Forever and a day is a 1943 american drama film, a collaborative effort employing seven directorsproducers and 22 writers, including an uncredited alfred hitchcock, with an enormous cast of wellknown stars. The film was a wartime propaganda production that was part of a hollywood effort to boost. While driving fast was always important to horsfall, so was looking good. Hart the invisible agent needs your 5 star vote to ensure his placement in the semifinals. Secret agent 1943 is the last of seventeen animated technicolor short films based upon the dc comics character superman. In the opening scene, a newsboy shouts the headline, extra. You know, maybe a film about war doesnt need much comedy anyway. As lincoln plaza cinemas closes, remembering its charm and history the theater between 62nd and 63rd streets on broadway will close for good, after 37 years, on january 31. Invisible agent movie 1942 ilona massey, jon hall, peter. Rent the invisible agent the invisible mans revenge 1942 starring ilona massey and jon hall on dvd and bluray. Although the slapstick is a little over the top it shows the quality of the special effects.
Rod crawford frank raymond, grandson of the original invisible man, still has the old formula but considers it too dangerous to use, even when axis agents try to get it. In conclusion, one could argue that the invisible man avoided ever. Complete 30film collection includes a 48page collectible book filled with behindthescenes stories and rare production photographs and is accompanied by an array of bonus features including behindthescenes documentaries, the 1931 spanish version of dracula, featurettes on bela lugosi, boris karloff, lon chaney jr. This is amazing as he crashed almost as often as he won. Rent the invisible agent the invisible mans revenge. Top agent 001, max the teenage super spy, is tasked with a mission to infiltrate the home of beckingham citys lord mayor, alfred hoxley, in an attempt to capture the international criminal x. Invisible agent 1942 best regards horrorfilm archivist.
Four women an athlete, a human rights advocate, a migrant, and a life cut too short all in different stages of fibromyalgia. The invisible agent was released in 1942 and was directed by edwin l. Prior to wwii horsfalls racing career was booming, and his need for speed landed him on the radar of mi 5. However the winner was reap the wild wind 1942 which. Marin and starring jon hall, peter lorre, cedric hardwicke, j. Invisible agent 1942 cast and crew an allied spy jon hall made invisible by chemistry outwits axis agents with his blondbraided lover ilona massey. Marin genres action, spy film subgenres action thriller, scifi action, war spy film release date jul 31, 1942 usa unknown run time 79 min. Williss career beginnings included film roles in the ilona massey scifi motion picture invisible agent 1942, the drama the spirit of stanford 1942 with frankie albert and the richard dix mystery the mark of the whistler 1944. The mummy is a 1999 american adventure horror film written and directed by stephen sommers and starring brendan fraser, rachel weisz, john hannah and kevin j. Frank griffins earlier work developing an invisibility procedure that could be used to break murderers out of prison. When maxs operation is thrown into turmoil, he must work against the clock to salvage the mission by picking up the small threads he has left. The invisible mans grandson uses his secret formula to spy on nazi germany in this comedythriller. Please submit paperwork sr5335 if you possess appropriate sanctions for document transfer coordination. Included in the collection is the original classic, starring the renowned claude rains, and four timeless sequels, featuring such legendary actors as vincent price and john barrymore.
In march 1940 cedric hardwicke initiated plans for a movie made without remuneration by british writers, directors and. Matt willis was an actor who was no stranger to being featured in numerous film roles throughout his hollywood career. Invisible agent is a 1942 science fiction film from universal. The film was nominated for best visual effects at the 15th academy awards in march 1943. The film was a wartime propaganda production that was part of a hollywood effort to boost morale at the home front. Clayton moore born jack carlton moore, september 14, 1914 december 28, 1999 was an american actor best known for playing the fictional western character the lone ranger from 19491951 and 19541957 on the television series of the same name and two related movies from the same producers.
The only connection between that film and the invisible agent, however, is the frank raymond character, who is presented as the grandson of jack griffin, the inventor of the invisibility formula. I refer to the 1942 summer release invisible agent, a spy thriller that very vaguely positions itself in continuity with the original the invisible man of 33, positing that the grandson of the mad scientist dr. The invisible mans grandson uses his secret formula to spy on nazi germany. In invisible agent, the invisible man returns, only definitely not as a horror villain. With ilona massey, jon hall, peter lorre, cedric hardwicke. Invisible agent 1942 08071942 us adventure, comedy, romance, science fiction, war 1h 21m user score. Brown were nominiated for an academy award for their special effects work on this film, but lost to the special. Marin, with ilona massey, jon hall, peter lorre, at turner classic movies. The universal classic monsters 30film bluray box set is. In the same year he produced alfred hitchcocks saboteur, frank lloyd who twice won the best director oscar found himself supervising this tenuously connected response to the 1933 claude rains classic. Wellsinspired science fiction film, things to come was the most expensive film produced in england in 1936, pushing past the milliondollar mark. As lincoln plaza cinemas closes, remembering its charm and. The invisible woman was a romantic comedy with a bit of a scifi twist.
Casino you can either have the money and the hammer or you can walk outta here you cant have both duration. This film, which is the fourth film in the universal studios invisible man series, was directed by edwin l. Invisible agent gets the a movie treatment, as is evident from an a list cast. The tunnel, also known as transatlantic tunnel in the united states, is a 1935 british science fiction film directed by maurice elvey and stars richard dix, leslie banks, madge evans, helen vinson, c. Hello guest, this is the official horrorfilm trailer of. Invisible agent 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It loosely echoed a series of formula warhorror films produced during this period that typically featured a mad scientist working in secret to aid the third reich. Originally intended to be part of a lowbudget horror series.
Currently posing as a contestant in the mad men casting call contest under the alias mr. This is the only short that lois lane doesnt appearalthough a female federal agent who looks identical to lois just with blonde hair appears, and is. You have the roguish hero facing nazis and japanese one of the. Incidentally, this is the film in which an elderly victim of nazi persecution moans i cant sign. This movie was a wartime propaganda production that was part of a hollywood effort to boost morale at the home front. The mummy 1999 film universal monsters wiki fandom. Hes now a patriotic, allamerican spy pranking the nazis hardcore. Your help is needed to assist the invisible agent in infiltrating the set of televisions mad men.
It is a loose remake of the 1932 film of the same name which starred boris karloff in the title role. In operation mincemeat, ben macintyre writes, horsfall seldom wore racing leathers or a crash helmet, preferring to race in a shirt and tie. Griffin is alive and well in manhattan, and still has the secret family recipe in his possession. While invisible agent is an okay that is, watchable movie, it. It stars conrad veidt playing identical twins, one loyal to the united states u. Overview of the invisible agent, 1942, directed by edwin l. German architects television tower models 1950s 1970s january 24, 2010. Oconnor, with arnold vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. Invisible agent, a 1942 warthemed movie that was the fourth film in. Nazi agent is a 1942 american spy film directed by jules dassin, in his first featurelength film for mgm. Besides, i must say that im a sucker for both wwii and espionage movies, so thats a big plus as well. Invisible agent takes the ruinous point of view that maniacal brutes may be simultaneously shown as laughable dolts. Here, we have a war propaganda romance film with a scifi basis. As was always the case in universals mid1940s fantasies, david horsleys special effects work in invisible agent is absolutely firstrate, with some truly eyepopping moments.
This channel has been reallocated as an information center in regards to the. Invisible agent is a 1942 american science fiction film from universal. For the first time ever, the original the invisible man film comes to dvd in this extraordinary legacy collection. Hence came the invisible agent and like most war propaganda films, this film probably presented the perfect propaganda needed at the time to rally a nation, but viewing it today it manages to make the allied forces look like fools. The screenplay by robert pirosh and marc connelly and uncredited other writers, including dalton trumbo, is based on. It was the fourth invisible movie distributed by universal. In 1942 universal reinvented the invisible man as a nazi foil in the fourth. The invisible man returns was less of a monster movie and more scifi. Claude rains character in the 1933 movie classic the invisible man. The film also features robert benchley, susan hayward and cecil kellaway. There are lots of invisibility special effects and they are outstanding. Invisible agent has a rather typical set up for a film from this period.
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