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Academy is thrilled to present a special, debauched pre-code horror double bill with two films directed by the renowned Hollywood director Micheal Curtiz (CASABLANCA, MILDRED PIERCE) and starring pre-code scream queen Fay Wray (KING KONG)! Expect a visual extravaganza: the two films are the final dramatic features made in the unique early Two-Color Technicolor process!Includes 20 minute intermission!
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THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1933)
dir. Michael Curtiz
78 mins
Bodies are mysteriously disappearing all over town, and a new wax museum has just opened. Is there a connection? But of course!
In this horror classic, Fay Wray (KING KONG) stars as the intended next victim of a mad wax sculptor obsessed with her resemblance to one of his prior creations. Glenda Farrell (I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG) plays a quintessential wisecracking newspaper reporter, and noted actor Lionel Atwill is the deranged artist who loses his studio to a fire set by his partner. Considered a lost film for decades, until a well-worn print was discovered nearly 50 years ago.
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DOCTOR X (1932)
dir. Michael Curtiz
77 mins
Is there a (mad) doctor in the house? Yes! shrieks DOCTOR X. An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by recreating the crimes in a lab filled with all the dials, gizmos, bubbling beakers and crackling electrostatic charges essential to the genre. Lionel Atwill is Doctor Xavier, pre KING KONG scream queen Fay Wray is a distressed damsel and Lee Tracy snaps newshound patter, all under the direction of Michael Curtiz.
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