“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth American-International sci-fi sequel masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958)

Truncated theatrical trailer for Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures for the 1958 theatrical release of Bert I. Gordon’s “War of the Colossal Beast” with Duncan “Dean” Parkin.

“The Towering Terror from Hell!” Original 1958 American-International theatrical poster art element for Bert I. Gordon’s “War of the Colossal Beast.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago classic sci-fi/creature feature film host will present his big broadcast of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958), this Sat.; Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1958 American-International sci-fi sequel masterpiece production was directed by veteran director Bert I. Gordon.  Some of Gordon’s best-known cult classic sci-fi/visual effects feature film masterpiece productions include  “The Cyclops” (1957) for Allied Artists with Lon Chaney Jr., “Beginning of the End” (1957)* with Peter Graves, Peggie Castle and Morris Ankrum; “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958, a.k.a. “The Spider”)* with Ed Kemmer, June Kenney and Hank Patterson; “Tormented” (1960) for Allied Artists with Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders and the vocal stylings of Paul Frees; “Village of the Giants” (1965) for Joseph E. Levine’s Embassy Pictures with Ron “Ronny” Howard, legendary singer Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon (who wrote/performed the mammoth 2016 Sven song masterpiece with Sven, “the Svengoolie Stomp”), Joy Harmon, Beau Bridges, Tisha Sterling, Johnny Crawford, The Beau Brummels, Tommy Kirk, Toni Basil, Rance Howard, Tim Rooney  and  Orangey the Cat; “The Food of the Gods” (1976)* with  Ida Lupino, Marjoe Gortner, Ralph Meeker and Pamela Franklin and “Empire of the Ants” (1977)* with Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi, Jacqueline Scott and Robert Pine.

*For the majority of his motion picture directorial career, Gordon released his classic mammoth “giant” sci-fi/creature masterpiece productions, including “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) through Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s  American-International Pictures . Arkoff and Nicholson established American-International Pictures in 1954, according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection housed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.   American-International was 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 then sold to the present incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1997.  Following MGM’s recent revival of the “Orion Pictures” moniker, the studio recently revived the “American-International Pictures” moniker.

Gordon also co-produced the classic mammoth 1958 American-International sci-fi/creature sequel masterpiece with Arkoff and Nicholson, the two founders of American-International Pictures served as executive producers of the film under the “Carmel Productions” moniker.  Gordon also wrote the original story treatment for “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958). Veteran screenwriter George Worthing Yates wrote the screenplay adaptation of Gordon’s original story treatment of “War of the Colossal Beast.”

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of Gordon’s classic mammoth American-International sci-fi masterpiece sequel production of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  Sven previously showcased “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) as a big broadcast premiere back in Sept. 2021.

Who was in Bert I. Gordon’s classic mammoth American-International sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958)?

The players who appeared in Bert I. Gordon’s classic mammoth production of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) for Samuel Z. Arkoff & James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures were Duncan “Dean” Parkin (as Col. Glenn Manning), Sally Fraser (as Joyce Manning), Rico Alaniz (as Sgt. Luis Murillo), Roger Pace (as Maj. Mark Baird), Russ Bender (as Dr. Carmichael), Stan Chambers (as a TV reporter/announcer), Bob Garnet (as a Pentagon correspondent), Jack Kosslyn (as a TV reporter), George Becwar (as John Swanson), Robert Hernandez (as Miguel), June Jocelyn (as Mrs. Edwards), Charles Stewart (as Capt. Harris), George Navarro (as a Doctor), John McNamara (as a neurologist), Loretta Nicholson (as Joan), Raymond Winston (as Arthur Lang), June Burt (as Laurie Edwards), Howard Wright (as the Medical Research Officer), Mary Hennessy (as an Air Traffic Controller), George Alexander (as an Army officer), Bill Giorgio (as a bus driver),Hal Torey (as the Health & Welfare Dept. head), George Milan (as Gen. Nelson), Warren Frost (as a switchboard operator), Robert Tetrick (as himself), Rodd Dana (as himself) and archival footage of Glenn Langan (who previously played the role of Col. Glenn Manning in Bert I. Gordon’s earlier classic mammoth 1957 American-International sci-fi masterpiece production of “The Amazing Colossal Man”).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast premiere of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast premiere of a classic mammoth sci-fi creature masterpiece sequel.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast premiere of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958)

Truncated theatrical trailer for Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures & the company’s release of Bert I. Gordon’s “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) with Duncan “Dean” Parkin.

“The towering terror from hell!” Original 1958 American-International Pictures theatrical poster artwork for Bert I. Gordon’s “War of the Colossal Beast” with Duncan “Dean” Parkin.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago classic sci-fi/creature feature film host will present his big broadcast premiere of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958), this Sat.; Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) was directed by veteran director Bert I. Gordon.  Some of Gordon’s best-known cult classic sci-fi/visual effects feature film masterpiece productions include  “The Cyclops” (1957) for Allied Artists with Lon Chaney Jr., “Beginning of the End” (1957)* with Peter Graves, Peggie Castle and Morris Ankrum; “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958, a.k.a. “The Spider”)* with Ed Kemmer, June Kenney and Hank Patterson; “Tormented” (1960) for Allied Artists with Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders and the vocal stylings of Paul Frees; “Village of the Giants” (1965) for Joseph E. Levine’s Embassy Pictures with Ron “Ronny” Howard, legendary singer Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon (who wrote/performed the mammoth 2016 Sven song masterpiece with Sven, “the Svengoolie Stomp”), Joy Harmon, Beau Bridges, Tisha Sterling, Johnny Crawford, The Beau Brummels, Tommy Kirk, Toni Basil, Rance Howard, Tim Rooney  and  Orangey the Cat; “The Food of the Gods” (1976)* with  Ida Lupino, Marjoe Gortner, Ralph Meeker and Pamela Franklin and “Empire of the Ants” (1977)* with Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi, Jacqueline Scott and Robert Pine.

*For the majority of his motion picture directorial career, Gordon released his classic mammoth “giant” sci-fi/creature masterpiece productions, including “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) through Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s  American-International Pictures (AIP). Arkoff and Nicholson established AIP in  in 1954, according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection housed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.   AIP was acquired by Filmways in 1979, which was later acquired by Orion Pictures in 1982.  Orion (along with the majority of the AIP/Filmways holdings)** was then sold to the present incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1997.  Following MGM’s recent revival of the “Orion Pictures” moniker, the studio recently revived the “American-International Pictures” (AIP) moniker with the 1968-80 abstract “ai” logo.

Alongside his portfolio of cult classic mammoth sci-fi/visual effects feature film masterpieces throughout his screen career, “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) was the sequel to Bert I. Gordon’s earlier classic American-International mammoth sci-fi creature/visual effects masterpiece production of “The Amazing Colossal Man” (1957) with Glenn Langan in the title role of Col. Glenn Manning.

Gordon also co-produced the classic mammoth 1958 AIP sci-fi/creature sequel masterpiece with Arkoff and Nicholson, the two founders of American-International Pictures served as executive producers of the film under the “Carmel Productions” moniker.  Gordon also wrote the original story treatment for “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958). Veteran screenwriter George Worthing Yates wrote the screenplay adaptation of Gordon’s original story treatment of “War of the Colossal Beast.”

Who was in Bert I. Gordon’s classic mammoth American-International sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958)?

The players who appeared in Bert I. Gordon’s classic mammoth production of “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958) for Samuel Z. Arkoff & James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures were Duncan “Dean” Parkin (as Col. Glenn Manning), Sally Fraser (as Joyce Manning), Rico Alaniz (as Sgt. Luis Murillo), Roger Pace (as Maj. Mark Baird), Russ Bender (as Dr. Carmichael), Stan Chambers (as a TV reporter/announcer), Bob Garnet (as a Pentagon correspondent), Jack Kosslyn (as a TV reporter), George Becwar (as John Swanson), Robert Hernandez (as Miguel), June Jocelyn (as Mrs. Edwards), Charles Stewart (as Capt. Harris), George Navarro (as a Doctor), John McNamara (as a neurologist), Loretta Nicholson (as Joan), Raymond Winston (as Arthur Lang), June Burt (as Laurie Edwards), Howard Wright (as the Medical Research Officer), Mary Hennessy (as an Air Traffic Controller), George Alexander (as an Army officer), Bill Giorgio (as a bus driver),Hal Torey (as the Health & Welfare Dept. head), George Milan (as Gen. Nelson), Warren Frost (as a switchboard operator), Robert Tetrick (as himself), Rodd Dana (as himself) and archival footage of Glenn Langan (who previously played the role of Col. Glenn Manning in Bert I. Gordon’s 1957 American-International production of “The Amazing Colossal Man”).