Happy & Safe Halloween 2023 from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections” (A Brief Post)!

 

From Walkersville to Berwyn and everywhere, “Sven Hamby” returns for Halloween 2023 from the Home office of “Silver Screen Reflections” with fellow wonderful Super SvenPal/Super Tooner Sarah Rhodes/Sarahgoolie’s wonderful “Beta-Ray Svenny” art creation masterpiece on the “Silver Screen Reflections” wall of fame! Plus the return of my “Sven-O’Lantern!” Sven Hamby hopes all fellow wonderful Super Svengoolie/Sventoonie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners/Super MST3K MSTies/Super classic film & TV aficionados/Super “Silver Screen Reflections” readers had a safe, fun, healthy & happy Halloween 2023!

From Walkersville to Berwyn and Beyond! Safe, healthy & happy Halloween/Halloween 2023 greetings to all fellow wonderful Super Svengoolie/Super Sventoonie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners/Super “Mystery Science Theater 3000” MSTies/fellow Super classic mammopth film & TV aficionados/fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections!” 

Whether you were trick-or-treating, watching your favorite classic mammoth horror/monster/creature/sci-fi feature film/TV show masterpieces, classic Sven, classic Sventoonie, classic “Toon In With Me” and/or dancing along to your favorite Halloween tunes including the legendary & iconic Sven & the legendary and iconic Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon’s “The Svengoolie Stomp,” I hope everyone had a safe, fantastic, fun & wonderful Halloween/Halloween 2023!  Again, safety first, be good, keep healthy, stay well, cheers, peace & “Hi-Keeba” to all my fellow wonderful Super SvenPals, Super Tooners, Super MSTies, Super classic/cult film & TV enthusiasts & Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” throughout the galaxy!  Sven & Halloween 2023 Cheers! Peace! Yippee! “Yee-Howdy!” Hooray! Woo-Hoo! “Hi-Keeba!” -C.H,, a.k.a. “Sven Hamby” for Halloween 2023!

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, plus “Sventoonie” for Sven’s “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza;” this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth classic Columbia Pictures thriller masterpiece from one of cinema’s macabre masters.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, plus “Sventoonie” for Sven’s “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza;” this Sat. on Me-TV

A snippet from William Castle‘s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures shock thriller masterpiece, “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price.

“Do you have the ‘guts’ to sit in this ‘chair’?” Original 1959 Columbia Pictures theatrical poster art for William Castle’s “The Tingler” with the “Percepto” gimmick.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth horror/thriller feature film masterpiece host will his big broadcast of “The Tingler” (1959), this Sat., Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

Sven’s upcoming big broadcasts of “The Tingler” (1959) & “Sventoonie” will be featured in the third installment in Sven’s Saturday October “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza” month-long festival on Me-TV!  

The classic mammoth 1959 Columbia thriller/shocker masterpiece production was directed and produced by veteran classic mammoth macabre feature film masterpiece director William Castle.   For the majority of his motion picture career, Castle produced and directed numerous feature films for Columbia Pictures; notably his classic mammoth “gimmick” macabre masterpiece productions alongside “The Tingler,” including  “13 Ghosts” (1960) with  Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner (of TV’s “Route 66” and “Adam-12” fame) Margaret Hamilton (of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame) and John Van Dreelen, “Homicidal” (1961) with Glenn Corbett, “Mr. Sardonicus” (1961) with Guy Rolfe, Audrey Dalton, Oskar Homolka, Erika Peters, Lorna Hanson and Ronald Lewis;  “Zotz!” (1962) with Tom Poston (later of TV’s “Newhart” fame), Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Margaret Dumont (who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41) and  Fred Clark, and “The Old, Dark House” (1963) 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).   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.

In addition to many of his classic mammoth macabre masterpiece productions at Columbia; he also worked on multiple feature film masterpiece genres at the studio, including serving as an associate producer for Orson Welles‘ classic mammoth Columbia film noir masterpiece production of “The Lady from Shanghai” (1947) with Rita Hayworth and Welles.  Castle’s other classic mammoth Columbia feature masterpiece productions included three films in Columbia’s “Crime Doctor” mystery series with Warner Baxter from 1945-47; Columbia’s first 3-D theatrical feature-length film production of “Fort Ti” (1953); which also had the distinction of being the first 3-D feature-length film production to be produced by a major Hollywood studio in Technicolor and the adventure-drama production of “Uranium Boom” (1956) with Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina and William Talman (later known for his role of attorney Hamilton Burger in TV’s “Perry Mason” opposite Raymond Burr).

Alongside his classic mammoth Columbia feature film masterpiece productions, Castle’s other classic mammoth feature film masterpiece productions included “Macabre” (1958) with William Prince, Jim Backus (of “Mister Magoo” and later of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), Christine White and Jacqueline Scott; “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) (both for Allied Artists), “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor and Hayden Rorke (later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame), “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Patricia Breslin and veteran Los Angeles TV classic cartoon masterpiece and classic feature film masterpiece host Tom Hatten (both for Universal Studios), “The Busy Body” (1967) with Sid Caesar, young Richard Pryor, Anne Baxter, Godfrey Cambridge, Dom DeLuise, Robert Ryan, Kay Medford, Ben Blue, Bill Dana and George Jessel; “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Monte Markham, Keye Luke, Joanna Miles Harold Gould and Phillip Pine and served as producer for Jeannot Szwarc‘s “Bug” (1975) with Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland (three for Paramount Pictures).

The screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) was written by veteran Castle feature film co-collaborator Robb White; who also co-wrote the screenplay for “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Castle.

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of “The Tingler” (1959) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production as a coast-to-coast Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in November 2018.  In his home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; Sven previously aired William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) on his hometown TV station; WCIU-TV back in Sept. 2008; according to IMDB.

Who was in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Picture macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959)?

The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) were Vincent Price (as Dr. Warren Chapin), Judith Evelyn (as  Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins), Darryl Hickman (as David Morris), Patricia Cutts (as Isabel Stevens Chapin), Pamela Lincoln (as Lucy Stevens),  Philip Coolidge (as Oliver “Ollie” Higgins),  Leon Alton, Gertrude Astor. Gail Bonney, Pat Colby. Amy Fields, George DeNormand and Clarence Straight (as members of the movie theater audience), Bob Gunderson (as Ryerson, the screaming convict), Dal McKennon (as the projectionist) and source stock feature film footage of actors Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence.  According to the American Film Institute, original 1959 Columbia Pictures theatrical release prints of “The Tingler” featured an on-screen cameo introduction by William Castle.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” (1958), plus “Sventoonie” for Sven’s “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza;” this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth United Artists sci-fi/creature masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcasts of “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958) plus “Sventoonie” for Sven’s “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza”

From the classic mammoth Edward L. Cahn–Edward Small–United Artists sci-fi creature masterpiece production of “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” (1958).

“$50,000 Guaranteed! The Revelation Shocker of Things to Come!” Original 1958 United Artists theatrical poster art with the “Insurance” gimmick/disclaimer tie-in for “It! The Terror from Beyond Space.” Sidebar: The “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” insurance policy gimmick was not connected to one of United Artists’ future owners, Transamerica! –C.H.

The legendary & iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/creature feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958) plus “Sventoonie;” this Sat., Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

Sven’s upcoming big broadcasts of “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” (1958) & “Sventoonie” will mark the second installment in Sven’s Saturday “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza” festival on Me-TV!

The classic mammoth 1958 United Artists sci-fi/creature masterpiece was directed by veteran editor-turned-director Edward L. Cahn.  Cahn previously produced numerous short subjects for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) from 1935-49 in the early years of his motion picture career.  Cahn also directed the classic mammoth Columbia Pictures sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “Creature with the Atom Brain” (1955) with Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Michael Granger, Karl “the Killer” Davis; the classic mammoth creature feature masterpiece for  Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures,  “The She-Creature” (1956) with Marla English,  Tom Conway and Chester Morris  and “Invasion of the Saucer Men” (1957) with a pre-“Batman” Frank Gorshin, Gloria Castillo and Steven Terrell.  Cahn also directed another classic mammoth sci-fi horror masterpiece production for Arkoff and Nicholson’s American-International Pictures; “Voodoo Woman” (1957) with Marla English, Tom Conway, a pre-“Mannix” Mike Connors and Lance Fuller. Cahn also directed his classsic mammoth United Artists western masterpiece production with Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane and Rachel Ames; “Gunfighters of Abilene” (1959).

The screenplay for Cahn’s classic mammoth 1958 sci-fi/creature masterpiece production was written by veteran screenwriter Jerome Bixby. Later in his screenwriting career under the name of Jay Lewis Bixby, he wrote the original story treatment with Otto Klement for Richard Fleischer’s classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece with Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O’Connell and young James Brolin; “Fantastic Voyage” (1966) and three episodes of Gene Roddenberry’s classic groundbreaking mammoth Desilu/Paramount/NBC television sci-fi masterpiece series with  William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley,  George Takei, James Doohan and Walter Koenig, “Star Trek” (The Original Series, Bixby wrote three episodes of Roddenberry’s classic mammoth groundbreaking sci-fi masterpiece series from 1967-69).

“It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958) was co-produced by veteran screenwriter-turned-producer Robert E. Kent with veteran producer Edward Small; who produced many numerous classic film masterpieces for theatrical release through United Artists for the majority of his film career.  One year before the production of “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958); Edward Small served as executive producer of Billy Wilder’s classic mammoth United Artists screen masterpiece adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “Witness For the Prosecution” (1957) with Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power,  Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester and Una O’Connor. Both Lanchester and O’Connor previously appeared in James Whale‘s classic mammoth Universal Studios “Frankenstein” monster sequel masterpiece with Boris Karloff, “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935).

For the classic mammoth United Artists theatrical release of “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958), Kent and Small’s production was produced under the moniker of Vogue Pictures for release and co-financing through UA; according to IMDB.   This was when United Artists was rejuvenated in the 1950s through the stewardship of Arthur Krim and Robert S. Benjamin, who were responsible for the company’s renewed successes at the box office with independent producers/independent production firms and branching out into TV film syndication/production and recorded music.

“Chiller No. 1! Chiller No. 2!” Original 1958 United Artists theatrical poster artwork for the Edward L. Cahn double-feature theatrical release of “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” and “Curse of the Faceless Man.”

Edward L. Cahn’s classic mammoth sci-fi creature masterpiece production of “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958) was originally presented as a double-feature theatrical release with another sci-fi/fantasy production from Cahn that was released via United Artists.  According an original United Artists theatrical release poster/publicity artwork element, the other feature that was in the Edward L. Cahn double-feature release was his other classic mammoth UA sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece production of “Curse of the Faceless Man” (1958) with Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara and the vocal stylings of Morris Ankrum.

According to the American Film Institute’s database on Edward L. Cahn’s classic mammoth 1958 United Artists sci-fi/creature masterpiece production; the original working title for Cahn’s production was “It! The Vampire From Beyond Space.”

According to Jeff Stafford’s 2007 Turner Classic Movies article on the classic mammoth Edward L. Cahn-United Artists sci-fi creature masterpiece production of “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958), the “space creature” character suit for Ray “Crash” Corrigan was designed by veteran sculptor-painter-artist and monster/creature effects supervisor Paul Blaisdell. Blaisdell was known for his monster/creature make-up creations for the early films of Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures; notably for the monster make-up design creations featured in Roger Corman’s classic mammoth American-International productions of “It Conquered the World” (1956), “The She-Creature” (1956) and Edward L. Cahn’s “Invasion of the Saucer Men” (1957).

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of Cahn’s classic mammoth United Artists sci-fi masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV.   He previously showcased “It! The Terror from Beyond Space” (1958) as a Me-TV coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in Feb. 2022.

Who was in “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958):

The players who appeared in Edward L. Cahn’s classic mammoth United Aritsts sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “It! The Terror From Beyond Space” (1958) were Ray “Crash” Corrigan (as the space creature),  Marshall Thompson (as Col. Edward Carruthers), Shirley Patterson/Shawn Smith (as Ann Anderson), Kim Spalding (as Col. Van Heusen), Ann Doran (as Mary Royce), Dabbs Greer (as Alex Royce), Paul Langton (as Lt. James Calder),  Robert Bice (as Maj. John Perdue), Stuart Hall (in an uncredited role as a reporter), Richard Benedict (as Bob Finelli), Richard Hervey (as Gino Finelli) and  Thom Carney (as Joe Kienholz).

“Svengoolie”presents his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his upcoming big broadcast of a classic mammoth award-winning made-for-TV supernatural/creature masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey

A latter highlight preview/collage for Bill “B.W.L.” Norton’s “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey.

“They’re coming for you!” Latter 2004 Classic Media/VCI Entertainment DVD cover art for “Gargoyles” (1972) with Bernie Casey. The VCI DVD is currently out of print.

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/creature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “Gargoyles” (1972), this Sat., Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1972 made-for-TV sci-fi/supernatural/creature feature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” was directed by veteran director Bill Norton, who received screen credit under the name of “B.W.L. Norton.”  After directing his own short feature film at the UCLA School of Film, Theatre and Television, titled “Coming Soon” (1966) and one year before production began on “Gargoyles,” Norton directed his own classic mammoth Columbia Pictures drama masterpiece production, “Cisco Pike” (1971) with Kris Kristofferson, Gene Hackman, Gene Hackman, Karen Black, Harry Dean Stanton, Roscoe Lee Browne, a pre-“WKRP In Cincinatti” Howard Hesseman, Allan Arbus and Wavy Gravy.   Norton worked primarily for television throughout the majority of his directorial career after working on his classic mammoth made-for-TV masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972).  Other productions that Norton worked on throughout his directorial career alongside “Gargoyles” (1972) include several episodes of “Tour of Duty” (from 1987-89), “SeaQuest: DSV” (two episodes in 1993) with Roy Scheider and the brief Sci-Fi Channel (pre- “SyFy”) cable miniseries adaptation production  of H.G. Wells’ “The Invisible Man” (Norton directed three episodes in 2001).

The script for Norton’s classic mammoth made-for-TV masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972) was written by the husband-and-wife screenwriting duo of Stephen Karpf and Elinor Karpf.  The Karpfs also worked on the script of Gordon Hessler’s Universal Studios–ABC television made-for-TV thriller production with George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery and Bing Russell, “A Cry in the Wilderness” (1974), one episode of the brief Paramount Pictures TV adaptation of “Love Story” (1973’s “The Youngest Lovers,” adapted from the classic mammoth 1970 Paramount feature film masterpiece production of the same name).  Later in their career, the Karpfs created a television soap opera production for the CBS television network with Constance Towers, Debrah Farentino and Rory Calhoun; “Capitol” (1982-87).

According to the Feb. 1973 article on Bill Norton’s 1972 made-for-TV production of “Gargoyles” (1972) for The Monster Times, Karpf recalled that his wife; Elinor was inspired by a nightmare that she experienced of Gargoyle-style creatures taking over the world.  Elinor was interested in the topic of Gargoyles and Stephen elaborated on her accounts for Norton’s classic 1972 made-for-TV creature masterpiece.

Norton’s classic 1972 creature telefilm masterpiece was produced by veteran television producers Robert W. “Bob” Christiansen, Roger Gimbel and Rick Rosenberg.  Bill Norton’s classic mammoth sci-fi/supernatural creature feature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972) premiered on the CBS television network as part of the “New CBS Tuesday Night Movies” on Nov. 21, 1972; according to IMDB and a segment from  Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable) Magazine.

This will mark Sven’s fifth big broadcast of Bill Norton’s classic 1972 made-for-TV creature “movie of the week” masterpiece on the airlanes of Me-TV. Sven previously showcased “Gargoyles” (1972) as a big broadcast premier back in May 2017 and as regular big broadcasts back in Nov. 2018, May 2020 and April 2022.

Who was in Norton’s classic mammoth made-for-TV sci-fi/supernatural/creature masterpiece production of “Gargoyles” (1972)?

Bernie Casey and Cornel Wilde in “Gargoyles” (1972).

The players who appeared in Bill Norton’s made-for-TV movie production of “Gargoyles” (1972) were Bernie Casey (as the lead Gargoyle), Jennifer Salt (as Diana Boley), Cornel Wilde (as Dr. Mercer Boley), Scott Glenn (as James Reeger), Grayson Hall (as Mrs. Parks), Woody Chambliss (as Uncle Willie), John Gruber (as Jesse), Mickey Alzola, Rock Walker and Greg Walker (the three aforementioned actors played other Gargoyle creatures in the 1972 made-for-TV feature), Timothy “Tim” Burns (as Morris Ray), Vic Perrin (in an uncredited role as the voice of the lead Gargoyle, dubbing in Bernie Casey’s dialogue) and Jim Connell (as Buddy).