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Monster Island Theater presents
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The Monster Island Theater Roast Beef and Apple Pie Recipes... |
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The Plot The PlotSome years past, Charles Kessler's wife ran away with his best friend. They however had little future to run to, as their car crashed. The wife's body was never found. Mr Kessler now lives with his grown daughter and the memory of Mrs Kessler. His routine includes setting a place for the Mrs for dinner and conversing with her empty chair. He also has a sleep-walking problem. And then there are all those murders are occuring in the vincinity, murders in his very home. Who is The Invisible Ghost? Film NotesIf You Need Reasons to WatchOK, so the plot makes no sense whatsoever. In fact, it makes less than no sense. But The Invisible Ghost has more than a few things going for it that make it worthwhile viewing. It's very short. Barely over an hour long. It's a model Monogram Pictures cheapie "B" film. It stars Bela Lugosi. Bela Lugosi! It has an atypical performance by Clarence Muse. Most importantly, it was directed by the great Joseph H. Lewis, auteur of Gun Crazy, Undercover Man, The Big Combo and My Name is Julia Ross.
Movie CrazyGod created Joseph H. Lewis for making movies. Rising from the literal lower depths of studio film vaults as a very young man, he climbed the Hollywood snakes and ladders to a long successful career of mostly low budget, but always stylish, individualistic work. This guy could even put his signature on East Side Kid vehicles. Known as "Wagon Wheel Joe, "The Invisible Ghost shows some of Mr Lewis' early style markers – strange angles. The camera looks through fireplaces, around corners, window panes, under tables, through walls, through the eyes of victims. A montage covering the arrest, trial and execution goes by in a quick poetic burst images that no doubt saved money, but also is pure cinema. The Invisible Seen - What Will Haunt You...a world of endless shadows, a kinder gentler Bela, a twin brother, an intelligent butler, fire, an ex-silent star's dying glow, Loretta Young's sister, Bela doing the deed, dumb detectives, a sleepwalking Bela... --Ed Schneider - Alameda TV Cast
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