Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

  • NR
  • 02/17/1933 (US)
  • Horror, Mystery
  • 1h 18m

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.

Michael Curtiz

Director

Don Mullaly

Screenplay

Carl Erickson

Screenplay

Charles S. Belden

Story

Cast

Lionel Atwill's headshot

Lionel Atwill

Ivan Igor
Glenda Farrell's headshot

Glenda Farrell

Florence Dempsey
Allen Vincent's headshot

Allen Vincent

Ralph Burton
Fay Wray's headshot

Fay Wray

Charlotte Duncan
Frank McHugh's headshot

Frank McHugh

Jim
Edwin Maxwell's headshot

Edwin Maxwell

Worth
Arthur Edmund Carewe's headshot

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Professor Darcy
Gavin Gordon's headshot

Gavin Gordon

George Winton

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