Director of a bunch of old movies.
The Invisible Woman (1940) -- Not really a sequel to
The Invisible Man Returns since there are no returning characters, the
invisibility formula is invented from scratch, being invisible doesn't make you
go insane, etc. The only thing the same is the studio and the great
invisibility effects. What's really different is the comedy. The
original Invisible Man was funny, but in that sly James Whale sort of
way. This is just jokes and slapstick. Which isn't a bad thing after
the lifeless The Invisible Man Returns. The jokes still hold
up pretty well today, and the movie does get pretty good mileage out of the fact
that to be truly invisible you have to be naked. Some sexy moments with
nylons walking around and all that. (See Joe May
for the predecessor, The Invisible Man Returns. See
Edwin L. Marin for the follow-up, The Invisible Agent.)
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