WHAT TO BINGE ON TV Stream On! Where is ‘The Invisible Man?’ And how did they do it in 1933?

James Whale, the great director behind Frankenstein , Bride of Frankenstein , and Showboat , undertook a film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1897 science-fiction novel about a scientist who makes himself invisible—with dire consequences. Special-effects guru John P. Fulton had his work cut out for him!

THE INVISIBLE MAN

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“Excuse me, sir, but there’s breathing in my barn!”

James Whale’s audacious film opens with a tinny-but-charming “Universal Monster” musical flourish mixed with the sound effects of a bitter wind: “Pheeew!” We see a path from the horizon, down which a bundled-up figure approaches a pub through dri

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