The Invisible Man (1933) | |
| Director(s) | James Whale |
| Producer(s) | Carl Laemmle Jr. |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Mad Scientists |
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The Invisible Man Overview:
The Invisible Man (1933) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by James Whale and produced by Carl Laemmle Jr..
SYNOPSIS
In this classic Universal horror film based on the H.G. Wells novella, Rains (in his debut, a role that monster master Boris Karloff turned down) plays a mad scientist whose formula for invisibility wreaks havoc on his mind, and he begins to lust for power. Directed by one of Hollywood's most distinctive stylists, Whale (Frankenstein), it costars Stuart long before her Academy Award-nominated role in Titanic.
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.The Invisible Man was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2008.
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Short Take: The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
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Silver Screen Standards: The Invisible Man (1933)
By Jennifer Garlen on Aug 11, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub BlogSilver Screen Standards: The Invisible Man (1933) With a new film inspired by the H.G. Wells story having arrived earlier this year, it seems like a great time to revisit the original movie adaptation of The Invisible Man, which made its first appearance back in 1933 and helped to build the horro... Read full article
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Quotes from
The Invisible Man: I'm frozen. Cold enough to freeze the icicles off an Eskimo.
The Invisible Man: The whole world's frightened to death! So, I see Kemp couldn't sleep, he had to go downstairs, he was frightened. I put my trust in Kemp, I told him my secret and he gave me his word of honor. You must go now, Flora.
Flora Cranley: I want to help you.
The Invisible Man: There is nothing left for you to do my dead, except to go. I shall come back. I swear, I shall come back because I shall defeat them. Go now my dear.
Flora Cranley: No, I want to stay. You must hide.
The Invisible Man: Don't worry, the whole world's my hiding place. I can stand there amongst them in the day and night and laugh at them.
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Facts about
When screenwriter R.C. Sherriff came to Hollywood to write The Invisible Man, he asked the staff at Universal for a copy of the H.G. Wells novel he was supposed to be adapting. They didn't have one; all they had were 14 "treatments" done by previous writers on the project, including one set in Czarist Russia and one set on Mars. Sherriff eventually found a copy of the novel in a secondhand bookstore, read it, thought it would make an excellent picture as it stood, and wrote a script that (unlike the Universal versions of Dracula and Frankenstein) was a closer adaptation of the book.
In order to achieve the effect that Claude Rains wasn't there when his character took off the bandages, the director had Rains dressed completely in black velvet and filmed him in front of a black velvet background.
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