![]() ![]() ![]() Ironically, Andre De Toth, the film's director, had only one good eye, and had to constantly ask his cast and crew if the various 3-D effects had come off properly. No opportunity to show off the 3-D process is wasted during House of Wax the most memorable stereoscopic moments are provided by garrulous "paddle-ball man" Reggie Rymal. Guess where this is going to wind up? Frank Lovejoy and Paul Picerni co-star as the nominal heroes, while Charles Bronson - still billed as Charles Buchinsky - is a menacing presence as Jarrod's deaf-mute chief sculptor appropriately named "Igor". 3-D of the classic 1953 horror film House of Wax, starring Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Paul Picerni and Charles Bronson. On a visit to the wax museum, Sue can't help but notice that the wax likeness of Joan of Arc is a dead ringer for her deceased friend Cathy - while the courtly Jarrod declares joyously that Sue is the living image of Marie Antoinette. Film Details Also Known As The Wax Works Genre Horror/Science-Fiction Horror Release Date Premiere Information New York opening: Los Angeles opening: Production Company Warner Bros. One of the victims is Jarrod's old nemesis Burke another is Cathy Gray Carolyn Jones, the roommate of art student Sue Allen Phyllis Kirk. Charles Bronson, credited as Charles Buchinsky, plays a diabolical wax sculptor. With help from mute aide Charles Bronson (billed as Charles Buchinsky), a vengeful Price opens a new venue.one whose subjects look a little too realistic. In 1954 he changed his last name, fearing reaction in the McCarthy era to. 'The House of Wax,'' 'Jubal'' and other films. At the same time, a masked prowler has been stalking the city, murdering people and then stealing their bodies from the mortuary. murder victims in wax to create disturbingly lifelike museum figures. Charles Bronson passed away on Augat the age of 81. Years pass: though now confined to a wheelchair, Jarrod manages to open up a new museum in New York, boasting the most incredibly lifelike wax statues ever seen. When Jarrod tries to prevent Burke from torching the museum, he himself is trapped in the conflagration. Henry Jarrod, the owner of a wax museum, whose partner, Matthew Burke Roy Roberts, intends to burn the place down for the insurance money. ![]() In his first full-fledged "horror" role, Vincent Price plays Prof. This simplified but lavish remake of the 1933 melodrama The Mystery of the Wax Museum was the most financially successful 3-D production of the 1950s. ![]()
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