After The Invisible Man Returns proved to be a big success financially, Universal decided to release another film that would be apart of The Invisible Man series. The Invisible Woman was released the same year as The Invisible Man Returns in 1940 and was directed by A. Edward Sullivan (Sky Devils, Steel Against the Sky, and The Sap from Syracuse) and stars Virginia Bruce (The Garden Murder Case, Flight Angels, and There's That Woman Again), John Barrymore (Twentieth Century, Svengali, and Grand Hotel), John Howard (The Philadelphia Story, Lost Horizon, and Bulldog Drummond Comes Back), and Charles Ruggles (Murder in the Private Car, Bringing Up Baby, and One Hour with You). The film was enough of a success to spawn a sequel in 1942.
A crazy scientist (John Barrymore) is conducting an experiment in testing if it is possible to turn humans invisible. An attractive woman (Virginia Bruce) volunteers and this gets the attention of some mobsters.
The Invisible Woman is definitely all comedy and no horror. So, don't ever go in to this film expecting this to be a horror film. I don't mind the filmmakers with trying with something new. But I really wish the film still maintained a sinister tone in this film. But, we get a screwball comedy. The comedy is largely hit and miss but when it gets absurd, I cannot help but laugh a little. Seeing the gender reversal of the Invisible Being is a nice change that makes the film stand out a bit from the rest of the films. The acting is a but silly if you ask me but what else can there be to expect from a 40's screwball comedy? The effects are still pretty good and again it is nice to see that they got an Academy Award nomination for their work. The villains feel like the stereotypical mobsters that you always see being thrown into a screwball comedy.
The Invisible Woman is just a really standard screwball comedy from the 40's and one that doesn't always make me laugh. Nothing special to see here.
A crazy scientist (John Barrymore) is conducting an experiment in testing if it is possible to turn humans invisible. An attractive woman (Virginia Bruce) volunteers and this gets the attention of some mobsters.
The Invisible Woman is definitely all comedy and no horror. So, don't ever go in to this film expecting this to be a horror film. I don't mind the filmmakers with trying with something new. But I really wish the film still maintained a sinister tone in this film. But, we get a screwball comedy. The comedy is largely hit and miss but when it gets absurd, I cannot help but laugh a little. Seeing the gender reversal of the Invisible Being is a nice change that makes the film stand out a bit from the rest of the films. The acting is a but silly if you ask me but what else can there be to expect from a 40's screwball comedy? The effects are still pretty good and again it is nice to see that they got an Academy Award nomination for their work. The villains feel like the stereotypical mobsters that you always see being thrown into a screwball comedy.
The Invisible Woman is just a really standard screwball comedy from the 40's and one that doesn't always make me laugh. Nothing special to see here.