The Mystery of the Wax Museum overview
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Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
The Mystery of the Wax Museum begins in London in the 1920s. Lionel Atwill plays Ivan Igor, a brilliant sculptor who manages a wax museum. Regarding his historical creations as his friends, Igor refuses the entreaties of his business partner, Joe Worth (Edwin Maxwell), to turn his labor-of-love museum into a more profitable "house of horror." Worth responds by setting fire to the museum, hoping to collect the insurance; as Igor looks on in horror, his effigies of Marie Antoinette, Queen Victoria, et al.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Studio: Warner Brothers
- Year: 1933
- Run Time: 77 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Horror
- Filmed in: Color
