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The Invisible Ray
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The Invisible Ray is a perfect example of how science was abused in ordinary thrillers before the Sci-Fi boom of the 1950s. Astronomers intuit that light from distant stars originated millions of years ago, a concept that Universal's writers use to concoct an absurd fantasy. Rukh's super-telescope doubles as a time machine/television set, enabling his guests to see views originating far out in space and long, long ago. After one perfect television view of a meteor striking Africa, a room of doubting scientificos are convinced that Rukh has made a terrific breakthrough. Never underestimate a good visual aid in group presentations.
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The Invisible Ray is a 1936 scifi film directed by Lambert Hillyer and featuring horror greats, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Karloff plays scientis Janos Rukh, who leads an expedition to Africa to investigate an ancient meteorite. After he is exposed to radiation from the meteorite he faces death but Dr. Benet (Bela Lugosi) saves him with an antidote. Rukh's touch... causes instant death to anyone he touches. After returning to London, Benet realizes controlled release of radiation from the meteor may return sight to the blind. But the meteor causes more negative effects on Rukh who goes into a paranoid rage and accuses his fellow expedition members of stealing his discovery.
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Released as part of Universal's Bela Lugosi Collection, The Invisible Ray gets a nice transfer. The fullframe image looks very good for a film of this vintage — some print damage is in evidence, but scratching and other defects are kept to a minimum. Robinson's moody lighting comes across very well — blacks are deep, whites are clean, and there's nice contrast in the gray scale. The mono English soundtrack is solid, if unspectacular; dialogue is clear and distinct, and the music has nice presence, though there's some minor hissing evident. A trio of RealArt reissue trailers (including one for Invisible Ray) are the only extras. (See EC's review of The Black Cat for a general description of the five-film Bela Lugosi Collection DVD.) 5/22/06
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THE INVISIBLE RAY - The last of Universal's three Boris Karloff-Bela Lugosi teamings of the mid-1930s, The Invisible Ray is dominated by Karloff as Dr. Janos Rukh, the inventor of a laser-like heat ray. Despite the scoffing of his colleagues, Rukh intends to use the ray for the benefit of mankind, but first he requires a new element called "Radium X" to perfect his invention. Before long, he has embarked upon an expedition to Africa in search of a radium source, accompanied by his beautiful young wife Diane (Frances Drake), handsome young scientist Ronald Drake (Frank Lawton) and financiers Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Stevens (Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi). His system poisoned by increased exposure to radium, Rukh begins acting strangely, virtually forcing Diane into Ronald's arms. Apparently killed during the expedition, Rukh is actually alive, dementedly determined to use his "invisible" radium ray to do away with all his enemies. Soon he is able to kill with the mere touch of his hand, and this is how he disposes of his severest critic (and greatest supporter), humanitarian doctor Benet (Bela Lugosi).
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The GVG90FL-EX comprises of a transmitter unit and a receiver unit, and is actuated into an alarm state when the invisible ray between the transmitter and receiver is interrupted. Designed for outdoor applications and hazardous areas, the GVG90FL-EX provides low cost protection for a long range of coverage not easily achievable by other forms of detector devices.
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This second volume in the Arthur B. Reeve Detective Series features Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective in a series of twelve stories includes "The Germ of Death", "The White Slave", "The Confidence King", "The Invisible Ray", and eight more. Illustrated with the original hardcover artwork and newspaper artwork.
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