2023/08/15

Mystery Of The Wax Museum - 1933 - USA

Mystery Of The Wax Museum - 1933 - 6/10

 
So, you know and I know the mystery of how those wax figures are so lifelike.
Prime source material.
Pre-Code gem is packed with naughties.  From drug use to explicit innuendo,
Fay Wray doing floor exercises, leg splits and cycling.  When her boyfriend calls,  “Oh, I was just thinking about you.”
Best friend, Florence (tough talking Glenda Farrell) has bristling dialogue.
Early, and last, two-color Technicolor is the print to see, particularly the 2020 restoration.