October 16, 2014 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Whipple Auditorium in the Cedar Rapids Public Library
450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 United States

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Catch the classic Universal Horror Film from the Golden Age of Hollywood Horror films of the 30's.

The Invisible Man is a 1933 science fiction film based on H. G. Wells' science fiction novel. The film was directed by James Whale and stars Claude Rains, in his first American screen appearance, and Gloria Stuart. It is considered one of the great Universal Horror films of the 1930s, and spawned a number of sequels, plus many spinoffs using the idea of an "invisible man" that were largely unrelated to Wells' original story.

A mysterious stranger, his face swathed in bandages and his eyes obscured by dark goggles, takes a room at The Lion's Head Inn in the English village of Iping in Sussex. The man demands that he be left alone. Later, the innkeeper, Mr. Hall (Forrester Harvey) is sent by his wife (Una O'Connor) to evict the stranger after he makes a huge mess in his room while doing research and falls behind on his rent. Angered, the stranger throws Mr. Hall down the stairs. Confronted by a policeman and some local villagers, he removes his bandages and goggles, revealing that he is invisible. Laughing maniacally, he takes off his clothes, making himself completely undetectable, and drives off his tormenters before fleeing into the countryside.