Synopsis
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.
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Director & Writers
Michael Curtiz
Director
Charles S. Belden
Story
Carl Erickson
Screenplay
Don Mullaly
Screenplay
Cast
Glenda Farrell
Florence Dempsey
Allen Vincent
Ralph Burton
Fay Wray
Charlotte Duncan
Frank McHugh
Jim
Edwin Maxwell
Worth
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Professor Darcy
Gavin Gordon
George Winton
Matthew Betz
Hugo
Bull Anderson
Otto
Lionel Atwill
Ivan Igor
