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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James Whale: The Old Dark House (1932) and The Invisible Man (1933)
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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
DOUBLE BILL #19: The Invisible Man (1933) and The Wolfman (1941)
By Carol Martinheira on Oct 9, 2018 From The Old Hollywood GardenDOUBLE BILL #19: The Invisible Man (1933) and The Wolfman (1941) On October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized Horror is fascinating. Horror characters are fascinating. Whether they’re human, or monsters in the classic sense, the many complexities th... Read full article
The Invisible Man (1933)
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Quotes from
[dies]
The Invisible Man: An invisible man can rule the world. Nobody will see him come, nobody will see him go. He can hear every secret. He can rob, and rape, and kill!
The Invisible Man: An invisible man can rule the world. No one will see him come, no one will see him go.
[shouts]
The Invisible Man: He can rob, and rape, and kill!
[smashes one of his vials of chemicals against the wall]
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Facts about
Boris Karloff had been the studio's original choice for the role of the Invisible Man. He turned down the role because he would not be seen on screen until the end. Director James Whale wanted someone with more of an "intellectual" voice than Karloff. He selected Claude Rains after accidentally hearing Rains's screen test being played in another room. (Until this film, Rains had primarily been a stage actor. Although he had appeared in one silent movie in 1920, this was his first sound film.)
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.
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