...Like the other titles I have written about, this one too ranks as one of my personnal favorites. Released in 1933, this motion picture was filmed in early two-color technicolor (an eerie blend of blue & pinkish-red) wonderfully set to this movie. Anyways, it starts with the movie taking place 1st in London, 1921, with Mr. Igor (Atwill) sculpting on wax during a storm. After a visit from colleagues, Mr. Igor's partner....Mr. Worth, shows up and because of no money coming into the wax museum, Worth sets the place on fire to cash in on the insurance leaving Mr. Igor to die in the fire. Fast forward to 1933, Mr. Igor lives now in New York & is in the process of opening a new wax museum. At the same time, bodies begin to disappear from the Morgue. Upon a tip from the police, Florence (Ferrell) begins to investigate & finds that "there's something cockeyed about that place, & I intend to find out". Mr. Igor finds his "Marie Antoinete" alive in Ralph's girlfriend (Wray) & tries to talk her into being his next subject immortalized in wax. Not only did I like the storyline, but the visual effects in the movie as well as the color mixture. If by chance the storyline sounds familiar.....well it should. The basic foundation for this movie was used again in the 1953 3-D movie..."House of Wax". Both these movies are available as a 2 in 1 DVD. Enjoy. R.I.P., Phyllis Kirk.
Review of Mystery of the Wax Museum
