

Mystery of the Wax Museum
The supreme thriller!
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
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- museum
- wax museum
- pre-code
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York17 Feb 1933
- Theatrical18 Feb 1933
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1216 Apr 1934
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Mystery of the Wax Museum was released on 18 February 1933.
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John Chard
1/9/2017
My dear, why are you so pitifully afraid? London 1921, and brilliant sculptor Ivan Igor struggles to keep his museum open due to lack of interest in his beautiful historical characters. His partner Joe Worth feels it's time to call it quits, a row over finances ensues and a fire breaks out and burns the museum to the ground, almost killing Igor in the process. On to 1933 and New York, where the wheelchair bound I…
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