| Mystery of the Wax Museum Contributor(s): Koszarski, Richard (Editor), Balio, Tino (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0299076741 ISBN-13: 9780299076740 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1979 Annotation: The Depression-era vogue for horror and the supernatural produced some of Hollywoood's most memorable chillers, among them "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paramount), "Frankenstein, (Universal), and "King Kong (RKO). At Warner Brothers, the main entry was "Mystery of the Wax Museum, directed by Michael Curtiz, a grand thriller of 1933 in which Fay Wray (Who would appear opposite Kong later that same year) was threatened with waxy immortality by the maniacal Lionel Atwill. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.52 |
| LCCN: 78053296 |
| Series: Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay Series |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.71" W x 8.56" (0.45 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Depression-era vogue for horror and the supernatural produced some of Hollywoood's most memorable chillers, among them Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paramount), Frankenstein, (Universal), and King Kong (RKO). At Warner Brothers, the main entry was Mystery of the Wax Museum, directed by Michael Curtiz, a grand thriller of 1933 in which Fay Wray (Who would appear opposite Kong later that same year) was threatened with waxy immortality by the maniacal Lionel Atwill. |