Sunday, December 3, 2023

Sven- Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

From Wiki- In London in 1921, sculptor Ivan Igor operates a wax museum that is in financial trouble. One night, he gives a private tour to a friend, Dr. Rasmussen, and an art critic, Mr. Galatalin, showing them statues of Joan of Arc, Voltaire, and his favorite, Marie Antoinette. Impressed, Galatalin offers to submit Igor's work to the Royal Academy after he returns from a trip to Egypt. He and Rasmussen then leave. Igor's partner, Joe Worth, who is frustrated Igor will not create macabre exhibits like those that draw crowds to their competitors, proposes they burn their museum down to collect a £10,000 insurance policy. Though Igor refuses to consider this, Worth starts a fire, and the men fight while the wax masterworks melt.  Twelve years later in New York something is stealing bodies from the morgues.  Intrepid reporter Florence is on the case.

Glenda Farrell as Florence Dempsey, was my favorite part of the movie.  She has got me interested in seeing some of the Torchy Blane movies that she starred in now.  For a 77 minute movie, this sure had a lot going on.  Once again the extended time frame works against a decent movie.  The two-strip technicolor was neat, though.

Next- The Raven (1963)!
 

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