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Mystery of the Wax Museum(Movie, 1933)

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| 1h 17min | Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Mystery of the Wax MuseumRating: 3.3/5 (with 5050 votes)
Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery-horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh. It was produced and released by Warner Bros. and filmed in two-color Technicolor; Doctor X and Mystery of the Wax Museum were the last two dramatic fiction films made using this process. ()
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About Mystery of the Wax Museum

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: California
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 02/18/1933
Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Henry Blanke
Film Editor: George Amy
Director of Photography: Ray Rennahan
Costume designer: Orry-Kelly
Production Designer: Anton Grot
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Wachsfigurenkabinett"
Keywords: pre-code, wax museum
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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