Mystery of the Wax Museum

The Mystery of the Wax Museum
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Screenplay byDon Mullally
Carl Erickson
Based on"The Wax Works"
by Charles S. Belden[1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRay Rennahan
Edited byGeorge Amy
Music byCliff Hess (uncredited)[2]
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • February 18, 1933 (1933-02-18) (U.S.)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$279,000[4]
Box office$1.1 million[4]

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.[5]

  1. ^ Koszarski 1979, p. 12.
  2. ^ a b Rigby 2007, p. 128.
  3. ^ Robertson 1993, pp. 180–181.
  4. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 13 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  5. ^ "Notes" Archived 2018-10-10 at the Wayback Machine TCM.com

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