The Invisible Woman

1940
Approved
1h 12m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,9/10

3,6 k

MA NOTE

John Barrymore, Virginia Bruce, Oscar Homolka, John Howard, and Charles Ruggles in The Invisible Woman (1940)

Home Video Trailer from Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Liretrailer0 min 39 s

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Body Horror Supernatural Horror Comedy Horror Romance Sci-Fi

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,9/10

3,6 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Nommé pour 1 oscar
- 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
Margaret Sullavan, who owed Universal one picture on an old contract, was originally assigned the starring role. With more attractive roles being floated her way, she balked at appearing in the film, feeling it was beneath her. After she failed to appear for the rehearsals, the studio slapped her with a restraining order preventing her from working anywhere else. Eventually, she agreed to fulfill her contract by appearing in Back Street (1941) and Virginia Bruce stepped into the role.

Gaffes
Virginia Bruce was dressed in black velvet and shot against a black background as part of the special-effects process of making her appear invisible. When the Invisible Woman is undressing in front of a startled Mr. Growley, her black velvet-clad arms are visible whenever they cross in front of her legs or torso.

Citations
Richard Russell: Stop breathing down my neck.
George: It's the breath of pleasure, sir. And perhaps a touch of garlic.

Connexions
Edited into The Invisible Woman (1966)

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8/10

Barrymore meets Bruce

Agreeably played for low farce by a most accomplished cast led by those supreme farceurs Charlie Ruggles (who has all the best lines) and John Barrymore (who just manages to snare all the best "business" from Ruggleswho gives him a great run for his money), The Invisible Woman is smoothly directed with lots of great visual effects for those who dote on this sort of thing. Adding to the fun, Charles Lane has a colorful role which he makes the most of, but Maria Montez is along purely for decorative value as part of an eye-appealingly feminine crowd and doesn't have a single line, alas. Not one! It's the lovely Virginia Bruce who makes all the running, while John Howard stands on the sidelines, looking nice and stylish as the straight man. Comic gangster Oscar Homolka and other players do a few turns with three stooges (Shemp Howard, Ed Brophy and Donald MacBride), but the film's funniest scenes occur in the middle section of the movie when the invisible Virgina tangles with the irascible Lane.