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Mystery of the Wax Museum
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Mystery of the Wax Museum

Feb 18, 1933
1h 18m
★ 6.5

The supreme thriller!

Overview

A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.

Genres

Horror
Mystery
Thriller

Production Companies

The Vitaphone Corporation
Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

Lionel Atwill

Ivan Igor

Lionel Atwill

Glenda Farrell

Florence Dempsey

Glenda Farrell

Allen Vincent

Ralph Burton

Allen Vincent

Fay Wray

Charlotte Duncan

Fay Wray

Frank McHugh

Jim

Frank McHugh

Edwin Maxwell

Worth

Edwin Maxwell

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Professor Darcy

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Gavin Gordon

George Winton

Gavin Gordon

Matthew Betz

Hugo

Matthew Betz

No Image

Otto

Bull Anderson

Holmes Herbert

Dr. Rasmussen

Holmes Herbert

Claude King

Mr. Galatalin

Claude King

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