Double Feature
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Bodies are mysteriously disappearing all over town, and a new wax museum has just opened. Is there a connection? But of course! In this horror classic, Fay Wray (King Kong) stars as the intended next victim of a mad wax sculptor obsessed with her resemblance to one of his prior creations. Glenda Farrell plays a quintessential wisecracking newspaper reporter, and noted actor Lionel Atwill is the deranged artist who loses his studio to a fire set by his partner. Filmed in the early Two-Color Technicolor® process, The Mystery of the Wax Museum was considered a lost film for decades, until print was discovered nearly 50 years ago. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Writer
- Screen play by Don Mullaly & Carl Erickson from the story by Charles S. Belden
- Starring
- Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh
- Year
- 1933
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 77 minutes
Doctor X
Is there a (mad) doctor in the house? “Yes!” shrieks Doctor X, filmed in rare two-strip Technicolor. An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by re-creating the crimes in a lab filled with all the dials, gizmos, bubbling beakers and crackling electrostatic charges essential to the genre. Lionel Atwill is Doctor Xavier, pre-King Kong scream queen Fay Wray is a distressed damsel, and Lee Tracy snaps newshound patter, all under the direction of renowned Michael Curtiz. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Writer
- Screen play by Robert Tasker & Earl Baldwin based on a play by Howard W. Comstock & Allen C. Miller
- Starring
- Lionell Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster
- Year
- 1932
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 76 minutes