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Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
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Overview
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
Rated NR | 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 Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/21/2021 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7 stars |
| 10/27/2009 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Was happy that HBO Max had this old classic available bc I wanted to revisit before our Dark Castle marathon (even tho the HOUSE OF WAX 2005 film has nothing to do with this story). It is fun to watch this after viewing the 1953 HOUSE OF WAX with Vincent Price. That movie is nearly a direct lift of this film. What’s wild is how horrifying this movie is at times for that time period. This had to spook some folks back then.
update: according to ML I haven’t logged this since 2009, when I started religiously logging all films. I thought for sure I’ve seen it at least twice before tonight but nope. Yet I remembered so many things from this movie. Testament to how well this film was crafted cuz I don’t remember shit these days. Really shocked this was never booked for one of the horror marathons during my time there.
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