| The Mystery of the Wax Museum | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Screenplay by | Don Mullally Carl Erickson |
| Based on | "The Wax Works" by Charles S. Belden[1] |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | George Amy |
| Music by | Cliff Hess (uncredited)[2] |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $279,000[4] |
| Box office | $1.1 million[4] |
Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery-horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh. It was produced and released by Warner Bros. and filmed in two-color Technicolor; Doctor X and Mystery of the Wax Museum were the last two dramatic fiction films made using this process.[5]
- ^ Koszarski 1979, p. 12.
- ^ a b Rigby 2007, p. 128.
- ^ Robertson 1993, pp. 180–181.
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 13 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ "Notes" Archived 2018-10-10 at the Wayback Machine TCM.com