When Claude Rains starred in The Invisible Man he encountered the unique problem of playing an invisible man. Why it could never be done on the silent screen. You have to use your voice and only your voice to create your character and hold the interest. In this case and in the case of Vincent Price you had a pair of classically trained players who were more than up to the challenge of men who conquered the secret of invisibility. But said secret carries with it the price that it also renders those that use the formula will go mad.
For Vincent Price he has nothing to lose because he's been framed for his brother's murder. Price and his brother were respected industrialists in the midland area of England. Now he's a fugitive who has sought the help of John Sutton the brother of the late Claude Rains who has continued the experiments in invisibility to both find a safe reagent and prevent the psychosis that is a side effect.
Universal Studios if they could have might worked it out so that Rains could have continued, but he had no contract with them. Neither did Price really, but he certainly bought the same standards of classical training and a superb speaking voice critical to the role. It's no coincidence that the later remakes were either played for laughs or were much inferior to the first two.
The Invisible Man Returns got an Oscar nomination for special effects and they are the equal to the original. A fine cast of supporting are well cast in the roles that support Price in his quest for truth and against his own increasing madness.
For Vincent Price he has nothing to lose because he's been framed for his brother's murder. Price and his brother were respected industrialists in the midland area of England. Now he's a fugitive who has sought the help of John Sutton the brother of the late Claude Rains who has continued the experiments in invisibility to both find a safe reagent and prevent the psychosis that is a side effect.
Universal Studios if they could have might worked it out so that Rains could have continued, but he had no contract with them. Neither did Price really, but he certainly bought the same standards of classical training and a superb speaking voice critical to the role. It's no coincidence that the later remakes were either played for laughs or were much inferior to the first two.
The Invisible Man Returns got an Oscar nomination for special effects and they are the equal to the original. A fine cast of supporting are well cast in the roles that support Price in his quest for truth and against his own increasing madness.