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House of Wax (1953) [N/A]

Featuring:
Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk

Written by:
Crane Wilbur
Charles Belden

Directed by:
André De Toth


Release Date:
April 16, 1953

Original Title:
House of Wax

Alternate Titles:
Canavarlar Sarayi
De man met de wassen beelden
Kerines maskes
Kuća od voska
L'homme au masque de cire
Los crímenes del museo de cera
Muzeul figurilor de ceara
Niku no rouningyou
Paniek in het wasmuseum
Terror en el museo de cera
The Wax Works
Vahakabinetti
Vokskabinettet
Дом восковых фигур
Къщата на восъчните фигури

Genres:
Crime | Horror

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 16  DK: 15  FI: K-16  GB: PG  JP: PG12  NO: 18  PT: M/14  SE: 15 

Runtime: 88

You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.

Overview from TheMovieDB

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

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Overview from Open Movies

Professor Henry Jarrod is a true artist whose wax sculptures are lifelike. He specializes in historical tableau's such a Marie Antoinette or Joan of Arc. His business partner, Matthew Burke, needs some of his investment returned to him and pushes Jarrod to have more lurid exposes like a chamber of horrors. When Jarrod refuses, Burke set the place alight destroying all of his beautiful work in the hope of claiming the insurance. Jarrod is believed to have died in the fire but he unexpectedly reappears some 18 months later when he opens a new exhibit. This time, his displays focus on the macabre but he has yet to reproduce his most cherished work, Marie Antoinette. When he meets his new assistant's beautiful friend, Sue Allen, he knows he's found the perfect model - only unbeknown to anyone, he has a very particular way of making his wax creations.

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Rankings and Honors

House of Wax (1953) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes 93%
Metacritic 68/100
Awards Won: 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Production

3D Generalist:
Lothrop B. Worth

3D Supervisor:
Milton Gunzburg

Art Direction:
Stanley Fleischer

Assistant Director:
James McMahon

Assistant Editor:
Jean-Pierre Steimer

Associate Producer:
Joe Dreier

Colorist:
Janet Wilson

Costume Design:
Howard Shoup

Director:
André de Toth

Director of Photography:
Bert Glennon
J. Peverell Marley

Editor:
James Kitchen
Rudi Fehr

Makeup Artist:
Gordon Bau

Orchestrator:
Maurice De Packh

Original Music Composer:
David Buttolph

Other:
Robert Burks

Producer:
Bryan Foy

Props:
Red Turner

Screenplay:
Crane Wilbur

Sculptor:
Kathryn Stuberg

Set Decoration:
Donald P. Desmond
Lyle B. Reifsnider

Sound:
Charles Lang

Stand In:
Fritz Ford

Still Photographer:
Jack Woods

Story:
Charles S. Belden

Stunts:
Charles Horvath
Paul Stader

Visual Effects Design Consultant:
Julian Gunzburg

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