“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) with Glenn Strange and Boris Karloff, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing for joy for a classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece with several horror and monster silver screen legends.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) with Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine

A snippet from Erle C. Kenton‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944), featuring Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr.

“All together- History’s weirdest household!” Latter Realart theatrical re-issue poster art for Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/horror film host will present his big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944), this Sat.; May 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1944 Universal monster masterpiece production was directed by veteran actor-turned-director Erle C. Kenton. Kenton was part of pioneering silent feature film comedian-actor-producer Mack Sennett’s original pioneering “Keystone Kops” silent comedy players troupe for Sennett’s Keystone Film Company before going into the field of directing films; according to IMDB.

Kenton also directed the classic mammoth Paramount Pictures supernatural/sci-fi screen masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “Island of Lost Souls” (1932) with Charles Laughton, horror feature film legend Bela Lugosi, Leila Hyams, Kathleen “Panther Woman” Burke, Richard Arlen and young Alan Ladd.

Kenton also worked on the classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece installment of “The Ghost of Frankenstein” (1942) with  Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy and  Dwight Frye; his classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece with  Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, including “Who Done It?” (1942) with Louise Allbritton, Patric Knowles, Mary Wickes, Don Porter and William Bendix and “Pardon My Sarong” (1942) with Charles Fuqua, Hoppy Jones, Bill Kenny and Deek Watson of the legendary jazz vocal singing group The Four Ink Spots; Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, William Demarest (who later appeared on TV’s “My Three Sons/Ernie ‘Binge the Cringe’” from 1965-72), Leif Erickson and Herb Vigran and his classic mammoth Universal thriller masterpiece production of “The Cat Creeps” (1946) with Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, Paul Kelly and Douglass Dumbrille.

The original story idea/treatment for Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) was written by veteran science fiction author and screenwriter Curt Siodmak; who also wrote the screenplay for George Waggner‘s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers,  Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William and Patric Knowles.  Siodmak’s other script/story and screenplay treatments include “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940), “The Invisible Woman” (1940), “Invisible Agent” (1942), “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943), “Son of Dracula” (1943), “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1946, for competing studio Warner Bros.) and the Universal production of  “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon” (1956).

Siodmak’s original story treatment/idea for “House of Frankenstein” (1944) was adapted into a screenplay by veteran screenwriter Edward T. Lowe Jr., who also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” mystery novel of  “The Dancing Men” with veteran screenwriters Scott Darling and Edmund L. Hartmann for Roy William Neill’s classic mammoth Universal “Sherlock Holmes” mystery masterpiece adaptation production of “Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon” (1942) with Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Kaaren Verne, Holmes Herbert, Whit Bissell and Lionel Atwill.  The junior Lowe also wrote the screenplay for Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Dracula” (1945).  “House of Frankenstein” (1944) was produced by veteran producer Paul Malvern.

This will mark Sven’s ninth big broadcast of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) on the airlanes Me-TV.  He previously showcased Kenton’s classic mammoth 1944 Universal monster masterpiece production as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV broadcast premiere back in Jan. 2012* and as regular big broadcasts back in Dec. 2012*, Nov. 2013, April 2014, Dec. 2015, Jan. 2017, Aug. 2018 and Oct. 2021 as part of Sven’s Oct. 2021 “Franken-Fest” month-long big broadcast showcases of classic mammoth Frankenstein/Frankenstein-themed feature film masterpieces.

In Sven’s Berwyn/Chicago “Son of Svengoolie” days, he previously showcased Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth 1944 Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” as a Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois “Son of Sven” big broadcast premiere back on WFLD/32 in 1981; according to video footage that was unearthed by Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television via the Internet Archive.

Son of Sven/Rich Koz/Sven later showcased “House of Frankenstein” (1944) as a regular Berwyn/Chicago “Son of Sven” big broadcast on WFLD back in July 1984 (during the station’s Metromedia era), according to IMDB.

Sven/Rich Koz later showcased the classic mammoth 1944 Erle Kenton-Universal monster masterpiece production as a big broadcast on his hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, WCIU-TV 26 back in Dec. 2007; according to IMDB.

Who was in Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944)?

The players who appeared in Erle C. Kenton’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “House of Frankenstein” (1944) were Glenn Strange (as Frankenstein’s monster), Boris Karloff (as Dr. Gustav Niemann), Lon Chaney Jr. (as Larry “Wolf Man” Talbot), John Carradine (as Count Dracula, a.k.a. Baron Latos), Anne Gwynne (as Rita Hussman), J. Carrol Naish (as Daniel), Peter Coe (as Carl Hussman), Sig Ruman (as Hussman), Lionel Atwill (as Inspector Arnz), George Zucco (as Prof. Bruno Lampini), Elena Verdugo (as Ilonka), William Edmunds (as Fejos), Charles Miller (as Burgomeister Toberman), Philip Van Zandt (as Inspector Muller), Julius Tannen (as Hertz), Hans Herbert (as Meier), Dick Dickinson (as Borg), George Lynn (as Inspector Gerlach), Michael Mark (as Frederick Strauss), Olaf Hytten (as Hoffman), Frank Reicher (as Ullman) and Brandon Hurst (as Dr. Geissler).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr., this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios werewolf monster masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr.

“Night Monster! Prowling! Killing! Terrifying!” Latter 1948 Realart/Film Classics theatrical re-issue poster for George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) with Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941), this Sat., April 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1941 Universal werewolf monster-thriller feature masterpiece was directed by veteran director George Waggner.  Alongside his numerous feature film and television productions throughout his film and television career, Waggner also worked on numerous episodes of the classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)/ABC television live-action “Batman” TV series adaptation of the DC Comics superhero with Adam West and Burt Ward (Waggner directed numerous episodes of the series from 1966-67).

The screenplay for Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster-werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) was written by veteran science-fiction author and screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who also worked on screenplays for numerous classic mammoth Universal monster/thriller/sci-fi masterpiece productions throughout his screenwriting career, including “The Invisible Man Returns” (1940), “The Invisible Woman” (1940), “Invisible Agent” (1942), “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943), “Son of Dracula” (1943), “House of Frankenstein” (1944) and “Curucu, Beast of the Amazon” (1956).

Outside of his classic mammoth Universal feature film screenplays, Curt Siodmak also worked on the screenplay for Robert Florey’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. horror-mystery masterpiece, “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1946) with Peter Lorre, Andrea King, Robert Alda, Victor Aller, J. Carrol Naish, Patricia Barry, Pedro de Cordoba and William Edmunds.  Siodmak’s brother, Robert Siodmak was a feature film director, who was best-known for his classic mammoth Universal feature film masterpiece productions of  “Son of Dracula” (1943) with Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Craven, Etta McDaniel and George Irving and Ernest Hemmingway’s “The Killers” (1946) with Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker (of 1940’s “Dr. Cyclops” fame), William Conrad (in his pre-“Cannon” days) and Virginia Christine (who later rose to greater fame for her role of “Mrs. Olson” in numerous television commercials for Folgers Coffee).

This will mark Sven’s tenth big broadcast of “The Wolf Man” (1941) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal werewolf monster masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV back in Feb. 2013 as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere and as regular big broadcasts back in July 2013, Oct. 2014, Feb. 2016,  Sept. 2017,  Aug. 2018, Dec. 2019, July 2020 and April 2022.

In Son of Sven/Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie” on WFLD/32 as a “Son of Sven” big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 1979 and as regular “Son of Sven” Berwyn/Chicago big broadcasts back in Nov. 1980 and Nov. 1983.   On Svengoolie/Rich’s hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, WCIU-TV 26; he previously showcased “The Wolf Man” (1941) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast back in Jan. 2008, according to IMDB.

Who was in George Waggner’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” (1941)?

The players who appeared in George Waggner’s classic mammoth 1941 Universal monster-werewolf masterpiece production of “The Wolf Man” were Lon Chaney Jr. (credited as “Lon Chaney” in the dual role of Lawrence “Larry” Talbot/the “Wolf Man”), Evelyn Ankers (as Gwen Conliffe), Claude Rains (as Sir John Talbot), Bela Lugosi (as Bela), Maria Ouspenskaya (as Maleva), Ralph Bellamy (as Col. Montford), Fay Helm (as Jenny),  Warren William (as Dr. Lloyd),  Patric Knowles (as Frank Andrews), Forrester Harvey (as Twiddle) and J.M. Kerrigan (as Charles Conliffe).

“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 “How to make a Monster” (1958, directed by Herbert L. Strock), this Sat. on Me-TV

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

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “How to Make a Monster” (1958)

Original 1958 American-International Pictures teaser advertising trailer for Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth monster-fantasy masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster.”

“It will scare the living ‘yell’ out of you!” Original 1958 American-International theatrical poster art for “How to Make a Monster.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/creature/fantasy feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “How to Make a Monster” (1958), this Sat.; Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1958 American-International Pictures masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” was directed by veteran editor/producer/director Herbert L. Strock.  Alongside his classic mammoth 1958 creature/monster/fantasy masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” for American-International Pictures, several of Strock’s best-known feature film productions include his classic mammoth United Artists 3-D sci-fi masterpiece production of “Gog” (1954) with Constance Dowling,  William Schallert, Philip Van Zandt and Richard Egan.  Alongside the production of  “How to Make A Monster” (1958), Strock also directed numerous classic mammoth horror/monster masterpiece productions for release through American-International Pictures, including “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” (1957) with Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates,  George Lynn and “Blood of Dracula” (1957) with Sandra Harrison, Gail Ganley, Louise Lewis and Jerry Blaine.

Strock also directed the cult classic horror masterpiece, “The Crawling Hand” (1963) with Allison Hayes of 1958’s “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” fame a pre-“Gilligan’s Island” Alan Hale Jr., Arline Judge, Richard Arlen, Kent Taylor and Peter Breck.  Strock’s 1963 production was later famously riffed on “Mystery Science Theater 3000” in 1989 in ep. #106, which aired in 1989.   “Strock later co-directed scenes for Richard Shorr’s horror-comedy feature production of “Witches’ Brew” (1980) with Teri Garr, Lana Turner and Richard Benjamin.

Veteran producer Herman Cohen worked on Strock’s production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) for American-International Pictures.  In addition to the 1958 classic mammoth Strock/American-International monster/creature/fantasy masterpiece.  Cohen also produced Arthur Crabtree’s classic mammoth British “Hypnovista” horror-mystery masterpiece with young Michael Gough, “Horrors of the Black Museum” (1959), which was released theatrically in Great Britain by veteran producers-exhibitors Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy and was released theatrically in the United States by American-International Pictures.

Cohen also co-produced John Lemont‘s classic mammoth American-International sci-fi creature  masterpiece production of “Konga” (1961) with Paul Stockman, Michael Gough, Claire Gordon, Jess Conrad, Austin Trevor, Jack Watson, George Pastell, Vanda Godsell , Leonard Sachs, Stanley Morgan, Grace Arnold, John Welsh, Nicholas Bennett, Kim Tracy, Waveney Lee and Rupert Osborne.

Some of Cohen’s latter production involvements throughout his film career include the production Jim O’Connolly’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures horror-thriller-mystery masterpiece with Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Judy Geeson and Michael Gough, “Berserk!” (1967) and Freddie Francis’ cult classic mammoth Warner Bros. creature-horror-thriller masterpiece production of “Trog” (1970) with Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Kim Braden, Bernard Kay and a pre-“Keeping Up Appearances” David Griffin; the Cohen-Francis-Warners production of “Trog” marked one of the final feature film roles/final feature film appearances for Joan Crawford in her screen career.  Later in Cohen’s producing career, he set up his own distribution firm that distributed his own backlog of independently-financed cult classic feature films and other independently financed productions, Cobra Media; according to Dennis Mclellan’s 2002 Los Angeles Times remembrance article on the life and legacy of Cohen.

Alongside producing Strock’s production of “How to Make A Monster” (1958), Cohen also co-wrote the screenplay and original story treatment idea with veteran screenwriter Aben Kandel for Strock’s 1958 classic mammoth American-International horror-monster feature masterpiece production.  Kandel received screen credit under the pseudonym of Kenneth Langtry for his work on “How To Make a Monster” (1958).  Kandel/Langtry also wrote the screenplays for the productions of for “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” (1957, Kandel/Langtry was credited under the pseudonym of Ralph Thornton), “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein” (1957, under the pseudonym of Langtry), “Horrors of the Black Museum” (1958), “Blood of Dracula” (1958, under the pseudonym of Thornton), “Berserk!” (1967) and “Trog” (1970).  Cohen and Kandel’s screenplay for “How to Make a Monster” was partially inspired by the real-life downfall of veteran Universal Studios make-up artist Jack Pierce, according to veteran feature film and television monster/creature make-up artist Rick Baker’s findings for the “Trailers From Hell” retrospective on Herbert L. Strock’s production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958).

James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff.

The 1958 Strock-Cohen production of “How To Make A Monster” was released theatrically through American-International Pictures (AIP); the independent distribution firm that was established by Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson in 1954, according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection/archives  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 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 current incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) owns the American-International Pictures, Filmways and Orion trademarks since the studio’s acquisition of Orion Pictures in 1997.  The American-International Pictures release of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) was produced under the moniker of “Sunset Productions,” according to the American Film Institute.

Gary Conway (as Tony Mantell/the teenage Frankenstein) in Herbert L. Strock’s production of “How to Make a Monster,” featured in Iron Maiden’s 1982 music video for their recording of “The Number of the Beast.”

Elements from Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth monster/creature/fantasy masterpiece production were later featured in the music video for legendary mammoth British heavy metal rock band Iron Maiden’s classic mammoth 1982 EMI/Harvest (distributed via EMI/Harvest/Capitol Records in the United States at the time) masterpiece recording of “The Number of the Beast.” The aforementioned 1982 Iron Maiden song of “The Number of the Beast” also marked the title song for the legendary heavy metal rock group’s 1982 EMI/Harvest album of the same name.

Samuel Z. Arkoff and son Lou Arkoff later re-made Herbert L. Strock’s 1958 production with veteran producer Colleen Camp, “How to Make a Monster” (2001). Directed by George Huang;  the 2001 Arkoff family remake of Strock’s 1958 production featured Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Tyler Mane, Karim Prince, Julie Strain and Jason Marsden.  As part of a series of re-makes of early American-International Pictures mammoth sci-fi and monster/creature feature film masterpiece productions that were co-produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, veteran special effects/make-up effects artist Stan Winston worked with the Arkoff family on the re-makes, including the 2001 edition of “How to Make a Monster.”  The Arkoff family re-makes were known as “Creature Features” and aired on HBO’s secondary premium cable channel service, Cinemax from 2001-02.  The Arkoff re-makes were also released on DVD through Sony’s Columbia Tri-Star Home Entertainment (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment); according to Felix Vasquez Jr.’s Nov. 2020 Bloody Disgusting horror entertainment article on the latter Arkoff family “Creature Features” re-makes, Ironically, the forerunner of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video handled the VHS rights by arrangement with Samuel Z. Arkoff/Selma Enterprises to the Arkoff-owned early classic mammoth American-International feature film masterpieces, including the original classic mammoth Herbert L. Strock-Herman Cohen/American-International masterpiece production of “How to Make A Monster” (1958), under the “Drive-In Classics” moniker- the RCA/Columbia VHS edition of the 1958 American-International feature was released in 1991 (two years after Sony’s 1989 acquisition of Columbia Pictures– the home entertainment unit was renamed Columbia Tristar Home Video after Sony acquired RCA/General Electric’s stake in the home entertainment venture in Late 1991). -C.H.

This will mark Sven’s fourth big broadcast of “How To Make a Monster’ (1958) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased the classic mammoth 1958 American-International monster-fantasy masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in June 2021 and as a regular Me-TV big broadcasts back in Dec. 2021 and June 2022.

In Svengoolie/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; the legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based horror/monster film host previously showcased Herbert L. Strock’s classic mammoth American-International Pictures monster/creature/fantasy masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) as a big Berwyn/Chicago broadcast premiere during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie” on WFLD/32 back in Aug. 1980; according to a snippet from Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s official YouTube channel for “FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television.”.

Who was in “How to Make a Monster” (1958)?

The players who appeared in the Herbert L. Strock/Herman Cohen/American-International classic mammoth monster masterpiece production of “How to Make a Monster” (1958) were Gary Clarke (as Larry Drake/the “Teenage Werewolf”), Gary Conway (as Tony Mantell/the “Teenage Frankenstein”), Robert H. Harris (as Pete Dumond), Paul Brinegar (as Rivero), Morris Ankrum (as Police Capt. Hancock), Heather Ames (as Arlene Dow), Malcolm Atterbury (as Richards), Dennis Cross (as Monahan),  Paul Maxwell (as Jeff Clayton), Walter Reed (as Det. Thompson),  Eddie Marr (as John Nixon),  Robert Shayne (as Gary Droz), Rodd Dana (as a lab technician, Dana received screen credit under the name of “Rod Dana” for his appearance in “How to Make a Monster”), Jaclyn Hellman (as Jane, Hellman received screen credit in “How to Make a Monster” under the name of Jacqueline Ebeier), Paulene Myers (as Millie), Joan Chandler (as Marilyn), Thomas Browne Henry (as Martin Brace), John Phillips** (as Det. Jones), John Ashley (as himself) and a cameo appearance by producer Herman Cohen (in an uncredited role as a director in the studio projection room).

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) with Elsa Lanchester & Boris Karloff, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of one of the many classic mammoth Universal Studios monster sequel masterpieces.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) with Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff

A snippet from James Whale’s classic mammoth 1935 Universal Studios monster sequel masterpiece production of “The Bride of Frankenstein” with Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff.

“She knocked ’em cold!” Original 1935 Universal Studios exhibitors’ advertisement for James Whale’s “The Bride of Frankenstein” with Elsa Lanchester.

The legendary & iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935); this Sat., Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth landmark 1935 Universal monster sequel masterpiece production was directed by veteran studio director James Whale, who also directed the classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece adaptation production of “Frankenstein” (1931) with Boris Karloff in the role of the monster.  Whale’s other classic mammoth Universal feature film masterpiece productions include his classic mammoth Universal screen thriller adaptation masterpiece of J.B. Priestley’s “The Old Dark House” (1932) with Karloff, and his classic Universal monster masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (1933) with Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart and Henry Travers.

Shortly before working on his numerous classic mammoth Universal 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) with Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon and James Hall; according to IMDB.   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. -C.H.

Inspired by Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, “Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus;” the screenplay for Whale’s 1935 classic Universal monster sequel masterpiece was written by veteran screenwriter William Hurlbut.  Hurlburt also wrote the screen adaptation with veteran screenwriter John L. Balderston.  “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) was produced by veteran producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the son of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle.   The senior Laemmle founded Universal as a merger of his pioneering production-distribution company and several other pioneering feature film production-distribution companies in 1912.

This will mark Sven’s tenth big broadcast of Whale’s 1935 classic Universal monster masterpiece sequel on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in June 2011* and as regular big broadcasts back in Sept. 2012*, April 2014, June 2015, April 2016, June 2017, May 2019 (as part of Sven’s “Monstrous May” 2019 festival of Universal Studios’ classic mammoth “Frankenstein” monster feature film adaptation masterpieces), June 2020 and Oct. 2022 (as part of Sven’s Oct. 2022 “Halloween-‘BOO-nanza’ festival on the airlanes of Me-TV).

In Svengoolie/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Ilinois; he previously showcased Whale’s classic mammoth 1935 Universal “Frankenstein” monster sequel masterpiece production of “The Bride of Frankenstein” during his days as the Son of Svengoolie on WFLD back in 1983 according to a classic SOS/Sven segment that was unearthed years ago by veteran Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s official YouTube channel for “FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television.”

Who was in “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935)?

The players who appeared in Whale’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) were Elsa Lanchester (who played the dual roles of Mary Shelley and the “Monster’s Mate”), Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein’s Monster), Colin Clive (as Henry Frankenstein), Valerie Hobson (as Elizabeth Frankenstein), Una O’Connor (as Minnie), Ernest Thesiger (as Dr. Pretorius), O.P. Heggie (as a Hermit), Dwight Frye (as Karl Glutz), Douglas Walton (as Percy Shelley), young Billy Barty (in an uncredited role as a baby), young John Carradine (in an uncredited role as a hunter at the Hermit’s cabin),  E.E. Clive (as the Burgomaster), young Walter Brennan (in an uncredited role as a neighbor), Marilyn Harris (in an uncredited role as a student) and Gavin Gordon (as Lord Byron).

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955, in 2-D), 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 “Gill-Man” monster sequel masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955, in 2-D)

 A snippet from Jack Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal Studios “Creature”/”Gill-Man” monster sequel masterpiece production of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955, presented in 2-D).

“All-New Thrills! Shock! Suspense!” Original 1955 Universal Studios theatrical poster art for “Revenge of the Creature.”

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/creature feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) in 2-D this Sat., Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV. The classic mammoth 1955 Universal “Creature” monster masterpiece was directed by veteran director Jack Arnold.

Revenge of the Creature” (1955) is the sequel to Arnold’s earlier classic mammoth Universal “Gill-Man” 3-D monster masterpiece, “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954) with Julie Adams, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Nestor Paiva, Richard Carlson and Richard Denning.

Alongside the two classic mammoth Universal “Creature” monster masterpiece productions, Arnold’s other classic mammoth Universal monster/creature and sci-fi masterpiece productions include “It Came from Outer Space” (1953, with Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, a pre-“Gilligan’s Island” Russell Johnson, Charles Drake and Kathleen Hughes– Arnold’s classic mammoth 1953 Universal sci-fi masterpiece production marked one of Universal’s first 3-D feature film productions), “Tarantula” (1955) with  John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, a pre-“Beverly Hillbillies” Raymond Bailey and young Bing Russell,  “The Incredible Shrinking Man” (1957, with Grant Williams, April Kent and Randy Stuart) and “Monster on the Campus” (1958, with Eddie Parker, Joanna Moore, Troy Donahue and Arthur Franz).

One of Arnold’s latter feature film directorial works was his classic mammoth Columbia Pictures comedy masterpiece production of “The Mouse That Roared” (1959) with Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell (in his pre-BBC “Doctor Who” days, Hartnell went onto greater fame as the “First Doctor” in the aforementioned classic mammoth BBC television sci-fi masterpiece series from 1963-66 and his final appearance in a guest spot in 1973) and David Kossoff.  He directed the classic mammoth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) comedy short subject masterpiece featuring Dan Rowan and Dick Martin (of their classic mammoth NBC-TV comedy/variety masterpiece series, “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” fame), “Rowan & Martin at the Movies” (1968).

After his feature film directorial stint with Universal Studios, Arnold mostly turned his attention to directing numerous television programs for the remainder of his directorial career.  Arnold directed two 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 (the two “Perry Mason” episodes that Arnold directed were 1964’s “The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor” and 1965’s “The Case of the Thermal Thief“). To paraphrase Sven, “Jack Arnold directed two episodes of.. “Perry Mason!” -C.H. Arnold directed 26 episodes of the classic mammoth Gladysya (Phil Silvers)-Sherwood Schwartz-United Artists-CBS comedy masterpiece series, “Gilligan’s Island” with Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr.,  Jim Backus (of “Mister Magoo” fame to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me”), Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson (Arnold directed 26 episodes of the series from 1964-66).

The 1955 Universal “Creature” monster sequel was produced by veteran actor-turned-Universal Studios producer and Jack Arnold’s longtime feature film co-collaborator, William Alland.  Alland also co-wrote the screenplay for “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) with veteran screenwriter Martin Berkeley.  Alongside co-writing the screenplay for Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal “Creature”/”Gill-Man” monster masterpiece production with Alland, Berkeley also co-wrote the screenplay for Arnold’s classic mammoth 1955 Universal arachnid creature/sci-fi masterpiece production of “Tarantula” with veteran screenwriter Robert M. Fresco; Fresco also co-wrote the original story treatment for “Tarantula” with Jack Arnold.

One year after “Revenge of the Creature,” the third and final installment of Universal’s “Creature” monster trilogy film series was produced and released in 2-D; titled “The Creature Walks Among Us” (1956, directed by John Sherwood; with Leigh Snowden, Ricou Browning, Don Megowan, Jeff Morrow and Rex Reason).

This will mark Sven’s ninth big broadcast of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) from coast-to-coast on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal “Creature” monster sequel masterpiece back in Jan. 2013, Aug. 2013, July 2014, May 2015,  Oct. 2016, Sept. 2018,  Jan. 2020 and Feb. 2022. *Sidebar: Sven’s 2018 big broadcast of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) was originally scheduled for a late March 2018  big broadcast for Sven’s showcase, but was withdrawn due to a scheduling conflict at the time between Me-TV and Universal Studios/Universal Television/NBCUniversal Television Distribution (now known as NBCUniversal Syndication Studios).  Sven’s re-broadcast of Alan Landsburg’s cult made-for-TV insect thriller “Ants!” (1977, a.k.a. “It Happened at Lakewood Manor”) aired in place of “Revenge of the Creature” on March 24, 2018.

Who was in Jack Arnold’s Universal sequel production of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955)?

The players who appeared in Jack Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal “Creature” sequel masterpiece production of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) were Ricou Browning (in uncredited dual roles as the Creature for underwater/Marineland tank-based scenes and a laboratory technician),  Lori Nelson (as Helen Dobson),  Tom Hennesy (in uncredited dual roles as the Creature for land-based scenes and a Marineland diver),  Ginger Stanley (in an uncredited role for the underwater stunt sequences for Lori Nelson’s characterization of Helen Dobson), Nestor Paiva (as Lucas), John Agar (as Prof. Clete Ferguson), young Clint Eastwood (in an uncredited role as Jennings), John Bromfield (as Joe Hayes),  Grandon Rhodes (as Jackson Foster),  Dave Willock (as Lou Gibson), Charles Cane (as a police captain) and Robert B. Williams (as George Johnson).

Safe, Healthy and Happy Holidays/Season’s Greetings 2023 from the writer-author of “Silver Screen Reflections”

“Hooray for ‘Sventa Claus’!” Safe, Peaceful, Healthy & Happy Holidays/Season’s Greetings 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 aficionados & Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere from the author/writer of “Silver Screen Reflections!” 

In order of the calendar of Dec. 2023 Holidays: Safe, Healthy and Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Winter Solstice, Happy Festivus, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy early New Year’s & Season’s Greetings to all fellow Super SvenPals/fellow Super Tooners everywhere who celebrate/observe the winter Holidays!

Fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super MSTies/Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!  Whether you watched your favorite classic/cult classic mammoth Holiday feature film, cartoon and/or TV masterpieces earlier in the day, various Holiday festivities everywhere, enjoying the Chicago/Berwyn Holiday festivities- along with fellow wonderful Chicago/Berwyn/Volo Super SvenPals/Super Tooners & fellow wonderful coast-to-coast Super SvenPals/Super Tooners visiting & enjoying Chicago, Berwyn, Volo and/or anywhere within the Chicago area- we fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super MSTies/Super classic film/cartoon/TV aficionados/Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere hope you all had wonderful, fantastic, safe and healthy Holiday(s)!   Looking forward to more Svengoolie, Sventoonie and “Toon In With Me” big broadcast adventures with all my fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners everywhere in the New Year of 2023 and beyond! -C.H.

^From the classic “Toon In With Me” 2021 primetime holiday special! -C.H.^

Nothing puts us in the Christmas spirit more than an original song by The Caroling Party featuring yours truly 😍🎄🎶 pic.twitter.com/zB2Qdh1mXR

— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) December 22, 2023

Update/Fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners! I will be sharing a Sven Holiday moment surprise with all of you on the Live-Tweeting airlanes on the evening of Dec. 26!  The Sven Holiday moment/surprise will also be featured as a cameo mention in the upcoming “Silver Screen Reflections” article on Svengoolie’s upcoming big broadcast of “The Undead” (1957) in the Late-Late Wed., Dec. 27-early Thurs., Dec. 28 airlanes! -C.H.

Svengoolie’s twinset of “A&C Meet Frankenstein” (1948) & “Invaders from Mars” (1986), plus “Svengoolie: Uncrypted,” this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his big classic mammoth double-feature comedy/monster/sci-fi masterpiece showcase and the return of a classic mammoth Sven documentary masterpiece for “Halloween Boo-nanza 2023!”

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast twinset of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) and “Invaders from Mars” (1986), plus the return of “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022)

A moment from Charles Barton’s classic mammoth 1948 Universal Studios comedy-monster masterpiece production featuring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Glenn Strange and Bela Lugosi, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

A brief collage of moments from Tobe Hooper’s cult classic mammoth 1986 Cannon comedy/sci-fi masterpiece adaptation production featuring Hunter Carson, Karen Black, Laraine Newman, Timothy Bottoms and Bud Cort, “Invaders from Mars;” compiled for the now-out-of-print Shout! Factory-Scream Factory (Shout! Studios)/MGM* Blu-Ray edition.

The legendary and iconic Berywn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster/sci-fi/comedy feature film masterpiece host will present his big coast-to-coast double-feature twinset monster/sci-fi/comedy feature film masterpiece showcase of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) and “Invaders from Mars” (1986). The aforementioned Sven double-feature twinset of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) and “Invaders from Mars” (1986) will begin this Sat., Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV!

Fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie, Nanette Keir and Brian Bernardoni will return to the Me-TV airlanes with their cameos in the network’s classic mammoth Sven/Rich Koz documentary masterpiece, “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022)!

After the aforementioned Sven double-feature twinset of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central) and “Invaders from Mars” (1986, at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 p.m. Central), Me-TV will be airing a latenight/overnight Sat. revival of the network’s classic mammoth documentary masterpiece on Sven/Rich Koz, “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022) featuring fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie, Nanette Keir and Brian Bernardoni at 12:30 a.m Eastern/11:30 p.m. Central!  And top off the second installment of the Sven Saturday “Halloween Boo-nanza 2023” festival, Me-TV will also have a latenight/overnight festival of select episodes of Rod Serling’s classic mammoth 1959-64 CBS television supernatural masterpiece series; “The Twilight Zone” at 1:30 a.m. Eastern/12:30 a.m. Central!

Alongside Sven’s upcoming “Halloween Boo-nanza 2023” big broadcast festival of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), “Invaders from Mars” (1986) and “Svengoolie: Uncrypted” (2022) featuring fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie, Nanette Keir and Brian Bernardoni; other Sven features and specials that will be showcased throughout the Oct. 2023 “Sven Saturday Halloween Boo-nanza” festival on Me-TV will include:

Oct. 21, 2023: Svengoolie’s big double-feature twinset broadcast featuring his big broadcast premiere of Dan Curtis‘ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” supernatural made-for-TV movie masterpiece with Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland and Larry Linville (of TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), “The Night Stalker” (1972, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central), followed by Sven’s big broadcast of the U.S. dubbing of Ishiro Honda‘s classic mammoth Toho Studios pioneering kaiju creature masterpiece production of “Gojira” featuring Raymond Burr of TV’s “Perry Mason” fame, “Godzilla: King of the Monsters!” (1954/56, at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 p.m. Central)!  And wait- there’s more! Me-TV will also have an all-night festival of classic episodes of the classic mammoth 1974-75 Universal Studios/ABC supernatural masterpiece series adaptation that was inspired by the two earlier classic mammoth Dan Curtis/ABC “Kolchak” made-for-TV movie masterpieces, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” with McGavin and Oakland (at 1:30 a.m. Eastern/12:30 a.m. Central)!

Oct. 28, 2023: Svengoolie’s big double-feature finale twinset broadcast featuring his big broadcast premiere of Dan Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC “Kolchak” supernatural made-for-TV movie sequel masterpiece with Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland, “The Night Strangler” (1973, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central) and Sven’s big broadcast of Curtis’ classic mammoth ABC made-for-TV horror anthology movie masterpiece with Karen Black, “Trilogy of Terror“* (1975, at 10: 30 p.m. Eastern/9:30 p.m. Central)! And wait- there’s more! An all-night festival of additional classic episodes of the classic mammoth Universal Studios/ABC supernatural masterpiece series with McGavin and Oakland, “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (at 1:30 a.m. Eastern/12:30 a.m. Central)!

1988 MCA Home Video (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) cover art for Charles Barton’s classic mammoth Universal monster-comedy masterpiece, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), featuring elements from the original 1948 Universal theatrical poster art.

“Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was directed by veteran Abbott and Costello feature film director Charles T. Barton.  Barton’s other classic mammoth Abbott and Costello comedy masterpiece feature film productions include directing the duo’s other classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece productions of  “The Time of their Lives” (1946), “Buck Privates Come Home” (1947; which was the sequel to Arthur Lubin’s earlier classic mammoth 1941 Universal wartime comedy masterpiece with Abbott and Costello and The Andrews Sisters, “Buck Privates”) and “The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap” (1947, featuring Marjorie Main of Universal’s classic mammoth “Ma and Pa Kettle” feature film comedy masterpiece productions).  Later in his feature film and television directorial career, Barton later directed one episode of the classic mammoth Universal Studios “Munsters” monster comedy masterpiece series with Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Pat Priest and Butch Patrick, “The Munsters;” “Love Locked Out;” which aired on CBS television in 1965.   Earlier in his feature film directing career and alongside directing most of his productions at Universal, Barton also directed the Columbia Pictures “Five Little Peppers” feature film adaptation series, from 1939-40 and the classic mammoth Columbia Pictures musical comedy masterpiece with bandleader Ted Lewis, Nan Wynn, Michael Duane, Larry Parks and of interest of fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me”- veteran cartoon voice-over artist Billy Bletcher, “Is Everybody Happy?” (1943).

“Junior.. Junior!” Original 1948 Universal Studios tinted lobby card/publicity photo for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” with Glenn Strange, Lou Costello and Lenore Aubert.

The classic mammoth 1948 Universal monster-comedy masterpiece was produced by veteran Universal producer Robert Arthur. Alongside “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948); Arthur’s other classic mammoth Universal productions that he produced include Barton’s other classic mammoth Universal spook comedy-mystery masterpiece production with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and horror film legend Boris Karloff, “Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer, Boris Karloff” (1949); Arthur Lubin‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece and first feature film in the studio’s “Francis The Talking Mule” classic mammoth comedy masterpiece franchise series, “Francis” (1950) with Donald O’Connor, Patricia Medina, a pre-“Perry Mason” Ray Collins, Zasu Pitts, young Tony Curtis, the vocal stylings of Chill Wills and Molly the Mule; Blake Edwards‘ classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece with Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O’Brien, Dina Merrill, young Gavin MacLeod (later of TV’s “The Mary Tyler Moore” show fame and TV’s “The Love Boat” fame), young Marion Ross (later of TV’s “Happy Days” fame), “Operation Petticoat” (1959), Delbert Mann‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy masterpiece with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, a pre-“Odd Couple” Tony Randall, Edie Adams, a pre-“Brady Bunch” Ann B. Davis, Joe Flynn (of “McHale’s Navy” fame) and Jack Oakie; “Lover, Come Back” (1961) and Harry Keller‘s classic mammoth Universal comedy-fantasy masterpiece adaptation of Thomas Anstey Guthrie‘s novel with a pre-“I Dream of Jeannie” Barbara Eden, Tony Randall, Burl Ives and Philip Ober; “The Brass Bottle” (1964).  The screenplay for “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) was written by veteran Abbott and Costello gag writer John Grant, along with Robert Lees and Frederic I. Rinaldo.

“There’s no place on Earth to hide.” Original 1986 Cannon Group theatrical poster art for Tobe Hooper’s cult classic mammoth sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders from Mars.”

The adaptation of “Invaders from Mars” (1986) was directed by veteran feature film director Tobe Hooper.  Some of Hooper’s best known classic mammoth /modern classic mammoth feature film masterpieces throughout his directorial career include his classic mammoth Bryanston horror-thriller masterpiece production with Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail and the vocal stylings of young John Larroquette, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974); his classic mammoth supernatural thriller masterpiece for Steven Spielberg and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) with Heather O’Rourke, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Richard Lawson, Dominique Dunne and Dirk Blocker (son of the late Dan Blocker of TV’s “Bonanza” fame), “Poltergeist” (1982), his classic mammoth 1985 Cannon Group sci-fi/horror masterpiece with Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Sir Patrick Stewart (of the 1984 adaptation of “Dune” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” fame) and Peter Firth, “Lifeforce” and the second “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” installment for the Cannon Group, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2” (1986) with Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams and Bill Moseley.

Hooper’s cult classic mammoth Cannon sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders From Mars” (1986) was adapted from William Cameron Menzies’ earlier cult classic mammoth sci-fi masterpiece production of the same name, “Invaders From Mars” (1953); which was also produced by Edward L. Alperson Jr.

The original 1953 Menzies-Alperson version was originally released by Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios), according to IMDB.  Recently, a complete 4K restoration of the 1953 version of “Invaders From Mars’ was implemented by classic film distribution firm Ignite Films of the Netherlands , the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the George Eastman Museum and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia for a 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray release; the complete restoration was finally showcased at the 2022 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Hollywood; California; according to the official Ignite Films site and Steve Pond’s April 2022 article for The Wrap.

Before directing numerous classic mammoth thriller/horror/sci-fi feature film productions and TV episodes in his directorial career, Hooper previously directed a classic mammoth TV documentary film masterpiece on the legendary folk music trio; Peter, Paul and Mary (Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers); titled “Peter, Paul and Mary: The Song is Love” (1971).  Of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill Leff/Bill the Cartoon Curator’s “Toon In With Me” on Me-TV, Hooper’s classic mammoth 1971 made-for-TV documentary masterpiece on Peter, Paul and Mary was produced three years after the legendary folk trio was involved with a classic mammoth Warner Bros.-Seven Arts cartoon masterpiece that was adapted from one of their classic mammoth song recording masterpieces for Warner Bros. Records and was co-written by Noel Paul Stookey and directed by Alex Lovy, “Norman Normal” (1968, the legendary & iconic folk music trio’s recording of “Norman Normal” was previously issued two years earlier on Peter Paul and Mary’s classic mammoth 1966 Warner Bros. Records album masterpiece, “Album;” according to Discogs).

Media Home Entertainment publicity photo for the VHS release of Tobe Hooper’s Cannon adaptation of “Invaders from Mars” (1986).

The screenplay for Hooper’s adaptation of “Invaders from Mars” (1986) was written by veteran screenwriters Don Jakoby and Dan O’Bannon along with David Lipman and David Womark; based off the original 1953 screenplay by Richard Blake.  Don Jakoby previously wrote the screenplay for Hooper’s production of “Lifeforce” (1985) and O’Bannon previously co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Shusett for Ridley Scott’s classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) sci-fi masterpiece production with Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Bolaji Badejo and Eddie Powell; “Alien” (1979).

Hooper’s classic mammoth sci-fi thriller masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders of Mars” (1986) was produced and released by The Cannon Group, Inc. (a.k.a. Cannon Films), an independent releasing organization that was established by producers Dennis Friedland and Christopher C. Dewey.  Friedland and Dewey later sold Cannon to veteran feature film producers-film financiers Menahem Golan and his cousin, Yoram Globus in 1979; according to IMDB. During Golan and Globus’ ownership of the Cannon Group; the company specialized in producing, financing and releasing numerous cult action feature film productions.  Golan and Globus’ Cannon also owned various movie theaters throughout Europe and the United States (Golan and Globus acquired the Kansas City, Missouri based Commonwealth Theatres group in 1986), according to Geraldine Fabrikant’s 1986 New York Times article on the rise of Golan and Globus’ Cannon firm at the time.  The ownership of their own theaters would eventually cause numerous financial problems for Golan and Globus’ Cannon.

Cannon was later acquired by notorious financier Giancarlo Parretti around 1987-88. Parretti renamed the Cannon Group as Pathé Communications in 1989 after his brief involvement with France’s pioneering film studio, Pathé.  The majority of the Cannon Films/Cannon Group library holdings later became part of the modern incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) after Parretti’s brief ownership of MGM; according to IMDB, Al Degulach’s 1988 Los Angeles Times article and Peter Bart’s 2013 Variety article on Parretti’s financial shenanigans and brief ownership of MGM.  Sidebar: Though MGM owns the theatrical re-issue licensing and home entertainment licensing rights to the majority of the Cannon Group library, Paramount Global/Paramount Pictures (Viacom/the former ViacomCBS) currently owns the North American television syndication and premium pay-television/cable distribution-syndication rights to the majority of the Cannon Group feature film library, including “Invaders from Mars” (1986); which was part of a long-term TV syndication-distribution pact between Golan, Globus/Cannon and Viacom back in 1986, according to additional details from Fabrikant’s New York Times article and a 1986 Broadcasting (Broadcasting & Cable) article. -C.H.

Golan and Globus co-produced Hooper’s cult classic mammoth Cannon sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders From Mars” (1986) with veteran producer-distributor  Edward L. Alperson Jr., veteran sci-fi/horror film collector-producer-distributor Wade Williams and veteran creative producer David Rodgers.

For “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948), this will mark Sven’s 12th big broadcast of the classic mammoth 1948 Abbott and Costello Universal mammoth monster-comedy masterpiece production of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” on Me-TV. He had previously showcased “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) on Me-TV from coast-to-coast back in Oct. 2011* as a big coast-to-coast Me-TV premiere and as regular Me-TV broadcasts back in Nov. 2013, Oct. 2014, April 2015, Oct. 2016, Nov. 2017, Oct. 2018, May 2019 (showcased during Sven’s “Monstrous May” 2019 festival of classic Universal “Frankenstein” mammoth monster masterpiece features) Nov. 2020, Sept. 2021 (part of Sven’s “Franken-Fest” festival of classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster feature film masterpieces) and Nov. 2022.

For “Invaders from Mars” (1986), this will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of Hooper’s cult classic mammoth 1986 Cannon sci-fi/comedy farce masterpiece adaptation of “Invaders from Mars” on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “Invaders from Mars” (1986) as a big broadcast premiere back in April 2022.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Frankenstein” (1931) with Boris Karloff, This Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing & jumping for joy for his big broadcast of one of the many classic mammoth definitive Universal Studios monster masterpiece adaptations.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “Frankenstein” (1931) with Boris Karloff

A snippet from James Whale’s classic mammoth Universal Studios monster masterpiece adaptation production of “Frankenstein” (1931) with Boris Karloff.

Original 1931 Universal Studios poster art element for “Frankenstein” with Boris Karloff.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth monster feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Frankenstein” (1931); this Sat., Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1931 landmark classic Universal monster masterpiece adaptation was directed by veteran Universal  director James Whale.  Whale also directed the classic mammoth Universal screen thriller masterpiece adaptation of J.B. Priestley’s “The Old Dark House” (1932) with Boris Karloff, Gloria Stuart, Melvyn Douglas and Charles Laughton; Universal’s landmark classic monster masterpiece screen adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (1933) with Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart and Una O’Connor and his classic mammoth Universal monster sequel masterpiece production of “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) with Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff.

Adapted rom Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel, “Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus,” the screenplay adaptation of Shelley’s novel was adapted for the screen by veteran screenwriters Francis Edward Faragoh and Garrett Fort for Whale’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece adaptation production of “Frankenstein” (1931). Faragoh and Fort’s screenplay adaptation was inspired by veteran playwrights Peggy Webling and John L. Balderston’s proposed script idea for a  “Frankenstein” stage play adaptation.  Whale’s classic mammoth 1931 Universal monster masterpiece production adaptation of “Frankenstein” was co-produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., the son of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle with veteran associate producer E.M. Asher.

It was reported that veteran director Robert Florey was originally slated to direct the classic mammoth 1931 Universal monster masterpiece production, according to details from Universal’s 1999 DVD supplemental documentary featurette on “Frankenstein” (1931) and the studio’s classic mammoth “Frankenstein” monster masterpiece series, titled “The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster,”  The  wanted his “Frankenstein” production proposal to be inspired by the earlier silent German expressionist horror feature films, primarily Robert Wiene’s production of “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920).  Florey also wanted Bela Lugosi to play the role of Frankenstein’s monster, which was originally conceived in the style of a “Golem”-style creature.

“No man has ever seen his Like!” Rare Universal Studios concept poster artwork for “Frankenstein,” with a mention of Bela Lugosi.

Veteran Universal Studios make-up designer Jack Pierce did a couple of make-up tests with Lugosi in the “Golem”-style Frankenstein creature.  It was also reported that Lugosi was not interested in the Universal “Frankenstein” feature film adaptation from the beginning of the concept phase.  Lugosi originally wanted to play the role of Dr. Frankenstein   Florey was dropped from the production and James Whale was chosen instead.  Whale personally chose Boris Karloff for the role of Frankenstein’s monster in the classic mammoth 1931 Universal horror-thriller masterpiece after seeing Karloff in the Universal Studios commissary. Florey would later apply his expressionist inspirations to his latter classic mammoth Universal thriller-horror masterpiece of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1932) with Bela Lugosi.  For the original 1930 pre-production concept promotional art for the Universal production of “Frankenstein” with a mention of Lugosi, the “concept” version of the “Frankenstein” monster had more of a giant “larger-than-life sci-fi creature” look instead of the traditional Jack Pierce/Universal “monster” characterization.

This will mark Sven’s eighth big broadcast of Whale’s 1931 classic mammoth Universal landmark monster masterpiece on the airlanes of Me-TV.  Sven previously showcased ‘Frankenstein” (1931) back in Nov. 2013 as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere and as regular Me-TV big broadcasts back in Nov. 2014, Oct. 2015 , Sept. 2017, May 2019,  May 2020 and as part of Sven’s “Franken-fest” series of classic mammoth Universal “Frankenstein” monster feature film masterpieces back in Oct. 2021.

In Sven’s “Son of Svengoolie” days on WFLD/Chicago, he previously showcased Whale’s classic mammoth 1931 Universal monster masterpiece adaptation back in Nov. 1980 and as part of Sven/Son of Sven’s classic mammoth Son of Sven/WFLD special masterpiece presentation, “Sven’s Summer Special” back in June 1982.  A recording of “Sven’s Summer Special” with classic WFLD/Chicago advertisements was unearthed by Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s “FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television” back in July 2019.

Fellow Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPal/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooner Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie has utilized the classic mammoth 1982 WFLD Sven/Son of Sven/”Sven’s Summer Special”/”Frankenstein” (1931) big broadcast masterpiece for her wonderul classic Sven/Sven’s Summer Special” virtual Live-Tweeting anniversary festivals/parties for all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners since 2021! -C.H.

Who was in Whale’s classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece adaptation production of “Frankenstein” (1931)?

The players who appeared in James Whale’s classic Universal landmark monster masterpiece production of “Frankenstein”  (1931) were Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein’s monster), Mae Clarke (as Elizabeth), Colin Clive (as Dr. Henry Frankenstein), Dwight Frye (as Fritz), Edward Van Sloan (who played the dual roles of Dr. Waldman and the introductory “Frankenstein” feature prologue narrator), Francis Ford (in an uncredited screen role as Hans), Marilyn Harris (as Maria), Frederick Kerr (as Baron Frankenstein), John Boles (as Victor Moritz) and Lionel Belmore (as the Burgomaster).

“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”).