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Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery - horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh.
Mystery of the Wax Museum: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh. The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
- Michael Curtiz
- 4 min
Mystery of the Wax Museum, sometimes referred to simply as Wax Museum, was produced by Warner Brothers to capitalize on the fad for horror films at that time, ranging from the now-legendary Universal franchise of horror films to low-budget independent productions like White Zombie (1932).
- Michael Curtiz, Lee Katz, Frank Shaw
- Lionel Atwill
Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill) is the sculptor at a famous wax museum in London. When his partner, Joe Worth (Edwin Maxwell), burns down the museum for the insurance money, Igor is trapped...
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- Lionel Atwill
- Michael Curtiz
- Horror
Mystery Of The Wax Museum Trailer 1933 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Lionel Atwill, Frank McHugh, Gavin Gord ...more.
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Apr 21, 2020 · Released at the tail end of the 1930s horror craze, Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) delivered chills with its macabre plot (thought “too ghastly for comfort” and “unhealthy” by one New York Times critic) and effective use of the surreal two-color Technicolor palette, which was soon phased out for the more realistic three-color process.
