They manipulate, lie and are usually driven by an unparalleled egomania.Īll these elements are clearly brought to the forefront by the dynamic performance of Claude Rains. There are no thoughts of remorse or disgrace. A sociopath has no regard for the feelings or well being of others. The chemicals have turned Griffin into a stone cold sociopath. A love surely fading fast behind a power mad scheme for complete domination over mankind. He has no empathy for a single living thing. His sanity, wisdom, morals and understanding are completely destroyed by the chemicals used to gain invisibility.

The horror is in what happens to Griffin. Still, The Invisible Man is more science fiction than horror. Quite an accomplishment for a director who cared not to dabble too long in the macabre. Films that are not only some of the best in the horror genre – but are still the most influential of our time: Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). It is the four horror films that he is best remembered for. However, those films are almost forgotten now. Whale was a great director and made many successful films in other genres. Composer Heinz Roemheld provided the score. Arthur Edeson was the Director of Photography.

The film was produced by Carl Laemmle Jr, R C Sheriff based his screenplay on the H G Wells novel, The Invisible Man. The third horror film made by James Whale was The Invisible Man, released by Universal Studios on Novem(USA). The rest of the time his head is either completely covered with bandages or he is invisible, but his voice is heard.” Other players have, it is true, been thoroughly disguised by weird make-up, but in this current offering Mr Rains’s countenance is beheld for a mere half minute at the close of the proceedings. No actor has ever made his first appearance on the screen under quite as peculiar circumstance as Claude Rains does in the picturisation of H G Wells’s novel The Invisible Man, which is the chief attraction at the Seventh Avenue Roxy. “ Claude Rains Makes His Film Debut in a Version of H G Wells’s Novel, The Invisible Man.

In his review of The Invisible Man published on Novemby The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall writes:

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