Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Paramount Pictures* fantasy-mystery-horror masterpiece.
Original 1944 theatrical trailer for Lewis Allen‘s classic mammoth Paramount Pictures* mystery-thriller-fantasy masterpiece production of “The Uninvited” (1944) with Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey.
“The Story of a Love that is Out of this World!” Original 1944 Paramount Pictures* theatrical poster art for “The Uninvited” with Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey.
The legendary and iconic classic mammoth thriller-mystery-fantasy feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Uninvited” (1944) this Sat., July 22 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
The classic mammoth 1944 Paramount* mystery-thriller masterpiece production was directed by veteran feature film and TV director Lewis Allen. One of Allen’s other classic mammoth feature film masterpiece productions throughout his directorial career include his classic mammoth Paramount* film noir masterpiece production of “Chicago Deadline” (1949) with Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Irene Hervey, Arthur Kennedy and Gavin Muir; the classic mammoth Columbia Pictures biopic dramatization masterpiece on the life and career of silent screen acting legend Rudolph Valentino, “Valentino” (1951) with Anthony Dexter, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson (later of the classic mammoth 1954 Universal–Jack Arnold creature-monster masterpiece, “Creature from the Black Lagoon” fame) and the classic mammoth United Artists film noir-drama masterpiece production of “Suddenly” (1954) with the legendary Frank Sinatra, Nancy Gates, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason and Paul Frees.
Lewis would later turn his attention towards directing television episodes for the remainder of his directorial career, including directing three episodes of the classic mammoth CBS television courtroom legal drama masterpiece adaptation of Erle Stanley Gardner‘s “Perry Mason” with Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins and William Talman (Lewis directed 1958’s “The Case of the Haunted Husband,” 1961’s “The Case of the Violent Vest” and 1961’s “The Case of the Guilty Clients”), To paraphrase Sven: “Lewis Allen directed several episodes of.. ‘Perry Mason‘!” Allen also directed 42 episodes of the classic mammoth long-running NBC color TV western masterpiece series with Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts (until Roberts left the series in 1965), Dan Blocker (until Blocker’s death in 1972), young Michael Landon, David Canary (starting in 1967) and Mitch Vogel (starting in 1968); “Bonanza” (Lewis directed 42 episodes of “Bonanza” from 1960 until the conclusion of the series in 1973), directed two episodes of the classic mammoth Quinn Martin–ABC television sci-fi masterpiece series, “The Invaders” (1967’s “The Ransom” and 1968’s “The Pit”) and directed several episodes of the classic mammoth CBS/Desilu/Paramount action-spy masterpiece series with Steven Hill (until 1967), Barbara Bain (until 1969), Martin Landau (until 1969), Greg Morris, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus and Lynda Day George (after 1971), “Mission: Impossible” (1967’s “The Trial,” 1972’s “TOD-5,” 1973’s “The Puppet” and “The Pendulum”). Indirectly, Allen returned to his home studio of Paramount Pictures* for the episodes of “Mission: Impossible” that he directed after Paramount’s then-parent, Gulf+Western’s acquisition of Desilu Productions (the former RKO studio lot, which was next door to the Paramount* lot) in 1967 for Paramount* to enter network television production. -C.H.
The classic mammoth 1944 Paramount* mystery-thriller masterpiece production adaptation of “The Uninvited” was co-produced by veteran songwriter-turned-studio producer Buddy “B.G.” DeSylva and veteran associate producer-turned screenwriter Charles Brackett. Many of DeSylva’s classic mammoth Paramount* feature film masterpieces that he supervised throughout his producing career, include Preston Sturges‘ “The Lady Eve” (1941) with Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck, David Butler‘s “Caught in the Draft” (1941) with the legendary Bob Hope and the legendary Dorothy Lamour, Elliott Nugent‘s “Nothing But the Truth” (1941) with Hope and Paulette Goddard, Sturges’ “Sullivan’s Travels” (1941) with Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake, Butler’s “Road to Morocco” (1942) and Hal Walker‘s “Road to Utopia” (1945) with Hope, the legendary Bing Crosby and Lamour; Sturges’ “Hail the Conquering Hero” (1944) with Eddie Bracken and William Demarest (later of “My Three Sons”/”Ernie Binge the Cringe” fame) and Billy Wilder‘s “Double Indemnity” (1944) with Fred MacMurray (also of “My Three Sons”/”Ernie Binge the Cringe” fame) and Stanwyck. DeSylva also appeared in a cameo guest role as himself in Irving Rapper’s classic mammoth Warner Bros. biopic musical masterpiece on legendary composer-songwriter George Gershwin with Robert Alda (the real-life father of Alan Alda of TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), Joan Leslie and Alexis Smith; “Rhapsody In Blue” (1945).
Charles Brackett later co-wrote the screenplay for Billy Wilder’s classic mammoth critically-acclaimed Paramount drama masterpiece featuring Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, Jack Webb (of “Dragnet” fame), Nancy Olson and cameos by Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton and Cecil B. DeMille; “Sunset Boulevard” (1950).
The screenplay for Allen’s classic mammoth Paramount* thriller-mystery masterpiece production adaptation of “The Uninvited” (1944) was written by veteran screenwriters Frank Partos and Dodie Smith. Partos and Smith’s screenplay for “The Uninvited” was adapted from veteran author Dorothy Macardle‘s novel titled “Uneasy Freehold.” Partos previously wrote the screenplay for Charles Barton and Louis J. Gasnier‘s classic mammoth Paramount* action-adventure masterpiece production of “The Last Outpost” (1935) with young Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Gertrude Michael and Kathleen Burke (three years after her Paramount* screen debut as the “Panther Woman” in Erle C. Kenton‘s classic mammoth 1932 Paramount* supernatural/sci-fi masterpiece adaptation of H.G. Wells‘ “Island of Lost Souls“). Of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super Tooners of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me,” Dodie Smith later wrote the original story treatment for the classic mammoth Walt Disney feature-length animated masterpiece directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wolfgang Reitherman; “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” (1961) featuring the vocal stylings of Rod Taylor, J. Pat O’Malley, Martha Wentworth, Ben Wright, Tom Conway and Betty Lou Gerson.
This will mark Sven’s third big broadcast of Lewis Allen’s classic mammoth 1944 Paramount* fantasy-thriller-mystery masterpiece on the airlanes of Me-TV. He previously showcased “The Uninvited” (1944) as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 2014 and as a regular big broadcast back in March 2017.
Who was in Lewis Allen’s classic mammoth Paramount* masterpiece adaptation of “The Uninvited” (1944)?
The players who appeared in Lewis Allen’s classic mammoth Paramount* fantasy-mystery-thriller masterpiece adaptation of “The Uninvited” (1944) were Ray Milland (as Roderick Fitzgerald), Ruth Hussey (as Pamela Fitzgerald), Gail Russell (as Stella Meredith), Alan Napier (as Dr. Scott), Donald Crisp (as Commander Beech), Cornelia Otis Skinner (as Miss Holloway), Dorothy Stickney (as Miss Bird), Barbara Everest (as Lizzie Flynn), Holmes Herbert (in an uncredited role as Charlie Jessup), David Clyde (in an uncredited role as Ben), Leyland Hodgson (in an uncredited role as a taxi driver), Queenie Leonard (in an uncredited role as Mrs. Taylor), Moyna MacGill (in an uncredited role as Mrs. Coatsworthy), Rita Page (in an uncredited role as Annie), Elizabeth Russell (in an uncredited role as the Ghost of Mary Meredith) and Ivan F. Simpson (in an uncredited role as Will Hardy).
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