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

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Cast

Ivan Igor

Lionel Atwill

Florence Dempsey

Glenda Farrell

Ralph Burton

Allen Vincent

Charlotte Duncan

Fay Wray

Jim

Frank McHugh

Worth

Edwin Maxwell

Professor Darcy

Arthur Edmund Carewe

George Winton

Gavin Gordon

Hugo

Matthew Betz

Otto

Bull Anderson

Dr. Rasmussen

Holmes Herbert

Mr. Galatalin

Claude King

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