The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
73 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1940 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
A. Edward Sutherland

Written By:
Curt Siodmak
Joe May

Actors:
Virginia Bruce ..... Kitty Carroll
John Barrymore ..... Professor Gibbs
John Howard ..... Richard Russell
Charles Ruggles ..... Geor
Oskar Homolka ..... Blackie
Edward Brophy ..... Bill
Donald MacBride ..... Foghorn
Margaret Hamilton ..... Mrs. Jackson
Shemp Howard ..... Frankie
Anne Nagel ..... Jean
Kathryn Adams ..... Peggy
Maria Montez ..... Marie
Charles Lane ..... Growley
Mary Gordon ..... Mrs. Bates
Thurston Hall ..... Hudson

Synopsis:

Claude Rains may have meddled in things that Man must leave alone, but that doesn't mean Woman shouldn't get in on the act. Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce) answers an ad in the paper to be an experimental subject for John Barrymore's dauntingly daffy Professor Gibbs, whose invisibility serum, if successful, promises to replenish the dwindling fortune of his benefactor, Dick Russell (John Howard) - if only he can get a human subject. Kitty's aim, however, is to wreak havoc on the draconian boss of her modelling job, the aptly named Mr Growley (Charles Lane). Complicating matters is gangster Blackie Cole (Oskar Homolka), who schemes to steal the professor's formula because he yearns to visit his native land again, where he can't show his face.

The eccentric Professor Gibbs puts an ad in the newspaper: 'WANTED: A human being willing to become invisible. No remuneration. Box P19.' But Gibbs is no crackpot. He really did invent an invisibility machine, and he really does need his first human guinea pig. He's rather surprised when the K. Carroll who answers his ad turns out to be a woman: Kitty Carroll, a dress model with an oppressive boss. And that boss is the real reason she wants to be invisible. The beleaguered model wants to revenge herself on him and thus win one for the working girl. Meanwhile, the loony scientist's patron, the wealthy playboy Richard Russell, learns he has just squandered every penny of the family fortune on girls who sue. His long suffering manservant keeps threatening to resign. But if that invisibility machine works, Richard will have it made - again. Unfortunately, the machine has attracted the interest of some thugs whose boss is stuck in Mexico unable to cross the border. Invisibility is just what he needs to get past the checkpoint.

Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll, an attractive, adventurous model, who thinks being invisible would help her settle a few scores. Complications arise when three comic gangsters steal the machine to use on their boss. But they fail to reckon with the Revenge of the Invisible Woman!

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 12 September, 2013.

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