Saturday night on MeTV- Nina Foch, having survived playing a victim of the “Return of the Vampire” last week- moves up to the starring role –that of a different supernatural creature- out to protect her family’s secrets in the 1944 chiller “Cry of the Werewolf”!
We take you to a museum of the supernatural, located in an old New Orleans mansion- as we join a tour group being lectured on the various exhibits of vampirism, voodoo, and lycanthropy. The last is especially noted because the building was previously the home of Marie La Tour- a woman reputed to be a werewolf- who killed her husband in the mansion, then fled- never to be seen again! The museum is run by Dr. Charles Morris, whose research has uncovered amazing facts about the house and the La Tour family, which he plans to reveal to the world in a manuscript. He has called his son Bob to come home from Europe, so he can tell him about what he has discovered before he tells the rest of the world. He sends winsome assistant Ilsa to meet Bob’s plane- leaving him to do some final investigation.
However, the museum ‘s janitor- Jahn- has gotten wind of the doctor’s plans, and heads out to meet with the leader of his gypsies to sound the alarm. The beautiful head of the clan- Princess Celeste- takes matters into her own hands (or, maybe paws)- and visits the museum – with dire consequences!
Bob comes home to discover his father’s fate- and he and Ilsa find the doctor’s revelatory manuscript charred in the fireplace! They know he wouldn’t have burned it- and set out to try to restore the ashen document. They enlist the “help” of some local police who think they know it all, and jump to the conclusion that Ilsa is their main suspect! Even though their own specialist is saying that they should be looking for some kind of animal- these “Barney Fifes” refuse to even consider werewolves as culprits- while Bob, finding connections to the old country ( where, coincidentally, both Ilsa and Jahn are revealed to have come from)- pursues the truth- and ends up attracting the attention of Princess Celeste- who is actually the daughter of Marie La Tour- who hatches an evil scheme to keep her family secrets from the world!
This film was, in its original concept, going to be a sequel to “Return of the Vampire”- but, obviously, switched from that to the werewolf idea- most likely to take advantage of the success of the movie “The Cat People”. An interesting feature of this film is that the form of the werewolf, in this case, is an actual wolf, not the more humanoid type like the Larry Talbot version. We’ll introduce you to the cast, get warmed up for our annual visit to Elgin’s “Nightmare on Chicago Street” with a couple segments highlighting last year’s festivities, promote a way to trace your werewolf ancestry, bring you a new song, and – invite you to again play our drawing game –“Too Drawn Out”!
"Cry of the Werewolf” will be heard (and seen!) on Me-TV tonight at 8pm eastern/pacific, 7 pm central- and please feel free to check your local listings or at www.metv.com for channel and time in your area. You can join the many Sven fans who live-Tweet on Twitter during the show, using the hashtag #svengoolie . For Chicago viewers who want one more look at “Return of the Vampire” – it airs again this morning on WCIU, the U, at 11 am.
Our Halloween season tour continues this afternoon, as we visit Chicago’s famous Halloween headquarters, Fantasy Costumes, on Milwaukee avenue from 2 to 4 pm. Please get there early- we HAVE to end our signing at 4, since we will then head to Valparaiso, to the already sold –out ( sorry) Chicago Street Theatre event! And- you can hear me late night tonight with my friend Dave Plier on WGN radio (720 AM)- sometime after 2 am! Make sure you touch base with the “appearances” tab here on our site- lots of appearances, both in person and in media, still coming up.
Check your news stand for Mad Magazine #4 , featuring the big Svengoolie satire! We’ve heard it won’t be out ‘til next week in most comic book shops, while it is already out in other stores. And- PLEASE order the limited edition MeTV Sven costume shirt-that looks just like my outfit- NOW if you want to get it in time for Halloween! Don’t get shut out!
See you tonight on MeTV- where you will believe a woman can cry- as a werewolf!
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A very pleasant day with our son great lunch 😋
My husband not feeling well
bad upset stomach 🤔
Took something for it and wait and see if he feels better🙄
Maybe I will stay up for Perry Mason hope I make it
always fall asleep 😨📺😩
Okay my friends have a nice evening ☄🌌☄
See you tomorrow morning,☕🍩☕
Going to see /hear War of the Worlds tonight! Gaslight Theatre! Radio style
Catbat I have not heard that in years...it is H.G
Wells🤔 right or I'm I off a bit? Enjoy your 👽evening!
(All we get is sports, top 40, talk radio. No Martian invasions. Darn it.)
Great Shows and Callers
Check your dials on the radio and see if ya can pull him in
It’ll be well worth it if you are into that kind of stuff
I call on occasion
Good luck
Horror Slash Slasher Film “HALL🎃WEEN”
and the new one opening here are a few nuggets;
The Movie’ Producer was Irwin Yablans of
Brooklyn NY
He employed John Carpenter as Director
The Budget was $300,000
Donald Pleasence’ tab $25,000
4 weeks to Shoot
The average age on set was 25 !
Jamie Leigh’ (18) scream was put side by side with Mom Janet’ “Psycho”
Opening Nite was slow but after the 3rd Nite word Spread and it was selling out theatres on a nightly basis
Well Gonna See the new one Sunday
Great Reviews, can’t wait
Hope you had a nice Friday also 😊
Happy Birthday.....and HELLO!
You probably won’t recognize his name. His face won’t ring any bells either. His natural speaking voice might sound a little familiar.
Since 1969, Spinney has been a resident of “Sesame Street” where he has given life to Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. It’s taking two people to replace him. Matt Vogel (his apprentice since 1996) will take over as Big Bird. Eric Jacobson, already a puppeteer on the show, will take over Oscar.
In honor of his retirement, and all the joy he has brought to countless children over the last year, I couldn’t think of a better send off.
