Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Released: 1933-02-18 Duration: 1hr 17min

Genres: Horror Mystery

Rating 6.5

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Overview

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

Production Companies

The Vitaphone Corporation

Warner Bros. Pictures

Additional Info

Budget	$0.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	6.326

Directed By

Michael Curtiz

Crew

Director
Michael Curtiz

Screenplay
Carl Erickson

Screenplay
Don Mullaly

Producer
Henry Blanke

Producer
Hal B. Wallis

Editor
George Amy

Director of Photography
Ray Rennahan

Makeup Artist
Ray Romero

Makeup Artist
Perc Westmore

Assistant Director
Frank Shaw

Art Direction
Anton Grot

Costume Design
Orry-Kelly

Production Manager
William Koenig

Story
Charles Belden

Sound
Everett Alton Brown

Assistant Director
Lee Katz

Special Effects
Rex Wimpy

Property Master
Herbert Plews

Additional Camera
Bob Bonner

Grip
Chuck Davis

Camera Operator
Roy Musgrave

Original Music Composer
Bernhard Kaun

Additional Camera
W. Howard Greene

Additional Camera
Arthur Pierson

Conductor
Leo F. Forbstein

Additional Camera
Frank B. Good

Still Photographer
Scotty Welbourne

Continuity
Fred Applegate

Additional Camera
Richard Towers

Gaffer
Claude Hutchinson

Additional Camera
Floyd Lee

Additional Music
Cliff Hess

Assistant Camera
Thad Brooks Jr.

TOP CAST

Wallis Clark

Autopsy Surgeon's Assistant (Uncredited)

Margaret Mann

Wax Figure of Queen Victoria (Uncredited)

William Wagner

Morgue Attendant's Assistant (Uncredited)

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