The Invisible Woman (1940 film) Fred Rinaldo wrote the screenplay in slapstick style, while H. G. Wells was again credited as the original author of "The Invisible Man". The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland. It was the first role for Maria Montez. This film runs for 70 minutes and was filmed in black and white with mono sound. The special effects were produced by John P. Fulton, who earned another nomination for an Oscar following his comparable effects work in "The Invisible Man Returns". John D. Hall also was nominated for the Oscar. The John Howard who appears in the film and in
Invisible Man to project? Finally, why is it that so many of those who would tell us the meaning of Negro life never bother to learn how varied it really is?" Ellison's Invisible Man dovetails two movements, the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement. John Oliver Killens once denounced Invisible Man by saying: “The Negro people need Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man like we need a hole in the head or a stab in the back. ... It is a vicious distortion of Negro life." Ellison's influences include, among others, The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot; Ellison spent some time tracking down