Michael Curtiz Horror Double Feature w/ Biographer Alan K. Rode!
Michael Curtiz may be best known for directing Oscar-winning films such as Casablanca and Mildred Pierce but in the 1930s he made a trio of stunning pre-Code horror films (the only time he worked in the genre). Film Geeks will be screening the gorgeously restored two-strip Technicolor films Doctor X (1933) and Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933 with a feisty pair of performances from Fay Wray and Glenda Farrell) with Curtiz biographer Alan K. Rode on hand to introduce the films and answer questions.
VIP tickets include admission to both movies, buttons for each film, poster reprints and a personally autographed copy of Rode’s Michael Curtiz book.
Price: $45.00
General Admission for the Double Feature is $20.00.
Individual tickets for each screening may be available at the door for $12.00 if there are unsold seats.
Tentative Schedule:
11:00AM – Introduction by Alan K. Rode
11:10AM – Screening of Doctor X
12:30PM – Intermission / Book Signing
1:00PM – 2nd Introduction by Alan K. Rode
1:15PM – Screening of Mystery of the Wax Museum
2:30PM – Q&A
Presented by:
Doctor X
Director: Michael Curtiz Run Time: 76 min. Release Year: 1932
Starring: Fay Wray, John Wray, Lee Tracy, Lionel Atwill, Preston Foster
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist’s quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
This film will play at 11:10AM as part of the Michael Curtiz Double Feature Event on June 17th. Biographer Alan K. Rode will be in attendance for a discussion.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Director: Michael Curtiz Run Time: 77 min. Release Year: 1933
Starring: Allen Vincent, Fay Wray, Frank McHugh, Glenda Farrell, Lionel Atwill
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
This film will play at 1:15PM as part of the Michael Curtiz Double Feature Event on June 17th. Biographer Alan K. Rode will be in attendance for a discussion.