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House of Wax is a 1953 American mystery-horror film directed by Andre de Toth and released by Warner Bros. A remake of the studio's own 1933 film, Mystery of the Wax Museum, it stars Vincent Price as a disfigured sculptor who repopulates his destroyed wax museum by murdering people and using their wax-coated corpses as displays.
She appeared with Vincent Price in the 3D horror film House of Wax (1953), the first major 3D movie. She co-starred as Frank Sinatra's love interest in the western he produced, Johnny Concho (1956). [7] She replaced Gloria Vanderbilt in the role a week before filming began. [8]
While largely remembered as the director of the earliest and most successful 3D film, House of Wax, de Toth also directed the noir films Pitfall (1948) and Crime Wave (1954). [5] He later returned to the European film industry, mainly with Italian productions, and also directed the war action film Play Dirty starring Michael Caine and Nigel ...
House of Wax may refer to: a wax museum; House of Wax, a 1953 3D horror film starring Vincent Price; House of Wax, a 2005 horror film starring Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray; House of Wax (EP), an EP by Insane Clown Posse "House of Wax", a song on the 2007 album Memory Almost Full by Paul McCartney
The following is a list of American films released in 1953. Donald O'Connor and Fredric March cohosted the 26th Academy Awards ceremony on March 25, 1954, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. This was the second year in which the ceremony was telecast, with viewership at an estimated 43,000,000.
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains.He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films.
This article states that the movie is "based on Charles Belden's three-act play, The Wax Works." However, the article about "Mystery of the Wax Museum," the previous movie to which this one is a remake, states that it was "(b)ased on an unpublished short story entitled "The Wax Works" by Charles Spencer Belden."
Films set in wax museums, usually consisting of a collection of wax sculptures representing famous people from history and contemporary personalities exhibited in lifelike poses, wearing real clothes.