Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing for joy his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi masterpiece feature production.
A snippet from John Sherwood’s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi masterpiece production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), prepared for the Eureka! Entertainment/Universal Blu-Ray edition in Great Britain.
“Mammoth Skyscrapers of Stone Thundering Across the Earth!” Original 1957 Universal Studios Australian poster art for “The Monolith Monsters,” with an Australian “General Exhibition” notice.
The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based monster/sci-fi feature film host will present his big broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957), this Sat.; June 8 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
The classic mammoth 1957 Universal sci-fi creature-monster masterpiece production was directed by veteran director John Sherwood, who worked for Universal Studios for the majority of his motion picture career and also served as an assistant director/second-unit director for numerous studios, along with Universal throughout his years in the film industry.
Earlier in his assistant directorial/second-unit directorial career, Sherwood worked with Samuel Goldwyn and veteran director Sam Wood for their classic mammoth Academy Award-winning critically-acclaimed biopic masterpiece production on baseball player Lou Gehrig with Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel and Bill Stern, “The Pride of the Yankees” (1942). Sherwood also served as an assistant director for Anthony Mann’s classic mammoth Universal biopic masterpiece on bandleader Glenn Miller with James Stewart, June Allyson, the legendary Louis Armstrong, Harry Morgan (later of TV’s “Dragnet: 1966–70” fame and of TV’s “M*A*S*H” fame), Barton MacLane (of Warners’ “Torchy Blane” detective film series fame and later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame), Charles Drake, Irving Bacon and Kathleen Lockhart; “The Glenn Miller Story” (1954).
Sherwood’s other feature film productions in his Universal directorial career include his classic mammoth Universal western masterpiece production “Raw Edge” (1955) with Rory Calhoun, Yvonne De Carlo (later of Universal/TV’s “The Munsters” fame), Mara Corday (of Jack Arnold’s classic mammoth 1955 Universal sci-fi arachnid creature masterpiece production, “Tarantula” fame), Neville Brand, Rex Reason (of Joseph M. Newman’s classic mammoth 1955 Universal sci-fi masterpiece production, “This Island Earth” fame) and John Gavin. Sherwood also directed the finale feature in Universal’s classic mammoth “Creature From the Black Lagoon” monster masterpiece trilogy series; “The Creature Walks Among Us” (1956) with Ricou Browning, Leigh Snowden, Jeff Morrow, and Don Megowan.
Sherwood died in 1959 after serving in an uncredited position as a second unit director for the classic mammoth Universal-Michael Gordon–Ross Hunter Academy Award-winning comedy masterpiece production of “Pillow Talk” (1959) with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter and Hayden Rorke (later of 1964’s “The Night Walker” fame and later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame); according to IMDB.
The screenplay for Sherwood’s classic mammoth 1957 Universal sci-fi creature/monster masterpiece production was written by veteran screenwriters Robert M. Fresco and Norman Jolley. Fresco also co-wrote the original story treatment for “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) with veteran Universal feature film director Jack Arnold. Arnold directed the classic mammoth Universal 3-D sci-fi masterpiece production (and the studio’s first 3-D feature film production) of “It Came from Outer Space” (1953) with Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Russell Johnson, Charles Drake, Kathleen Hughes, Joseph Sawyer, Alan Dexter, Kermit Maynard, Robert ‘Buzz’ Henry, Ralph Brooks, Robert Carson and Ned Davenport; the original classic mammoth Universal monster masterpiece production of “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954) with Julie Adams, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Richard Carlson, Bernie Gozier, Richard Denning, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell and the vocal stylings of Art Gilmore and the sequel, “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) with Ricou Browning, Lori Nelson, Tom Hennesy, Ginger Stanley, Nestor Paiva, John Agar, young Clint Eastwood, John Bromfield, Grandon Rhodes, Dave Willock, Charles Cane, and Robert B. Williams.
Fresco also wrote the screenplay for Arnold’s classic mammoth Universal sci-fi arachnid creature masterpiece production of “Tarantula” (1955) with John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, young Clint Eastwood, young Bing Russell, Edwin Rand, Steve Darrell, Dee Carroll, Ross Elliott, Hank Patterson, and Raymond Bailey (later of TV’s “The Beverly Hillbillies” fame). Jolley mostly worked on scripts for numerous television productions in his career, including 36 episodes of the classic mammoth MCA-Revue-Universal-NBC TV western masterpiece series, “Wagon Train” from 1958-64 and a story consultant/screenwriter for Quinn Martin’s classic mammoth detective masterpiece series with Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether, “Barnaby Jones” from 1977-80.
This will mark Sven’s sixth big coast-to-coast broadcast of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) on the airlanes of Me-TV. He previously showcased Sherwood’s Universal classic cult monster masterpiece back in Jan. 2014* as a big coast-to-coast broadcast premiere and as regular coast-to-coast big broadcasts back in Feb. 2015*, Oct. 2016*, Feb. 2020* and June 2022.
In Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois during his days as the “Son of Svengoolie,” Sven/Son of Sven previously showcased John Sherwood’s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi creature/monster masterpiece production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) as part of his 150th Son of Sven Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast on WFLD back in June 1982; according to a video segment that was unearthed via Berwyn/Chicago television archivist Rick Klein’s official FuzzyMemoriesTV: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television YouTube site.
Who was in John Sherwood’s Universal production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957)?
The players who appeared in John Sherwood’s Universal production of “The Monolith Monsters” (1957) were Grant Williams (as Dave Miller), Lola Albright (as Cathy Barrett), Les Tremayne (as Martin Cochrane), Trevor Bardette (as Prof. Arthur Flanders), Phil Harvey (as Ben Gilbert), William Flaherty (as Police Chief Dan Corey), Harry Jackson (as Dr. Steve Hendricks), Richard H. Cutting (as Dr. E.J. Reynolds), Linda Scheley (as Ginny Simpson), Dean Cromer (as a highway patrol officer), Steve Darrell (as Joe Higgins), young Paul Petersen (in an uncredited role as Bobby the paperboy), young Troy Donahue (in an uncredited role as Hank Jackson), young William Schallert (in an uncredited role as a weatherman) and young Paul Frees (in an uncredited role as the narrator).
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