Saturday, October 30, 2021

The Invisible Man (1933)

I read the H.G. Wells novel 'The Invisible Man', I think when I was middle school, so I don't remember a lot of the details. I don't recall the titular man being quite so mad from the book, but that is the approach this 1933 Universal adaption takes. The film also updates the setting from the 1890's of the book, to then contemporary times. The special effects are pretty darn good, especially for the time, I'm not sure how they did much of this on a technical level. Claude Rains seems to be having a ball in the role, though we only see his face once in the film. This movie is also notable for the appearance of the actress Gloria Stuart, approximately 64 years before appearing as the old woman in Titanic. *** 

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