squad” fame).

Inspired by Bram Stoker‘s gothic novel, the screenplay for Curtis’ classic mammoth made-for-TV adaptation masterpiece production of “Dracula” (1974) was written by veteran author Richard Matheson. Matheson wrote the original story treatment 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, a pre-“Beverly Hillbillies” Raymond Bailey, William Schallert and Lock Martin (of 1951’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still” fame).

He also wrote the screenplay adaptation of Roger Corman‘s classic mammoth American-International macabre-thriller-comedy masterpiece adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1845 gothic poem, “The Raven” (1963) and he also co-wrote the screenplay with  Elsie Lee for Jacques Tourneur‘s classic mammoth American-International horror-comedy masterpiece production of “The Comedy of Terrors” (1963/64) with Vincent Price, Joyce Jameson, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Joe E. Brown, Beverly Powers, Buddy Mason, Alan DeWitt, Douglas Williams, Linda Rogers, Luree Holmes, Charles Soldani, Harvey Parry, Paul Barselou and Orangey/Rhubarb the Cat. Matheson also wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios action-adventure-thriller masterpiece production of “Duel” (1971, originally produced as a Universal/ABC made-for-TV movie masterpiece production and one of Spielberg’s earliest productions) with Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Lucille Benson, Eddie Firestone,  Lou Frizzell, Shirley O’ Hara, Gene Dynarski and Amy Douglass.  Matheson also wrote the teleplay for John Llewellyn Moxey and Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece pilot, “The Night Stalker” (1972).

Curtis’s classic mammoth 1974 made-for-TV masterpiece adaptation of “Dracula” premiered on the CBS television network on Feb. 8, 1974; according to IMDB.

According to the Feb. 8, 1974 edition of the Hanover Evening Sun newspaper of Hanover, Pennsylvania; CBS programmed “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) after an episode of “Good Times.”  Curtis’ “Dracula” feature adaptation was showcased on CBS opposite episodes of “The Girl with Something Extra” and The Dean Martin Comedy Hour/Dean Martin Celebrity Roast on NBC and episodes of “The Six Million Dollar Man,” “The Odd Couple” and “Toma” on ABC.

For the original Feb. 8, 1974 CBS big broadcast premiere of “Dan Curtis’ Dracula,” Curtis’ classic mammoth made-for-TV vampire/horror movie masterpiece adaptation aired on CBS-owned WBBM-TV Channel 2 in Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois  and on a regional scale for the home region/home office of “Silver Screen Reflections;” the CBS/Dan Curtis adaptation of “Dracula” was showcased on WTOP-TV Channel 9 (which later became WDVM in 1978 and became W*USA 9 in 1986) in the Washington, D.C./Frederick, Maryland/Northern Virginia region and on the “Keystone Network” trio of CBS-affiliated TV stations for the Hanover/Gettysburg/York/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania viewing area at the time- the now-former WLYH-TV 15 (which was affiliated with CBS until 1995), WHP-TV 21 (which became the primary CBS affiliate for the Hanover/Gettysburg/York/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area after 1995) and WSBA-TV 43 (once linked to Pennsylvania’s Pfaltzgraff pottery business– which lost its CBS network affiliation after the station was sold in 1983 and became WPMT-43).  

“Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974) was pre-empted in Baltimore, Maryland by then-CBS affiliate WMAR-TV 2; a syndicated movie airing of “A Man Called Sledge” (1970, part of a Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems syndicated movie package the station bought at the time) aired in its place.  CBS later switched affiliations with Hearst-owned (and future Me-TV affiliate) WBAL-TV 11 in 1981 (WBAL returned to NBC in 1995)– CBS would later move to Westinghouse/Group W-owned WJZ-TV 13 in Jan. 1995– shortly before Westinghouse/Group W (which also bought Chicago’s WXRT-FM 93.1/93XRT that same year) merged with CBS. 

Who was in “Dan Curtis’ Dracula” (1974)?

The players who appeared in Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth CBS/made-for-TV vampire movie masterpiece adaptation production of “Dracula” (1974) were Jack Palance (as Count Dracula), Simon Ward (as Arthur), Nigel Davenport (as Van Helsing), Pamela Brown (as Mrs. Westenra), Fiona Lewis (as Lucy), Penelope Horner (as Mina), Murray Brown (as Jonathan Harker), Virginia Wetherell, Barbara Lindley and Sarah Douglas (as Dracula’s wives, Virginia Wetherell received credit under the name of Virginia Wetherall), George Pravda (as the innkeeper), Hana Maria Pravda (as the wife of the innkeeper), Reg Lye (as the zookeeper), Fred Stone (as the priest), Roy Spencer (as the clerk of the Whitby Inn), John Challis (as the Stockton-on-Tees clerk), Nigel Gregory (as the Midvale Shipping clerk), John Pennington (as the Richmond Shipping clerk), Martyn Read (as a member of the Coast Guard), Gita Denise (as Madam Kristoff), Sandra Caron (in an uncredited role as the maid of the Whitby Inn) and Eddie Powell (in an uncredited role as a patron of the Whitby Inn).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “13 Ghosts” (1960), 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 Columbia Pictures macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece from one of the legendary macabre film directors.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “13 Ghosts” (1960)

Original 1960 Columbia Pictures theatrical release trailer for William Castle‘s classic mammoth macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece in the magic of “Illusion-O,” “13 Ghosts;” featuring an exclusive trailer introduction by Castle.

“13 Times the Thrills!” “13 Times the Screams!” “13 Times the Fun!” “See the ‘Ghosts’ in ‘Ectoplasmic’ Color!” Original 1960 Columbia Pictures theatrical poster art for William Castle’s “13 Ghosts” in “Illusion-O.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “13 Ghosts” (1960) this Sat., March 9 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1960 Columbia macabre thriller was directed by the legendary master of macabre cinema, William Castle. For the majority of Castle’s motion picture career, he produced and directed numerous feature films for Columbia Pictures.

Before he went into the art and innovation of macabre-thriller “gimmick”-style feature film masterpiece productions, he directed numerous classic mammoth Columbia feature film masterpiece productions, including the western “Klondike Kate” (1943) with Glenda Farrell (of Warner Bros.‘ “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and Warners’ “Torchy Blane” fame), Ann Savage, Tom Neal and future TV producer Sheldon Leonard.

He also directed four entries in Columbia’s “The Whistler” feature film adaptation series (adapted from the CBS Radio mystery series of the same name) with Richard Dix, “The Whistler” (1944, also with Gloria Stuart of 1933’s “The Invisible Man” and 1997’s “Titanic” fame), “The Mark of the Whistler” (1944, also with Janis Carter and Porter Hall), “Voice of the Whistler” (1945, also with Lynn Merrick and Rhys Williams) and “Mysterious Intruder” (1946, also with Nina Vale and Barton MacLane of Warners’ “Torchy Blane” fame and later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame in the latter part of his acting career) and four entries in Columbia’s “Crime Doctor” mystery feature film masterpiece adaptation series with Warner Baxter; “The Crime Doctor’s Warning” (1945, also with John Litel and Dusty Anderson), “Just Before Dawn” (1946, also with Adele Roberts and Martin Kosleck), “Crime Doctor’s Man Hunt” (1946, also with Ellen Drew and William Frawley; later of TV’s “I Love Lucy” and “My Three Sons”/”Binge the Cringe” fame) and “The Crime Doctor’s Gamble” (1947, also with Micheline Cheirel and Roger Dann).

Castle also produced Orson Welles‘ classic mammoth critically-acclaimed Columbia film noir-drama masterpiece production of “The Lady From Shanghai” (1947) with Welles, Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane, Castle also co-wrote the screenplay for the aforementioned 1947 Columbia production with Welles and Sherwood King.   The veteran director-producer also directed hs classic mammoth Columbia feature-length adventure masterpiece and the very first 3-D film for Columbia Pictures, “Fort Ti” (1953) with George Montgomery, Joan Vohs, Irving Bacon and young Rusty Hamer (later of TV’s “Make Room for Daddy”/”The Danny Thomas Show” fame).

Alongside “13 Ghosts” (1960), many of Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre “gimmick” feature film masterpiece productions alongside include “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn and Darryl Hickman;  “Mr. Sardonicus” (1961) with Guy Rolfe, Oscar Homolka, Audrey Dalton, Lorna Hanson, Ronald Lewis, Erika Peters and Vladimir Sokoloff; “Homicidal” (1961) with Glenn Corbett, “Zotz!” (1962) with Tom Poston (later of TV’s “Newhart” fame), Julia Meade, Jim Backus (of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me,” the vocalizations of “Mister Magoo” for the Columbia-UPA theatrical cartoon series and the latter UPA TV adaptation and his Live-Action appearances of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), Margaret Dumont (who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41) and Fred Clark,  “The Old, Dark House” (1962/63, co-produced with Britain’s Hammer Films) with Poston and Janette Scott and “Strait-Jacket” (1964) with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, young George Kennedy and young Lee Majors (later of TV’s “The Big Valley” and “The Six Million Dollar Man” fame).

Alongside Castle’s long career at Columbia, he also directed his earlier classic mammoth macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece productions for Allied Artists, notably “Macabre” (1958) with Jim Backus, Christine White and William Prince and “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Julie Mitchum, Elisha Cook Jr.,  Carolyn Craig, Alan Marshal and Leona Anderson. Castle also directed several classic mammoth macabre thriller masterpieces for rival Universal Studios, including “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor and Hayden Roarke (later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame) and “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford, John Ireland and Leif Erickson.  Castle later directed several productions for rival Paramount Pictures, including his classic mammoth Paramount comedy masterpiece production of “The Busy Body” (1967) with Sid Caesar, Richard Pryor, Anne Baxter and Robert Ryan and his classic mammoth Paramount sci-fi masterpiece production of “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Harold Gould and Monte Markham.   Near the end of his life, Castle later appeared in a cameo appearance in John Schlesinger‘s classic mammoth Paramount studio drama-thriller masterpiece production of “The Day of the Locust” (1975) with Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Burgess Meredith and Geraldine Page.

Castle returned to Columbia Pictures to serve as an executive producer for the studio’s brief classic mammoth horror-thriller TV anthology masterpiece series, “Ghost Story/Circle of Fear” (1972-73), produced under Columbia’s Screen Gems TV unit for the NBC television network.  Alongside directing “13 Ghosts” (1960), Castle also produced his classic mammoth Columbia “Illusion-O” feature macabre thriller gimmick masterpiece production.

The screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth 1960 Columbia “Illusion-O” macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” was written by veteran Castle screenwriter/associate producer/production collaborator and novelist Robb White.  White also wrote the screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) and Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre masterpiece productions of “The Tingler” (1959) and “Homicidal” (1961).  Alongside working with William Castle during his screenwriting and feature film/TV production career, Robb White wrote the teleplay treatments for eight episodes of the classic mammoth CBS television drama masterpiece series adaptation of Erle Stanley Gardner‘s “Perry Mason” with Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins and William Talman from 1961-65 (the eight “Perry Mason” episodes that White wrote for the series were 1961’s “The Case of the Traveling Treasure,” 1962’s “The Case of the Melancholy Marksman,” 1963’s “The Case of the Lover’s Leap,” “The Case of the Deviant Delinquent,” 1964’s  “The Case of the Bountiful Beauty,” “The Case of the Careless Kidnapper,” “The Case of the Reckless Rockhound” and 1965’s “The Case of the Candy Queen”).   To paraphrase Sven, “Robb White wrote eight episodes of.. “Perry Mason!” -C.H.

This will mark Sven’s third big broadcast of Castle’s classic mammoth 1960 Columbia Pictures “Illusion-O” macabre thriller masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “13 Ghosts” (1960) as a coast-to-coast Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 2018 and as a regular Me-TV big broadcast back in Sept. 2019.

In Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast showcase on his hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; WCIU-TV 26 back in Nov. 2009; according to IMDB.

Who was in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960, in “Illusion-O”)?

The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures “Illusion-O” macabre-thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960) were Charles Herbert (as Buck Zorba), Martin Milner (as Benjamen Rush), Jo Morrow (as Medea Zorba), Donald Woods (as Cyrus Zorba), Margaret Hamilton (as Elaine Zacharides), Rosemary DeCamp (as Hilda Zorba), David Hoffman (in an uncredited role as a messenger),  John Van Dreelen (as Van Allen), Jeanne Baker, Ralph Helfer, William Kelley, Hubie Kerns, Darryl Scott McFadden, John Burnside and Roy Jenson (in uncredited roles as “ghosts”).

“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 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 big broadcast of “The Invisible Ray” (1935, Sven’s first 2024 film showcase), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals will be dancing and jumping for joy for his first 2024 big broadcast with a classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi/thriller feature film masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Invisible Ray” (1936, Sven’s first 2024 film showcase)

A snippet from Lambert Hillyer‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi/thriller masterpiece production of “The Invisible Ray” (1935) with horror legends Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi; prepared for the 2022 Eureka! Entertainment/Universal Boris Karloff Blu-Ray trilogy box set in Great Britain, “Karloff in Maniacal Mayhem;” sourced from Universal’s High-Definition restorations from original 35mm nitrate film elements.

“Destruction to all he touched or looked upon!” Latter Realart theatrical re-issue poster art for Lambert Hillyer’s classic mammoth 1936 Universal sci-fi/thriller masterpiece with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, “The Invisible Ray.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his first 2024 coast-to-coast big broadcast of “The Invisible Ray” (1935), this Sat., Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1935 Universal sci-fi/thriller feature film masterpiece production was directed by veteran feature film director Lambert Hillyer.  Three years before he directed “The Invisible Ray” (1935), Hillyer previously directed the classic mammoth Columbia Pictures western masterpiece; “Forbidden Trail” (1932) with Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks and George Cooper.  One year after the filming of his classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/thriller masterpiece production of “The Invisible Ray,” Hillyer directed the official follow-up film in Universal’s classic mammoth “Dracula” vampire-monster masterpiece franchise with his classic mammoth Universal “Dracula” vampire-monster sequel masterpiece production of  “Dracula’s Daughter” (1936) with Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Hedda Hopper (the noted Hollywood gossip columnist and real-life mother of William Hopper of TV’s “Perry Mason” fame), Irving Pichel, E.E. Clive, Edgar Norton and Halliwell Hobbes.

Hillyer later returned to Columbia Pictures, where he directed the very first live-action motion picture adaptation of Bill Finger and Bob Kane’s DC Comics superhero creation, the Columbia “Batman” (1943) theatrical serial series adaptation with Lewis Wilson (in the title role of Batman/Bruce Wayne) and Douglas Croft (as Robin/Dick Grayson).   In the latter part of his directorial career, Hillyer later worked on numerous western feature films and for pioneering radio-TV producer/syndicator Frederic W. Ziv.  One of Lambert Hillyer’s final productions was that he directed seven episodes of the syndicated classic mammoth Ziv crime drama masterpiece series with Broderick Crawford as Dan Matthews, “Highway Patrol” (1955-56).

“The Invisible Ray” (1935) was produced by veteran producer Edmund Grainger and veteran executive producer Fred S. Meyer.   One year after co-producing the classic mammoth 1935 Lambert Hillyer/Universal sci-fi/thriller masterpiece, Grainger served in an uncredited role as the producer of Walter Lang‘s classic mammoth Universal romantic comedy masterpiece production of “Love Before Breakfast” (1936) with Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, young Cesar Romero, Joyce Compton, Betty Lawford and Universal horror veteran E.E. Clive.

Grainger later produced several classic mammoth action-adventure/wartime drama masterpieces for Herbert J. Yates‘ Republic Pictures with John Wayne, including “Flying Tigers” (1942) with Wayne, David Miller, Anna Lee, Chester Gan, Paul Kelly and Mae Clarke and Allan Dwan‘s “Sands of Iwo Jima” (1949) with Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Julie Bishop and young Martin Milner (later of William Castle‘s “13 Ghosts,” TV’s “Route 66” and TV’s “Adam-12” fame). Fred S. Meyer had a brief career in the motion picture industry.  The same that he co-produced “The Invisible Ray” (1935), he also co-produced John M. Stahl‘s Universal romantic drama production of “Magnificent Obsession” (1935) with Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Ralph Morgan and Arthur Treacher.  The film was later re-made by Universal 19 years later under the direction of Douglas Sirk and also under the title of “Magnificent Obsession” (1954) with Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush and Agnes Moorehead (of 1941’s “Citizen Kane” fame and later of TV’s “Bewitched” fame).

The original story treatment for Hillyer’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi thriller masterpiece feature production of “The Invisible Ray” (1935) was written by Howard Higgin and Douglas Hodges.  Higgin and Hodges’ original story concept was adapted into a screenplay by veteran screenwriter John Colton.  Shortly after “The Invisible Ray,” Higgins served in an uncredited position for co-writing the screenplay for Victor Halperin‘s production of “Revolt of the Zombies” (1936); which featured Dorothy Stone, young Dean Jagger (later of 1949’s “Twelve O’clock High” fame and 1954’s “White Christmas” fame) and Roy D’Arcy.  Higgin died in 1937.   “The Invisible Ray” marked the only screenwriting/story concept credit for Douglas Hodges.    The same year that he adapted Higgin and Hodges’ screenplay, John Colton served as the principal screenwriter of  Stuart Walker‘s classic mammoth Universal werewolf monster masterpiece production of “Werewolf of London” (1935) with Henry Hull, Valerie Hobson,  Warner Oland, Spring Byington, Lester Matthews, J.M. Kerrigan, Charlotte Granville, Zeffie Tilbury and Clark Williams.

This will mark Sven’s fifth big broadcast of “The Invisible Ray” (1935) on the airlanes of Me-TV. He previously showcased Hillyer’s classic mammoth 1935 Universal sci-fi/thriller masterpiece production back in June 2013 as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV broadcast premiere and as regular Me-TV big broadcasts back in Jan. 2014, May 2015 and Aug. 2017.

In Son of Sven/Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois and during his WFLD/Marina City/Berwyn/Chicago days as the “Son of Svengoolie-” he previously showcased Lambert Hillyer’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/thriller masterpiece production of “The Invisible Ray” (1935) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere back in June 1980; according to IMDB.

Who was in Lambert Hillyer’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/thriller masterpiece production of “The Invisible Ray” (1935)?

The players who appeared in Lambert Hillyer’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi/thriller masterpiece production of “The Invisible Ray” (1935) were Boris Karloff (as Dr. Janos Rukh), Bela Lugosi (as Dr. Felix Benet), Frances Drake (as Diana Rukh), Frank Lawton (as Ronald Drake), Violet Kemble Cooper (as Mother Rukh), Walter Kingsford (as Sir Francis Stevens), Beulah Bondi (as Lady Arabella Stevens), Frank Reicher (as Prof. Meiklejohn/Mendelssohn), Paul Weigel (as Monsieur Noyer) and Georges Renavent (as the Chief of the Surete).

Safe/Healthy and Happy New Year’s/2024 from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections!”

Safe, Peaceful, Healthy & Happy New Year’s/Happy 2024 to all my fellow wonderful Super Svengoolie & Sventoonie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners/Super “Mystery Science Theater 3000” MSTies/Super classic film & TV masterpiece aficionados/Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections!“

I am thankful for my parents, my relatives/ all my fellow wonderful friends/Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super MSTies/Super classic film & TV masterpiece aficionados/Super “Silver Screen Reflections” readers across the universe!  Again, I’m very glad you all enjoy my weekly classic Sven feature film masterpiece blog/”Silver Screen Reflections” blog posts, along with my weekly “#ChrisHambyPhotoGallery” masterpiece series!

I’m looking forward to many more Sven, “Toon In” & classic mammoth film masterpiece adventures throughout the New Year of 2024 and beyond with all my fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners from coast-to-coast, along with my weekly “Chris Hamby Photo Gallery” series of uplifting nature photos from around home! 

There’s some aspects of 2024 that I’m deeply concerned about.  But I’m hoping that the New Year of 2024 will be peaceful healthy and safe for all of us.

I’ve had some obligations and setbacks recently- not too serious, but I’m being very cautious/careful.  I mentioned earlier that I would create a secondary blog site in connection to my weekly Photo Gallery series- which will actually begin later in 2024.   And there’s a lot I would like to accomplish/achieve in the New Year as well.   

And again- as I’ve mentioned before- and forgive me for sounding like a “broken record” and/or “audiotape loop,” I’m hoping one of these days in the future to see all of my fellow wonderful friends/Super SvenPals/Super Tooners for a future Sven event and/or Berwyn/Chicago visit in the future.  

And we all know that that corrupt/controversial wackadoodle billionaire schnook known as “Baron Von Muskrat” and his minions have wrecked the Twitter airlanes. 

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m hoping that we can all continue to Live-Tweet Svengoolie, “Toon In With Me” big broadcasts, classic film, music, broadcasting, animation, etc.- along with sharing fun facts about classic film, TV, cartoons, etc. and/or anything unique in connection to Sven/”Toon In.”

And again- as I’ve stated before, I’m NOT paying for a social media site/social media platform. 

For those who do not know- though I haven’t used the “Threads” platform frequently, I have a backup account on the “Threads” social media platform.  

To all my fellow wonderful Super Svengoolie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners/Super readers/subscribers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere:  Seriously, Please, please be good, kind, courteous, safe and respectful to each other.   Let’s all look to uplifting/positive enlightenment, encouragement and wisdom from Svengoolie, all fellow wonderful Super Svengoolie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me”/”Saturday Morning Cartoons” Tooners/Super Mystery Science Theater 3000/MST3K MSTies/Super classic film/television aficionados/Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere.  Again, to all fellow wonderful Super Svengoolie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me”/”Saturday Morning Cartoons” Tooners/Super MST3K MSTies/Super classic film & TV aficionados/Super “Silver ScreenReflections” readers everywhere- To those who have not made a plan to get their vaccines yet, be sure to schedule your vaccines, booster vaccines against the newest COVID-19 variant & 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 mammoth creature/sci-fi/monster/horror/fantasy feature film masterpieces on Me-TV’s big broadcast airlanes! Be sure to join in on the fun with all fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners 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; Three Cheers & Two Thumbs Up to Sven/Rich Koz, the entire Sven/Sventoonie/”Toon In”/Me-TV production team & the entire crowd of fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super MSTies/Super classic film/TV masterpiece aficionados/Super “Silver Screen Reflections” readers everywhere!   To quote Svengoolie’s executive producer, Jim Roche: “#KeepCalmAndWatchSven!”  –C.H.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Raven” (1963) with Vincent Price, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing & jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth American-International macabre adaptation masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Raven” (1963) with Vincent Price

A snippet from Roger Corman’s classic mammoth American-International macabre thriller-comedy masterpiece adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe‘s “The Raven” (1963) with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Hazel Court and young Jack Nicholson.  From the now-out-of-print Shout! Factory/Scream Factory Vincent Price Blu-Ray compilation set, “The Vincent Price Collection II.”   Kino Lorber’s “KL Studio Classics” imprint currently has the Blu-Ray rights to “The Raven” (1963, by arrangement with the current incarnation of MGM; owners of the American-International/Filmways/Orion holdings).

 

The legendary & iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Raven” (1963) this Sat., Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror!” “Contact your American-International Exchange!” Original 1963 American-International exhibitors’ leaflet for the original theatrical release of “The Raven,” directed by Roger Corman.

The classic mammoth American-International macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Raven” (1963) was directed by veteran feature film director-producer Roger Corman.   The same year that he worked on his classic mammoth macabre thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Raven” (1963), Corman also worked on his classic mammoth American-International sci-fi thriller  masterpiece production of  “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes” (1963) with Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Don Rickles, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Morris Ankrum, Bert Stevens and Hans Moebus.

Some of Corman’s best-known classic mammoth feature film masterpiece productions that he worked on include “The Fast and the Furious” (1954, with John Ireland and Dorothy Malone; one of the earliest films from Arkoff and Nicholson’s American-International), “It Conquered the World” (1956, with Peter Graves, Beverly Garland and young Lee Van Cleef), “Attack of the Crab Monsters” (1957, with a pre-“Gilligan’s Island” Russell Johnson and Pamela Duncan), “A Bucket of Blood” (1959), the classic mammoth American-International Pictures* masterpiece thriller adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe’s “House of Usher” (1960, with Vincent Price),  tPoe’s “Pit and the Pendulum” (1961, with Vincent Price and Barbara Steele), “Tales of Terror” (the 1962 adaptation of Poe’s short stories with Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone), “The Wild Angels” (1966, with Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra and Bruce Dern), Corman’s classic mammoth New World masterpiece productions of “Death Race 2000” (1975, with David Carradine,  Simone Griffeth, young Sylvester Stallone and legendary Los Angeles radio disc jockey “The Real” Don Steele), Ron Howard’s “Grand Theft Auto” (1977, with Howard, Nancy Morgan, Marion Ross, Clint Howard and “The Real” Don Steele) and Allan Arkush and Joe Dante’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School” (1979, with legendary rock group The Ramones; along with P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten and “The Real” Don Steele).  

Corman was motivated to film an adaptation of Poe’s “The Raven” after the instant box-office success of his classic mammoth American-International masterpiece adaptation of Poe’s “Tales of Terror” (1962), according to the American Film Institute’s database entry on the veteran director’s classic mammoth 1963 Poe masterpiece adaptation entry for American-International.  Corman’s classic mammoth American-International feature film masterpiece adaptation of “The Raven” (1963) marked the fifth Edgar Allan Poe-inspired feature film masterpiece adaptation production for  American-International Pictures, according to additional details from Rob Nixon’s Aug. 2012 Turner Classic Movies online article.

Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1845 gothic poem of the same name, the screenplay for Corman’s classic mammoth 1963 macabre thriller feature film masterpiece adaptation production was adapted as a screenplay for the veteran director-producer by veteran sci-fi/horror author-screenwriter Richard Matheson.  Matheson wrote the original story treatment 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, a pre-“Beverly Hillbillies” Raymond Bailey, William Schallert,  Lock Martin of 1951’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still” fame and “Orangey the Cat” of 1951’s “Rhubarb,” 1955’s “This Island Earth” and 1961’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” fame.   Matheson also wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios action-adventure-thriller masterpiece production of “Duel” (1971, originally produced as a Universal/ABC made-for-TV movie production and one of Spielberg’s earliest productions) with Dennis Weaver,  Jacqueline Scott, Lucille Benson, Eddie Firestone,  Lou Frizzell, Shirley O’ Hara, Gene Dynarski and Amy Douglass.  Matheson also wrote the teleplay for John Llewellyn Moxey and Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece pilot, “The Night Stalker” (1972) with Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Claude Akins, Larry Linville (later of TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Elisha Cook Jr., Stanley Adams, Jordan Rhodes and Barry Atwater.  The classic mammoth 1972 ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpiece pilot also served as the inspiration for the classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie pilot sequel masterpiece, “The Night Strangler” (1973) and the brief classic mammoth Universal Studios/ABC TV supernatural masterpiece series, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974-75, both McGavin and Oakland reprised their roles for the aforementioned 1973 ABC made-for-TV movie sequel and the 1974-75 “Kolchak” series).

Corman’s classic mammoth 1963 macabre masterpiece feature film adaptation production of Poe’s “The Raven” was co-produced and released by Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s  production/distribution/releasing firm, American-International Pictures; both Arkoff and Nicholson established American-International as the American Releasing Corporation in 1954, according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection housed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.   Arkoff later sold American-International to television and feature film production-syndication company Filmways in 1979, which was later acquired by Orion Pictures in 1982.  Orion, along with the majority of the American-International/Filmways holdings** was then sold to the present incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1997.  Inspired by MGM’s re-introduction of the “Orion Pictures” moniker for feature films and television productions (minus modern TV syndication of feature films, where the American-International/Filmways/Orion holdings are still syndicated under the MGM Television moniker), the modern incarnation of MGM recently revived the “American-International Pictures” (AIP) moniker for certain theatrical releases/feature film productions for theatrical release and premium streaming/video-on-demand service providers.

This will mark Sven’s second coast-to-coast big broadcast of Corman’s classic mammoth 1963 American-International macabre thriller masterpiece adaptation production on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Corman’s classic mammoth American-International masterpiece adaptation production of “The Raven” (1963) as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in Jan. 2023, which also marked the first expanded big broadcast of Sven’s Saturday evening Me-TV classic mammoth thriller/horror/monster/sci-fi masterpiece feature film showcases.

During Sven/Rich Koz’s days as the “Son of Svengoolie,” he previously showcased Corman’s classic mammoth American-International macabre feature film masterpiece adaptation of Poe’s “The Raven” (1963) on WFLD in Berwyn/Chicago back in March 1981 and in Jan. 1982, according to IMDB.

Sven also previously showcased the classic mammoth Roger Corman/American-International masterpiece production of “The Raven” (1963) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast on his hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, WCIU-TV 26 back in Dec. 2006; according to IMDB and fellow wonderful Super SvenPal/Super Tooner Dave Fuentes of “Terror From Beyond the Dave” fame & his recording of maestro Sven & maestro Doug Graves’ classic WCIU Berwyn/Chicago Sven parody song for Corman’s American-International adaptation of Poe’s “The Raven” (1963) via Dave’s official YouTube channel.

Who was in Roger Corman’s classic mammoth American-International macabre-thriller masterpiece adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (1963)?

The players who appeared in Roger Corman’s classic mammoth feature film masterpiece adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (1963) for Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures were Vincent Price (as Dr. Erasmus Craven), Peter Lorre (as Dr. Adolphus Bedlo), Boris Karloff (as Dr. Scarabus), Hazel Court (as Lenore Craven), Olive Sturgess (as Estelle Craven), young Jack Nicholson as Rexford Bedlo, Connie Wallace (as a Maid), William Baskin (as Grimes), Aaron Saxon (as Gort), Leo Gordon (in an uncredited role as the voice of Grimes) and Dick Johnstone (in an uncredited role as Roderick Craven).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) with Fay Wray, 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 Warner Bros. pioneering two-strip Technicolor thriller masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) with Fay Wray

A snippet from the restored edition of Michael Curtiz’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. pioneering two-strip Technicolor thriller masterpiece production of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933).

“Will it be a hit- or a sensation?” “Warner Bros. for Novelty!” Original 1933 Warner Bros. theatrical exhibitors’ trade ad for “Mystery of the Wax Museum;” plus a mention of the theatrical re-issue of Warners’ “Vitaphone” short subject production of “The Meal Ticket” (originally released in 1931).

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago classic horror film host will present his big broadcast of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933), this Sat.; Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic 1933 mammoth Warner Bros. horror masterpiece production was directed by veteran studio director Michael Curtiz.   Some of Curtiz’s other best-known productions include his classic mammoth Warner Bros. three-strip Technicolor adventure masterpiece production of “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938) with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone; his classic mammoth Warners musical biopic masterpiece of George M. Cohan, “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (1942) with James Cagney, Walter Huston, Rosemary DeCamp, Joan Leslie, Jeanne Cagney and S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall; his critically-acclaimed classic mammoth Warners wartime drama masterpiece production of “Casablanca” (1942) with Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Dooley Wilson, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet and Conrad Veidt, his classic Warners drama masterpiece production with Joan Crawford, “Mildred Pierce” (1945), his classic mammoth Paramount Pictures Holiday/Christmastime musical-comedy masterpiece with Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger and young George Chakiris (later of “West Side Story” fame), Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” (1954); which was Paramount’s first “VistaVision” widescreen feature film production and his classic mammoth Paramount musical-drama masterpiece adaptation production of “King Creole” (1958) with the legendary Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones (of TV’s “The Addams Family” fame), Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger and Vic Morrow.

Adapted for the screen from Charles S. Belden’s original story, the screenplay for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) was written by veteran Warner Bros. feature film screenwriters Carl Erickson and Don Mullaly.  Curtiz’s classic 1933 mammoth Warners horror masterpiece production was produced by veteran studio producers Henry Blanke and Hal B. Wallis.  Both Blanke and Wallis were uncredited for their work in “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”

The cinematography for “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) was done by pioneering Technicolor cinematographer Ray Rennahan, who was one of the first Technicolor camera operators and did experimental color motion picture photography when the Technicolor Company was established in 1915, according to Jennifer Rhee’s UCLA Film & Television Archive blog interview with UCLA Film & Television Archive head of preservation Scott MacQueen on the production of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933).  The original source music orchestral score was composed by veteran Warner Bros. studio composer Leo F. Forbstein under the “Vitaphone Orchestra,” which was named in honor of Warners’ pioneering sound-on-disc motion picture projection process.  The Vitaphone Orchestra was renamed as the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra, Forbstein composed music scores for numerous Warners sound feature film productions until his death in 1948.

Two decades after the original Warner Bros. theatrical release of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933), Warners re-made Curtiz’s aforementioned feature for their classic mammoth horror masterpiece production in pioneering Natural Vision 3-D/WarnerColor/WarnerPhonic stereophonic sound, “House of Wax” (1953) with Vincent Price, Phyllis Kirk, Frank Lovejoy, Carolyn Jones (later of TV’s “The Addams Family” fame), Paul Picerni and a young Charles Bronson (Charles Buchinsky).  The classic mammoth Warner Bros. 1953 3-D masterpiece production was directed by veteran feature film director Andre de Toth.

A 35mm nitrate frame fragment of Michael Curtiz’s Warner Bros. production of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933), from the George Eastman Museum.

Michael Curtiz’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. thriller masterpiece production of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” was considered as a “lost” film for a brief period of time after the original 1933 theatrical release; according to film historian and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment executive George Feltenstein’s findings in the May 2020 edition of the Warner Archive Podcast.

Around 1970, a truncated nitrate film print of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) was discovered in the private vault of Warner Bros. co-founder Jack L. Warner.  That version was showcased at numerous art house and film preservation screenings, including the New York Film Festival.   The Jack L. Warner private nitrate print of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” contained missing frames and missing dialogue; the lone print suffered from a lot of wear and tear and emulsion problems from being screened after its discovery.  United Artists*, who owned the pre-1948 Warner Bros. feature film, cartoon & short subject holdings at the time (as a result of United Artists’ 1958 acquisition of Eliot Hyman’s Associated Artists Productions, Hyman/A.A.P. acquired the pre-1948 Warner Bros. holdings in 1956); made dupe safety copies of the Jack L. Warner nitrate print for theatrical/nontheatrical revival screenings and 16mm reduction prints for TV syndication; the quality of the dupe prints were not faithful to the original two-strip Technicolor palette.  Another 35mm reduction transfer was made from the Jack L. Warner print and was utilized for VHS, LaserDisc and television syndication (via broadcast videotape) by MGM/UA-Turner* in the late 1980s.  Another broadcast/video transfer was made by Turner around the mid-1990s, but with an entirely different color palette that was not true to the original two-strip Technicolor palette.  The mid-1990s Turner* transfer of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933, sourced from the Jack L. Warner print) was presented as a bonus feature for the Warner Home Video/Warner Bros. Home Entertainment/Warner Archive DVD and Blu-Ray releases of “House of Wax” (1953).

A reference workprint edition of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) was recently discovered in France with a different color palette, according to additional details from Jennifer Rhee’s UCLA Film & Television Archive blog interview with Scott MacQueen.  The 2020 restoration of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) was the first major feature film restoration collaboration between Warner Bros., the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Film Foundation, with funding from the George Lucas Family Foundation, according to additional details from Feltenstein’s Warner Archive Podcast.  Modern restoration and color correction techniques were utilized to match the original two-strip Technicolor palette, along with the repair of emulsion scratches, added frames from the French workprint and the elimination of reel change/cue marks from the two aforementioned prints.  A line of Glenda Farrell’s missing dialogue was restored by using an identical source dialogue recording from one of her other Warner Bros. feature films.  The complete restoration of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” was released through Warners’ “Warner Archive” line on Blu-Ray in May 2020, according to The Digital Bits.

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of Michael Curtiz’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. pioneering two-strip Technicolor thriller masterpiece production on Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) as a coast-to-coast Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in March 2021.

Starting at the 00:01 mark: In Sven’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased Curtiz’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. two-strip Technicolor thriller masterpiece production of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere in his “Son of Svengoolie” days on WFLD (during Metromedia’s then-ownership of WFLD) in Aug. 1985, according to an original 1985 WFLD/”Son of Sven” commercial that was unearthed from a recording by Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s “FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television.”

Who was in Michael Curtiz’s classic Warner Bros. mammoth horror masterpiece production of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933)?

The players who appeared in Michael Curtiz’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. horror masterpiece production of “Mystery of the Wax Museum” (1933) were Fay Wray (as Charlotte Duncan), Lionel  Atwill (as Ivan Igor), Glenda Farrell (as Florence), Frank McHugh (as Jim), Monica Bannister (as Joan Gale), Allen Vincent (as Ralph Burton), Gavin Gordon (as George Winton), Edwin Maxwell (as Joe Worth), Holmes Herbert (as Dr. Ramussen), Claude King (as Mr. Galatalin), Arthur Edmund Carewe (as Prof. Darcy), Thomas E. Jackson (as a detective), DeWitt Jennings (as the police captain), Matthew Betz (as Hugo) and Robert Emmett O’Connor (in a uncredited role as policeman Joe).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of Vincent Price in “House on Haunted Hill” (1959), 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 macabre/thriller feature masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of Vincent Price in William Castle’s “House on Haunted Hill” (1959)

A snippet from  William Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Vincent Price. Sidebar: This is from the now-out-of-print Shout! Factory (Shout! Studios)/Scream Factory Vincent Price multi-film anthology Blu-Ray compilation set, “The Vincent Price Collection: Vol. II;” which featured Warner Bros.‘ official/authorized High-Definition restoration of Castle’s classic mammoth 1959 Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production**. -C.H.

“The ’13’ greatest shocks of all time!” “First film with the amazing new wonder ‘Emergo!'” “The thrills fly right into the audience!” Original 1959 Allied Artists newspaper advertising proof for William Castle’s “House on Haunted Hill” with Vincent Price.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) this Sat., Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“House on Haunted Hill” (1959) was directed by legendary veteran macabre-thriller feature film masterpiece director William Castle. Alongside his classic mammoth 1959 macabre/thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” for Allied Artists Productions, he also directed his classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre/thriller masterpiece production of “Macabre” (1958) with William Prince, Christine White, Jim Backus (of “Mr. Magoo” and TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame) and Jacqueline Scott.

For the majority of his feature film directorial career, Castle directed numerous productions for Columbia Pictures, notably for his classic mammoth macabre/gimmick screen thriller masterpieces and various genres of feature film productions, including numerous classic mammoth film noir, mysteries and western masterpieces for Columbia.   Some of Castle’s best-known classic mammoth Columbia macabre/gimmick-thriller masterpiece productions include “The Tingler” (1959), “13 Ghosts” (1960, with Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner of TV’s “Route 66” and “Adam-12” fame, Margaret Hamilton of MGM’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame and John Van Dreelen), “Homicidal” (1961, with Glenn Corbett), “Zotz!” (1962, with Tom Poston of TV’s “Newhart” fame, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Margaret Dumont; who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41 and  Fred Clark), “The Old, Dark House” (1963, with Poston and Janette Scott) and “Strait-Jacket” (1964, with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker and young George Kennedy).

Later in his career, Castle’s directed his classic Universal Studios mammoth thriller masterpiece productions of “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor and “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford,  John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Sharyl Locke, Patricia Breslin. William Castle also directed his classic mammoth Paramount Pictures sci-fi/mystery masterpiece production of “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George and Greta Baldwin.

Castle’s “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) was released theatrically through Allied Artists, according to IMDB.  The classic 1959 mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production was co-produced by Castle and veteran associate producer Robb White, who also wrote the screenplay for the Allied Artists production of “House on Haunted Hill” with Castle.

40 years after the original theatrical release of William Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece, director William Malone re-made “House on Haunted Hill” (1999) for Warner Bros.** with Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher, Ali Larter and Chris Kattan (of “Saturday Night Live” fame).  Warner Bros. owns the rights to the majority of the Monogram/Allied Artists/Lorimar Productions library, including the original “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) as part of Warners’ 1989 acquisition of Lorimar Productions/Lorimar-Telepictures, Lorimar Productions acquired Allied Artists after Allied Artists went bankrupt in 1979.  Warner Bros. also produced and released a follow-up direct-to-video sequel to the 1999 re-make version of “House on Haunted Hill” in conjunction with director Víctor García, titled “Return to House on Haunted Hill” (2007)  with Amanda Righetti, Cerina Vincent, Erik Palladino and Tom Riley.

This will mark Sven’s third big coast-to-coast broadcast of William Castle’s production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Castle’s classic mammoth  1959 macabre-thriller masterpiece production as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in Aug. 2021.  He showcased “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) as a regular coast-to-coast big broadcast on the airlanes of Me-TV back in May 2022.

In Sven’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased William Castle’s mammoth classic Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 1998 on WCIU-TV, according to IMDB.

Who was in William Castle’s Allied Artists classic mammoth macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959)?

The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre-thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) were Vincent Price (as Frederick Loren), Carol Ohmart (as Annabelle Loren), Richard Long (as Lance Schroder), Julie Mitchum (as Ruth Bridgers), Elisha Cook Jr. (as Watson Pritchard),  Carolyn Craig (as Nora Manning),  Alan Marshal (as Dr. David Trent), Leona Anderson (as Mrs. Slydes), Howard Hoffman (as Jonas) and the Skeleton (as himself).