Mystery of the Wax Museum

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.

Cast

Lionel Atwill

as Ivan Igor

Glenda Farrell

as Florence Dempsey

Allen Vincent

as Ralph Burton

Fay Wray

as Charlotte Duncan

Frank McHugh

as Jim

Edwin Maxwell

as Worth

Arthur Edmund Carewe

as Professor Darcy

Gavin Gordon

as George Winton

Matthew Betz

as Hugo

Bull Anderson

as Otto

Reviews

John Chard

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 b...

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