Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic RKO Radio Pictures* stop-motion creature/adventure sequel masterpiece.
The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based creature film host will present his big broadcast premiere of “The Son of Kong” (1933), this Sat.; Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
“The Son of Kong” (1933) is the sequel to RKO Radio Pictures’ mammoth classic stop-motion creature production masterpiece that was released earlier that same year, “King Kong” (1933). The RKO “Kong” sequel was directed by veteran director-producer Ernest B. Schoedsack, who also directed the original 1933 “King Kong” feature with veteran producer Merian C. Cooper and the Paramount Technicolor sci-fi thriller, “Dr. Cyclops” (1940). Cooper also handled production duties on the 1933 RKO “Kong” sequel. Veteran feature film and “King Kong” visual effects technician Willis H. O’Brien worked on the stop-motion creature effects for “The Son of Kong.”
Who was in “The Son of Kong” (1933)?
The players who appeared in the Ernest B. Schoedsack-Merian C.Cooper-RKO production of “The Son of Kong” (1933) were Robert Armstrong (as Carl Denham), Helen Mack (as Hilda, a.k.a. “Helene”), Victor Wong (as Charlie the cook), Noble Johnson (in an uncredited role as the Native Chief), Frank Reicher (as Capt. Englehorn), Ed Brady (as Red), John Marston (as Capt. Niles Helstrom), Gertrude Short (as a reporter) and Clarence Wilson (as Peterson, the father of Hilda/Helene).
Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic Universal Studios Creature-monster sequel masterpiece.
The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based classic monster film host will present his big broadcast of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955), this Sat., Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
Who was in Jack Arnold’s Universal sequel production of “Revenge of the Creature” (1955)?
The players who appeared in “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) were Lori Nelson (as Helen Dobson), Ricou Browning (in uncredited dual roles as the Creature for underwater/Marineland tank-based scenes and a laboratory technician), Tom Hennesy (in uncredited dual roles as the Creature for land-based scenes and a Marineland diver), John Agar (as Prof. Clete Ferguson), Nestor Paiva (as Lucas), young Clint Eastwood (in an uncredited role as Jennings), Grandon Rhodes (as Jackson Foster), John Bromfield (as Joe Hayes), Dave Willock (as Lou Gibson), Robert B. Williams (as George Johnson) and Charles Cane (as a police captain).