Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth Columbia Pictures macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece from one of the legendary macabre film directors.
“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “13 Ghosts” (1960)
Original 1960 Columbia Pictures theatrical release trailer for William Castle‘s classic mammoth macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece in the magic of “Illusion-O,” “13 Ghosts;” featuring an exclusive trailer introduction by Castle.
“13 Times the Thrills!” “13 Times the Screams!” “13 Times the Fun!” “See the ‘Ghosts’ in ‘Ectoplasmic’ Color!” Original 1960 Columbia Pictures theatrical poster art for William Castle’s “13 Ghosts” in “Illusion-O.”
The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “13 Ghosts” (1960) this Sat., March 9 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
The classic mammoth 1960 Columbia macabre thriller was directed by the legendary master of macabre cinema, William Castle. For the majority of Castle’s motion picture career, he produced and directed numerous feature films for Columbia Pictures.
Before he went into the art and innovation of macabre-thriller “gimmick”-style feature film masterpiece productions, he directed numerous classic mammoth Columbia feature film masterpiece productions, including the western “Klondike Kate” (1943) with Glenda Farrell (of Warner Bros.‘ “Mystery of the Wax Museum” and Warners’ “Torchy Blane” fame), Ann Savage, Tom Neal and future TV producer Sheldon Leonard.
He also directed four entries in Columbia’s “The Whistler” feature film adaptation series (adapted from the CBS Radio mystery series of the same name) with Richard Dix, “The Whistler” (1944, also with Gloria Stuart of 1933’s “The Invisible Man” and 1997’s “Titanic” fame), “The Mark of the Whistler” (1944, also with Janis Carter and Porter Hall), “Voice of the Whistler” (1945, also with Lynn Merrick and Rhys Williams) and “Mysterious Intruder” (1946, also with Nina Vale and Barton MacLane of Warners’ “Torchy Blane” fame and later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame in the latter part of his acting career) and four entries in Columbia’s “Crime Doctor” mystery feature film masterpiece adaptation series with Warner Baxter; “The Crime Doctor’s Warning” (1945, also with John Litel and Dusty Anderson), “Just Before Dawn” (1946, also with Adele Roberts and Martin Kosleck), “Crime Doctor’s Man Hunt” (1946, also with Ellen Drew and William Frawley; later of TV’s “I Love Lucy” and “My Three Sons”/”Binge the Cringe” fame) and “The Crime Doctor’s Gamble” (1947, also with Micheline Cheirel and Roger Dann).
Castle also produced Orson Welles‘ classic mammoth critically-acclaimed Columbia film noir-drama masterpiece production of “The Lady From Shanghai” (1947) with Welles, Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane, Castle also co-wrote the screenplay for the aforementioned 1947 Columbia production with Welles and Sherwood King. The veteran director-producer also directed hs classic mammoth Columbia feature-length adventure masterpiece and the very first 3-D film for Columbia Pictures, “Fort Ti” (1953) with George Montgomery, Joan Vohs, Irving Bacon and young Rusty Hamer (later of TV’s “Make Room for Daddy”/”The Danny Thomas Show” fame).
Alongside “13 Ghosts” (1960), many of Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre “gimmick” feature film masterpiece productions alongside include “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn and Darryl Hickman; “Mr. Sardonicus” (1961) with Guy Rolfe, Oscar Homolka, Audrey Dalton, Lorna Hanson, Ronald Lewis, Erika Peters and Vladimir Sokoloff; “Homicidal” (1961) with Glenn Corbett, “Zotz!” (1962) with Tom Poston (later of TV’s “Newhart” fame), Julia Meade, Jim Backus (of interest to fellow Super Tooners/Super SvenPals of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me,” the vocalizations of “Mister Magoo” for the Columbia-UPA theatrical cartoon series and the latter UPA TV adaptation and his Live-Action appearances of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), Margaret Dumont (who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41) and Fred Clark, “The Old, Dark House” (1962/63, co-produced with Britain’s Hammer Films) with Poston and Janette Scott and “Strait-Jacket” (1964) with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, young George Kennedy and young Lee Majors (later of TV’s “The Big Valley” and “The Six Million Dollar Man” fame).
Alongside Castle’s long career at Columbia, he also directed his earlier classic mammoth macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece productions for Allied Artists, notably “Macabre” (1958) with Jim Backus, Christine White and William Prince and “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Julie Mitchum, Elisha Cook Jr., Carolyn Craig, Alan Marshal and Leona Anderson. Castle also directed several classic mammoth macabre thriller masterpieces for rival Universal Studios, including “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor and Hayden Roarke (later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame) and “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford, John Ireland and Leif Erickson. Castle later directed several productions for rival Paramount Pictures, including his classic mammoth Paramount comedy masterpiece production of “The Busy Body” (1967) with Sid Caesar, Richard Pryor, Anne Baxter and Robert Ryan and his classic mammoth Paramount sci-fi masterpiece production of “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Harold Gould and Monte Markham. Near the end of his life, Castle later appeared in a cameo appearance in John Schlesinger‘s classic mammoth Paramount studio drama-thriller masterpiece production of “The Day of the Locust” (1975) with Karen Black, Donald Sutherland, Burgess Meredith and Geraldine Page.
Castle returned to Columbia Pictures to serve as an executive producer for the studio’s brief classic mammoth horror-thriller TV anthology masterpiece series, “Ghost Story/Circle of Fear” (1972-73), produced under Columbia’s Screen Gems TV unit for the NBC television network. Alongside directing “13 Ghosts” (1960), Castle also produced his classic mammoth Columbia “Illusion-O” feature macabre thriller gimmick masterpiece production.
The screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth 1960 Columbia “Illusion-O” macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” was written by veteran Castle screenwriter/associate producer/production collaborator and novelist Robb White. White also wrote the screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) and Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre masterpiece productions of “The Tingler” (1959) and “Homicidal” (1961). Alongside working with William Castle during his screenwriting and feature film/TV production career, Robb White wrote the teleplay treatments for eight episodes of the classic mammoth CBS television drama masterpiece series adaptation of Erle Stanley Gardner‘s “Perry Mason” with Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins and William Talman from 1961-65 (the eight “Perry Mason” episodes that White wrote for the series were 1961’s “The Case of the Traveling Treasure,” 1962’s “The Case of the Melancholy Marksman,” 1963’s “The Case of the Lover’s Leap,” “The Case of the Deviant Delinquent,” 1964’s “The Case of the Bountiful Beauty,” “The Case of the Careless Kidnapper,” “The Case of the Reckless Rockhound” and 1965’s “The Case of the Candy Queen”). To paraphrase Sven, “Robb White wrote eight episodes of.. “Perry Mason!” -C.H.
This will mark Sven’s third big broadcast of Castle’s classic mammoth 1960 Columbia Pictures “Illusion-O” macabre thriller masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV. He previously showcased “13 Ghosts” (1960) as a coast-to-coast Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 2018 and as a regular Me-TV big broadcast back in Sept. 2019.
In Sven/Rich Koz’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960) as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast showcase on his hometown TV station in Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; WCIU-TV 26 back in Nov. 2009; according to IMDB.
Who was in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960, in “Illusion-O”)?
The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures “Illusion-O” macabre-thriller masterpiece production of “13 Ghosts” (1960) were Charles Herbert (as Buck Zorba), Martin Milner (as Benjamen Rush), Jo Morrow (as Medea Zorba), Donald Woods (as Cyrus Zorba), Margaret Hamilton (as Elaine Zacharides), Rosemary DeCamp (as Hilda Zorba), David Hoffman (in an uncredited role as a messenger), John Van Dreelen (as Van Allen), Jeanne Baker, Ralph Helfer, William Kelley, Hubie Kerns, Darryl Scott McFadden, John Burnside and Roy Jenson (in uncredited roles as “ghosts”).
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