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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.It was produced and released by Warner Bros. and filmed in two-color Technicolor; Doctor X and Mystery of the Wax Museum were the last two dramatic fiction films made using this process.
A horror mystery thriller about a sinister sculptor who creates wax figures of his victims. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film.
- Michael Curtiz
- 4 min
Mystery of the Wax Museum. 1933 1h 17m Horror List. 92% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 63% Audience Score 500+ Ratings. Ivan Igor (Lionel Atwill) is the sculptor at a famous wax museum in London. When his ...
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- Lionel Atwill
- Michael Curtiz
- Horror
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Mystery Of The Wax Museum (1933) Mr. Igor's artistically accomplished but poorly attended wax museum in London is set on fire by his backer, who wants to collect the insurance money in order to recoup his losses. Trapped inside, Igor (Lionel Atwill) watches his priceless work melt away.
- Michael Curtiz, Lee Katz, Frank Shaw
- Lionel Atwill
The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #TheMysteryoftheWaxMuseumBodies are mysteriously disappearing all over town, and a new wax mu...
- 4 min
- 26.1K
- Warner Bros. Classics
Apr 21, 2020 · Learn how a lost horror film from 1933 was rescued and restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation. Discover the film's production history, color techniques, and audio commentary by the Archive's Head of Preservation.
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. It was produced and released by Warner Bros. and filmed in two-color Technicolor; Doctor X and Mystery of the Wax Museum were the last two dramatic fiction films made using ...