The Dryden will screen Mystery of the Wax Museum (Michael Curtiz, U.S. 1933, 77 min., 35mm).

An unorthodox mix of coffins, comedy, and makeup that may just be the last word in gruesomeness, this gorgeous early two-strip Technicolor treatise in hyper-weirdness concerns an insane wax modeler bent on murder and mayhem. The creepy cast features Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and Glenda Farrell as the wisecracking sob sister.

[source: Dryden website, 2015-Jul-27]