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Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) 6.9
In London, sculptor Ivan Igor struggles in vain to prevent his partner Worth from burning his wax museum...and his 'children.' Years later, Igor starts a new museum in New York, but his ... See full summary » Director:Michael Curtiz |
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In London, sculptor Ivan Igor struggles in vain to prevent his partner Worth from burning his wax museum...and his 'children.' Years later, Igor starts a new museum in New York, but his maimed hands confine him to directing lesser artists. People begin disappearing (including a corpse from the morgue); Igor takes a sinister interest in Charlotte Duncan, fiancée of his assistant Ralph, but arouses the suspicions of Charlotte's roommate, wisecracking reporter Florence. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Images of wax that throbbed with human passion! Almost woman....what did they lack? See more »Parents Guide:
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18 February 1933 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Mystery of the Wax Museum See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Ivan Igor: My Marie Antoinette you must not say that to me.
Charlotte Duncan: You fiend.
Ivan Igor: My dear, why are you so pitifully afraid?
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(uncredited)
Music by Bernhard Kaun
Stock cue played over main titles
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The shot of the 'monster' lifting up the sheet in the morgue was, along with many other Warner Bros. films of the early 1930s, incorporated into the opening credit's of their 1974 musical MAME. See more »Goofs
When Ivan is preparing to lower Joan Gale's body out the window, you can see that her feet are still uncovered, but as she is being lowered her feet are suddenly covered. See more »Quotes
Charlotte Duncan: You fiend.Ivan Igor: My Marie Antoinette you must not say that to me.
Charlotte Duncan: You fiend.
Ivan Igor: My dear, why are you so pitifully afraid?
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"Agitato"(uncredited)
Music by Bernhard Kaun
Stock cue played over main titles
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A genuinely frightening film from Michael Curtiz, jack of no trades and master of all. Many of the tricks of classic 1930's horror are here, including the opening scene set in a dark, rainy London street, the long shadows on the wall, lengthy periods of silence, and all timed to perfection. Only the faster-than-the-speed-of-sound dialogue of Glenda Farrell truly lets the film down. But other than that it is a gothic masterpiece, an underrated movie probably due to the fact that it lay undiscovered, thought lost, for over half a century. Far more inventive and imaginative than the majority of horror films made today.