Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be excited about his upcoming showcase of a classic Universal Studios horror-mystery-comedy adaptation of an earlier studio mystery-thriller feature classic.
“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Black Cat” (1941)
Realart re-release trailer for Universal Studios’ 1941 edition of “The Black Cat.”
Original Universal Studios poster artwork for “The Black Cat” (1941).
The legendary Chicago/Berwyn-based thriller film host will present his big broadcast showcase of “The Black Cat” (1941), this Sat., March 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
The 1941 Universal edition of “The Black Cat” was directed by Albert S. Rogell and was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s story of the same name.
Seven years earlier, Edgar G. Ulmer directed his own Universal dramatic horror-crime-adventure screen adaptation of Poe’s “The Black Cat” (1934, with Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lucille Lund and John Carradine).
This will mark Sven’s third coast-to-coast showcase of Rogell’s 1941 Universal adaptation of “The Black Cat” on Me-TV. Sven previously showcased the 1941 version of “The Black Cat” back in Sept. 2014 and Nov. 2016.
Who was in “The Black Cat” (1941)?
The players who appeared in Rogell’s Universal edition of “The Black Cat” (1941) were Basil Rathbone (as Montague Hartley), Bela Lugosi (as Eduardo Vigos), Gale Sondergaard (as Abigail Doone), Alan Ladd (as Richard Hartley), Anne Gwynne (as Elaine Winslow), Hugh Herbert (as Mr. Penny), Broderick Crawford (as Hubert Smith), Gladys Cooper (as Myrna Hartley), Cecilia Loftus (as Henrietta Winslow), Claire Dodd (as Margaret Gordon) and John Eldredge (as Stanley Borden).
