The Body Disappears

The Body Disappears
The Body Disappears
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Directed by	D. Ross Lederman
Written by	Scott Darling; Erna Lazarus;
Produced by	Bryan Foy; Ben Stoloff;
Starring	Jeffrey Lynn; Jane Wyman;
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Edited by	Frederick Richards
Music by	Howard Jackson
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	December 6, 1941;
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Body Disappears is a 1941 American comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Jeffrey Lynn and Jane Wyman.^[1]

Plot[]

Unconscious after his bachelor party, Peter De Haven (Jeffrey Lynn) is transported by his friends to the college dissecting room as a practical joke. Professor Shotesbury (Edward Everett Horton) mistakenly injects him with a serum that makes him invisible. While invisible, De Haven learns that his fiancee, Christine (Marguerite Chapman), is only marrying him for his money. He also falls in love with Shotesbury's daughter, Joan (Jane Wyman). Meanwhile, Shotesbury is committed to a sanitarium by his colleagues for his claims about invisible monkeys and men. De Haven and Joan, by this time also invisible, go to release Shotesbury from the mental hospital, which they achieve by making him invisible as well. All the while time is running out for De Haven to receive an antidote. In the end, all receive the antidote, and De Haven ends up with Joan.^[2]

Cast[]

Jeffrey Lynn as Peter De Haven III
Jane Wyman as Joan Shotesbury
Edward Everett Horton as Professor Shotesbury
Herbert Anderson as George "Doc" Appleby
Marguerite Chapman as Christine Lunceford
Craig Stevens as Robert Struck
David Bruce as Jimmie Barbour
Willie Best as Willie
Ivan F. Simpson as Dean Claxton (as Ivan Simpson)
Tod Andrews as Bill (as Michael Ames)
William Hopper as Terrence Abbott (as DeWolf Hopper)
Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Lunceford
Charles Halton as Prof. Moggs
Sidney Bracey as Barrett (as Sidney Bracy)
Wade Boteler as Inspector Deming

References[]

^ Erickson, Hal (2014). "The Body Disappears". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Movies. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
^ "The Body Disappears (1941) – Full Synopsis". Retrieved March 10, 2015.

External links[]

The Body Disappears at IMDb

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[NYTimes-1] Erickson, Hal (2014). "The Body Disappears". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Movies. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

[TCMSyn-2] "The Body Disappears (1941) – Full Synopsis". Retrieved March 10, 2015.

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