---
title: 'Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Curtiz'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mystery-of-the-wax-museum-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024368/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

1933 · 77 min · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

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. Pictures 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cliff Hess](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-hess)
- **Producer:** [Henry Blanke](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-blanke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ray Rennahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-rennahan)
- **Editor:** [George Amy](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-amy)

## Cast

- [Arthur Edmund Carewe](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edmund-carewe)
- [Glenda Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenda-farrell)
- [Wade Boteler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-boteler)
- [William Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-wagner)
- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert)
- [Lon Poff](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-poff)
- [Frank Darien](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-darien)
- [Lionel Atwill](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-atwill)
- [Otto Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-hoffman)
- [Gavin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-gordon)
- [Harry C. Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-c-bradley)
- [Allen Vincent](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-vincent)
- [Edward Keane](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-keane)
- [Matthew Betz](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-betz)
- [Edwin Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-maxwell)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mystery-of-the-wax-museum-1933
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