Mystery of the Wax Museum (Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0299076709 ISBN 13: 9780299076702

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1979

Synopsis

The Depression-era vogue for horror and the supernatural produced some of Hollywoood's most memorable chillers, among them Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paramount), Frankenstein, (Universal), and King Kong (RKO). At Warner Brothers, the main entry was Mystery of the Wax Museum, directed by Michael Curtiz, a grand thriller of 1933 in which Fay Wray (Who would appear opposite Kong later that same year) was threatened with waxy immortality by the maniacal Lionel Atwill.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Koszarski, film historian at the School of Visual Arts, New York, is the author of three books and numerous articles on the American film. 
Tino Balio, Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is the author of United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, and the editor of The American Film Industry as well as the 22 volume Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay series, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press. He directed the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research from 1966 to 1882.

Review:

"A notable collection of screenplays... All reproduce the film as shot, with extensive data... [and] full production credits." - American Cinematographer"

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0299076709
• ISBN 13: 9780299076702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 163
• Editor: Koszarski Richard