The invisible woman

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Movie
German title The invisible woman
Original title The Invisible Woman
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1940
length 70 minutes
Rod
Director A. Edward Sutherland
script Robert Lee's
Frederic I. Rinaldo
Gertrude Purcell
production Burt Kelly
music Frank Skinner
camera Elwood Bredell
cut Frank Gross
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
The invisible returns

Successor  →
The Invisible Agent

The Invisible Woman is an American comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland in 1940 that parodies the horror and science fiction film genre. The script is based on a story by the two German-born authors Curt Siodmak and Joe May . In Germany, the film was shown for the first time on July 31, 1986 in the third program of the WDR .

action

The Playboy Richard Russell has squandered his inheritance and must promote the eccentric scientist Professor adjust Gibbs. The professor experiments with a machine for invisibility and believes he is close to a breakthrough. He is looking for a test person and places an ad. The adventurous model Kitty Carroll then answers. The experiment goes well, and the professor informs Russell that if the machine is sold, he will get his money back soon. The invisible Kitty meanwhile wants revenge on her boss, who treats her derogatory, and disappears from the laboratory. Since Russell can't find the test person, he believes Gibbs has gone mad and goes back to his lake house.

A group of crooks want to steal the machine to make their boss Blackie invisible so that he can come back from his hiding place in Mexico. Kitty, who has taken revenge, returns to the laboratory. The professor drives her to see Russell, with whom she falls in love. Meanwhile, the crooks steal the machine and bring it to Mexico. The next day, Kitty is still invisible because she drank alcohol the night before. You, Russell, and the professor return to the lab and discover the theft. The crooks who found out in Mexico that they not only need the machine but also a secret formula come back and kidnap the meanwhile visible Kitty and Gibbs. Russell, meanwhile also in love with Kitty, follows them to Mexico.

In the gangsters' hiding place, Kitty uses the observation that alcohol makes her invisible again. She drinks pure alcohol and, having become invisible, can capture the gang of rascals. Russell arrives, Kitty can be saved by him. The two get married and have a child who becomes invisible after rubbing it with rubbing alcohol. “Hereditary!” As Professor Gibbs notes.

Reviews

"Mixture of horror and screwball comedy , which parodies the films about a 'Mad Scientist', a mad scientist, with solid performance and some amusing ideas."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

Academy Awards 1942

background

The Universal Pictures B production was one of the most expensive of 1940, with a budget of $ 300,000. This film was the third film after The Invisible One (1933, directed by James Whale ) and The Invisible One Returns (1940, directed by Joe May) in the series of films based on the characters of HG Wells .

The member of the Three Stooges , Shemp Howard , can be seen in a supporting role as Frankie . John Barrymore shot only two more after this film before he died of cirrhosis in May 1942 . Born in Austria, Oskar Homolka can be seen in his seventh US role.

The film's set decorator was later two-time Oscar winner Russell A. Gausman . The Oscar-winning Bernard B. Brown was responsible for the sound . Except for the last part of the "Invisible" series ( On Sherlock Holmes' Footsteps , 1951), John P. Fulton was responsible for the special effects for all other films.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The invisible woman. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032637/trivia