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Mystery of the Wax Museum

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Remake:

House of Wax

Original title

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Year

1933

Running time

77 min.

Country

United States

Director

Michael Curtiz

Screenwriter

Don Mullaly, Carl Erickson. Play: Charles Belden

Cast

Music

Cliff Hess

Cinematography

Ray Rennahan

Producer

Warner Bros.

Genre

Horror. Thriller

Synopsis

In London, a sculptor of wax figures for a museum is horrified when his employer proposes setting fire to the unpopular museum in order to collect the insurance money. As the wax figures melt amid the blaze, the two men have a fight. After knocking out the sculptor, the owner leaves him to "perish" among the flames. Thirteen years later, the sculptor resurfaces in New York City for the launch of his own wax museum. The opening coincides with the sudden disappearance of some dead bodies from the city morgue. A determined reporter begins to suspect the deranged museum owner of stealing the corpses and using them for the wax figures in his exhibits.

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Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933

Michael Curtiz

6.4

(620)