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Topic: The Invisible Woman 200'
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Marshall Crist
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Posts: 300
From: San Pedro, CA USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted September 25, 2013 08:52 PM
Since learning of the existence of this Castle Films abridgment a few years ago, I couldn't help but be slightly curious to see it. My understanding is that it had already been discontinued when I started collecting in the mid-70s. I eventually amassed (or at least viewed) all of the Universal 200' horror/monster cutdowns, but remained unaware of this one until relatively recently. I recall reading that it was more of an extract than a digest, and that is the case. This "review" is of the 8mm silent version. I am not aware of whether it was ever issued in Super 8 or sound, but my guess would be "probably not" to both, although if someone would like to correct me, I'd appreciate it. My copy came packaged in a generic "Old Time Comedies" box.
The film begins with Virginia Bruce rushing off to her job as a department store clothing model. She is docked an hour's pay for being two minutes late by her nasty boss. His abuse continues and she barely escapes with her job.
Later she answers a newspaper ad. Scientist John Barrymore and his assistant Margaret Hamilton give the young woman a hypodermic shot and put her in a machine. She becomes invisible, as depicted in the usual fashion for the time with objects on wires hovering about. She takes off and immediately heads back to her workplace to cause havoc and give her boss some comeuppance.
It's been ages since I saw the full feature, but this digest probably contains one (or two, at most) of the better scenes. That said, it's a slight affair, and I can see why it did not persevere into the Universal 8 era.
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