Mystery of the Wax Museum

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American film film horror film pre-Code film

Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 pre-Code horror film noted for its early use of two-color Technicolor and its story about a deranged sculptor who encases victims in wax.

Aliases (2)

House of Wax ×1
The Wax Works ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → film → horror film → pre-Code film →
basedOn	The Wax Works → short story by Charles S. Belden →
cinematographyBy	Allen M. Davey → Ray Rennahan →
colorProcess	two-color Technicolor →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Michael Curtiz →
discoveredPrint	1960s →
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures →
editedBy	George Amy →
era	pre-Code Hollywood →
filmingTechnique	early Technicolor feature →
genre	horror → mystery →
hasCharacter	Charlotte Duncan → Florence Dempsey → Ivan Igor →
hasTheme	art and madness → identity concealment → obsession →
musicBy	Clifford Vaughan →
notableFor	early use of two-color Technicolor → pre-Code horror elements →
originalLanguage	English →
plotFocus	deranged sculptor who encases victims in wax →
preservationStatus	restored →
producer	Hal B. Wallis → Jack L. Warner →
productionCompany	Warner Bros. →
releaseDate	1933-02-18 →
releaseYear	1933 →
remadeAs	House of Wax →
remakeReleaseYear	1953 →
runtimeMinutes	77 →
screenwriter	Carl Erickson → Don Mullaly →
setInLocation	New York City →
setInPeriod	early 1930s →
starring	Allen Vincent → Fay Wray → Frank McHugh → Glenda Farrell → Lionel Atwill →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mystery of the Wax Museum ("The Wax Works") →	basedOn
Fay Wray →	filmAppearance
Mystery of the Wax Museum ("House of Wax") →	remadeAs