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Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Directed by Michael Curtiz

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Most recently watched by sleestakk, danielt

Overview

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

Length 77 minutes

Actors

Lionel Atwill | Glenda Farrell | Allen Vincent | Fay Wray | Frank McHugh | Edwin Maxwell | Arthur Edmund Carewe | Gavin Gordon | Matthew Betz | Bull Anderson | Holmes Herbert | Claude King | William B. Davidson | Guy Usher | DeWitt Jennings | Robert Homans | James Donlan | Thomas E. Jackson | Frank Darien | Wallis Clark | Monica Bannister | Robert Emmett O'Connor | Lon Poff | Max Barwyn | Wade Boteler | Otto Hoffman | Perry Ivins | Margaret Mann | Pat O'Malley | Milton Kibbee | Harry C. Bradley | Charles McMurphy | Frank Fanning | Dick Rush | Lee Shumway | William Wagner | Frank Austin | Walter Percival

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/26/2019Home TheaterDVDRented8 stars
10/03/2012TVBroadcastTV7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

First time seeing the original and I really liked it a lot! The plot doesn’t flow quite as well but Glenda Farrell’s role as a reporter is great. She steals the show with witty, snappy dialogue that will fly right by you if you’re not paying attention. This has more humor in it than the ‘53 remake. The two strip technicolor process works really well for this film too.

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