La femme invisible

Titre original : The Invisible Woman

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John Barrymore, Virginia Bruce, Oscar Homolka, John Howard, and Charles Ruggles in La femme invisible (1940)

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Un mannequin séduisant, qui pense que devenir invisible l'aidera dans la vie, se porte volontaire pour servir de cobaye au Professeur Gibbs inventeur d'une machine qui rend invisible.Un mannequin séduisant, qui pense que devenir invisible l'aidera dans la vie, se porte volontaire pour servir de cobaye au Professeur Gibbs inventeur d'une machine qui rend invisible.Un mannequin séduisant, qui pense que devenir invisible l'aidera dans la vie, se porte volontaire pour servir de cobaye au Professeur Gibbs inventeur d'une machine qui rend invisible.

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5,9/10

3,6 k

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Nommé pour 1 Oscar
- 1 victoire et 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
Despite the lightweight nature of the film, it was budgeted at $300,000.00, (about twice the amount of a typical Universal B-feature of the time) making it one of the studio's most expensive productions for 1940.

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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Bouncy Madcap

Delightful comedy from start to finish, with plenty of bounce and throw-away lines. Of course, invisible people can be the stuff of horror, but there's plenty of shtick in the idea, as well. For example, the Topper series (1953-55) made good comedic appeal in TV's early days, while Abbott and Costello spoofed the idea in maybe their best " A&C Meet__" (1951).

Here, it's a first-rate cast, including some of Hollywood's most colorful lugs— including, Ed Brophy, Donald McBride, Shemp Howard, and mugging it up comedically, John Barrymore. Seems Barrymore's invented a fade-away gizmo that he wants patented, but first has to get seed money from playboy John Howard. Then too he needs to hire a human guinea pig to prove that the gizmo works, and that's dress-model Virginia Bruce who's out for revenge against her cruel boss (Lane). Naturally crooks get wind of the invention and want to hijack it. So, amusing mayhem ensues.

Note the lengths the script manages to avoid that awful word "naked". Instead a number of Code euphemisms are employed. Still, the shtick makes funny use of Bruce's being naked when invisible. In fact, the writers go to some lengths making her occasional lack of clothes realistic— e.g. she gets cold up at the cabin. Anyway, the well-timed gags fly thick and fast, along with expert pacing from director Sutherland. At the same time, Charlie Ruggles almost steals the show as the impeccable butler. All in all, this Universal production amounts to a genuine sleeper despite the darkish title, and definitely deserves more frequent revival.