Mystery of the Wax Museum
“The supreme thriller!”
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.
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38 people
Lionel Atwill
Ivan Igor
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Captain Blood
Glenda Farrell
Florence Dempsey
Known for
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Little Caesar
Allen Vincent
Ralph Burton
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Two Against the World
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Fay Wray
Charlotte Duncan
Known for
King Kong
The Most Dangerous Game
Frank McHugh
Jim
Known for
Going My Way
The Roaring Twenties
Edwin Maxwell
Worth
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
Scarface
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Professor Darcy
Known for
The Phantom of the Opera
The Cat and the Canary
Gavin Gordon
George Winton
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
The Bat
Matthew Betz
Hugo
Known for
The Unholy Three
The Big House
Bull Anderson
Otto
Also in
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Slave Ship
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Rasmussen
Known for
The Invisible Man
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Claude King
Mr. Galatalin
Also in
Bad Girl
Behind the Mask
Michael Curtiz Director · Carl Erickson Screenplay Don Mullaly Screenplay
Budget $279K · United States release February 18, 1933 · Produced in United States
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$279,000
Production
The Vitaphone Corporation
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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United States
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English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 17, 1933
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · February 18, 1933
Theatrical
Hungary
April 16, 1934 · Theatrical
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