UNCANNILY FASCINATING

Evening Star, Issue 21667, 12 March 1934, Page 12

UNCANNILY FASCINATING

• INVISIBLE MAN ’ FOR EMPIRE The strangest character ever created by tho screen will make his debut at the Empire Theatre on Friday, when tho startling picturisation of H. G. Wells’s sensational novel, ‘ The Invisible Man,’ opens its featured engagement there. Giving ‘ Frankenstein cards and spades, this . uncannily fascinating screen drama promises local theatregoers tho most exciting evening in years. . . ~ , , Its unseen star is a scientist who has succeeded in conquering light and shadow to make himself invisible. How his frantic attempts to rule the world plunge a nation into frenzy of suspense and- fear, and how the invisible madman employs his invisibility to gain bis ends and how ho manages a fervid love affair, supplies this amazing picture with a quick succession of highspots. James Whale, distinguished British dramatist; known for his ‘ Journey’s End ’ and ‘ Frankenstein,’ directed this weird picture, working from the screen scenario by R. C. Sherriff. Claude Rains, William Harrigau, Gloria Stuart, Dudley Digges, Una O’Comior, Henry Travers, and Forrester Harvey bead the exceptional cast of hwlliant actors who bring the Wells story to life on the screen.