The mystery of the wax museum 1933 rotten tomatoes. Mystery of the wax museum 1933 the hollywood revue. In this episode, filmmaker matt dinan joins ryan to talk about one of the earliest color horror films mystery of the wax museum 1933. It finally resurfaced in the late 1960s and its a good thing it was found because its a darn good movie. The film stars lionel atwill, fay wray, glenda farrell, and frank mchugh. Feb 20, 2020 sizes are approximate for general description. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Ivan igor lionel atwill is the sculptor at a famous wax museum in london. Sculptor ivan igor struggles in vain to prevent his partner 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. These days, mystery of the wax museum has become best known for the fact that it was the film that spawned the 1953 classic starring vincent price.
The murder of a wax museum proprietor and some other strange goingson in the vicinity prompt a police investigator to determine if jack the ripper has returned to killing after a hiatus of ten years. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing mystery of the wax museum near you. Watch mystery of the wax museum online stream full movie. When sculptor ivan igors wax museum is burned down by his treacherous partner, he is left devastated. Mystery of the wax museum is a 1933 american precode mystery horror film directed by michael curtiz and released by warner bros.
House looks fine in warmish warner color, with its brassy 2. She also talks about the film s cutting style and curtizs use of implication in his shooting. Ten years later in thenpresent day new york, he opens a new. I have so much love for glenda farrell in it, but fay wray felt a little underutilized. What makes things worse, is that her best friend, ruth fay wray is dating the most innocent of the questionable wax workers. Dracula realart, half sheet x a horror film like no other, bela lugosi brought bram available at 2017 march 25 26 vintage. Bet ya didnt know that the original house of wax was a remake.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for the mystery of the wax museum 1933 michael curtiz on allmovie. Produced with a primitive 2color process, the movie may stand apart from the decades other classic offerings by way of its presentation, but takes. The british video release of mystery of the wax museum presented the film in rather murky colors, unrelated to the carefully created and blended colors from the films release in 1933. Reproduction image size varies based on original poster dimension ratios. Fans tend to dismiss mystery, but i think its equally as good as the legendary vincent price film. Its twocolor technicolor had faded to the point of monochrome, but fortunately its original hues were. Mystery of the wax museum is a very interesting movie for fans of house of wax, and a definitive mustsee for those interested in horror movies of the 30s. Dracula vampire bat bela lugosi lives on human blood, fullcolor, ultra rare. Mystery of the wax museum is a 1933 horror film directed by michael curtiz and starring lionel atwill, glenda farrell, and fay wray. It was meant to be a horror film, but got more than a little confused with a mix of awkward comic relief and romance added along the way.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Published for the wisconsin center for film and theater research by the university of wisconsin press, 1979 ocolc567698378. The mystery of the wax museum turner classic movies. Le film mystery of the wax museum 1933 vostfr admin 20170530t17. Long thought lost, the mystery of the wax museum was rediscovered in jack warners personal film collection in 1970. Rent house of wax the mystery of the wax museum 1953 starring vincent price and frank lovejoy on dvd and bluray. Released in february 1933, it was one of the earliest experiments with color film as well as one of the earliest treatments of a now wellknown mystery plot, topped with an intriguing visual style and some horror icons in fine form for good measure. This film, along with warners doctor x, were the last dramatic fiction films made using the twocolor technicolor process. The mystery of the wax museum was the first film that spawned two remakes titled house of wax. After knocking out the sculptor, the owner leaves him to.
Rent house of wax the mystery of the wax museum 1953. Achetez the mystery of the wax museum 1933 fay wray a petit prix. We had to borrow miss farrells words from her 1932 movie life begins to fill in the missing dialogue. When his partner, joe worth edwin maxwell, burns down the museum for the insurance money, igor is trapped inside. Fay wray, glenda farrell, lionel atwill, frank mchugh, gavin gordon, official content from mgm home entertainment a. Her overlyquick banter and witty zingers become too much as the movie goes on, and i was tempted to.
Mystery of the wax museum, starring fay wray and lionel atwill. Because this is a reproduction of an original poster it will feature the same characteristics as the original which can include registration issues, discoloration, etc. Warners doublebill of house of wax and mystery of the wax museum is on a flipper disc, one feature to a side. House of wax is purely gothic horror, which may be an outgrowth of the first film s prologue. Michael curtizs mystery of the wax museum is a fun and curious little film. Voir film mystery of the wax museum en streaming vf, telecharger film mystery of the wax museum en entier, regarder film mystery of the wax museum en francais. The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a. Mystery of the wax museum, sometimes referred to simply as wax museum, was produced by warner brothers to capitalize on the fad for horror films at that time, ranging from the nowlegendary universal franchise of horror films to lowbudget independent productions like white zombie 1932. Image is printed as large as those ratios permit centered within the designated sheet size. The mystery of the wax museum is one hour and seventeen minutes long and was released on february 17, 1933.
In france, an insane surgeons obsession with an actress from england leads. Mystery of the wax museum is a 1933 film about the disappearances of people and corpses which leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the mystery of the wax museum 1933 michael curtiz on allmovie allmovie. Mystery of the wax museum 1933 ivan igor lionel atwill is the sculptor at a famous wax museum in london. A scene from the 1933 film mystery of the wax museum with lionel atwill, glenda farrell and fay wray.
Some premiere footage showing bela lugosi in attendance. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The mystery of the wax museum 1933 movies and films. As the wax figures melt amid the blaze, the two men have a fight. Regarder film mystery of the wax museum en streaming, telecharger film mystery of the wax museum gratuitement, voir film mystery of the wax museum en ligne. In london, a sculptor of wax figures for a museum is horrified when his employer proposes setting fire to the unpopular museum in order to collect the insurance money. Lionel atwill and fay wray in mystery of the wax museum 1933 matthew.
The mystery of the wax museum 1933 movie poster classic. Its an excellent blend of horror and mystery with lots of witty lines. Mystery of the wax museum is a bit of an oddity in that its a 1930s horror film shot entirely in color. The mystery of the wax museum 1933 movie poster in. Bill chambers film freak central august 4, 2003 mystery of the wax museum is not without its drawing cards, but its nowhere near as fun as its eventual remake. For a long time, mystery of the wax museum was thought to be a lost film. Mystery of the wax museum trailer 1933 video detective. Mystery of the wax museum 1933 halloween horror picks. Mystery of the wax museum is a 1933 american precode mysteryhorror film directed by michael curtiz and released by warner bros. That uses the process combined red and green dyes to create a color image with a reduced spectrum. Le film mystery of the wax museum 1933 vostfr film complet.
Mystery of the wax museum has apparently been restored through cooperation of ucla, warners and the film foundation. However, the dvd release shows the film as originally intended, with the correct technicolor intact. Heres the real original in fact, it was a play even before this, a 1933 film that is strikingly similar to the vincent price horror film, but which also borrows heavily from thenpopular vampire movies. Movie poster of the day horror movie posters, film posters, jesus franco, film. Mystery of the wax museum 1933 the movie database tmdb. Noted as the last featurelength film photographed in technicolors twocolor system, mystery of the wax museum reunited director michael curtiz casablanca with actors fay wray and lionel atwill, plus. Igor lionel atwill scolding aide ralph allan vincent then receiving sparrow arthur edmund carewe with an improbably good model, early in michael curtiz the mystery of the wax museum, 1933.
The story revolves around a reporter who suspects that the bodies that have been disappearing at the morgue are finding themselves inside a museum. This is somewhat unfair, however, as although this film isnt a brilliant masterpiece, or even genre classic, it. View the tcmdb entry for mystery of the wax museum 1933. When his partner, joe worth edwin maxwell, burns down the museum for the insurance. And, to paraphrase the great french critic andre bazin, what is film if not another kind of embalmment. Mystery films streaming en entier gratuit filmcomplet.
Frank mchugh, fay wray, glenda farrell, gavin gordon, lionel atwill. She begins to suspect that creepy wax museum downtown of stealing bodies and posing them as wax statues. Years later he reemerges in new york as the curator of a new wax museum, which boasts incredibly lifelike statues. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Thus, the stage is set for the climactic race to prevent the strappeddown charlotte from being permanently encased in wax. Additionally, the main protagonist in mystery of the wax museum, who discovers the actresss visage in the museum, is a fasttalking newspaper gal. Feared to be lost for many years, mystery of the wax museum gained a mighty reputation when film historians memories of the movie were jogged by the 1953 3d remake, house of wax.
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