Ominous music, chilling background to the opening titles, is your first
clue, red herrings, meaningful glances, flip conversation, all the traditional
ingredients of early thirties mystery stories are included in MIDNIGHT AT MADAME
TUSSAUD'S. A fortune hunter, a giddy society girl, her staid British guardian, a
brash young reporter, and other assorted characters are all brought together In
the ultimate house of horrors - Madame Tussaud's Waxworks.
The hour, midnight.
The impetus, an idle wager.
The plot, read on!.
Sir Clive Cheyne has bet a hundred Pounds with his friend Harry Newton that he can spend an entire night alone In Madame Tussaud's. Their wager is encouraged by the mysterious curator, Mr. Kelvin' who exhibits a morbid Interest in the nocturnal adventure.
If Sir Clive never returns from the Chamber of Horrors, Carol his ward, will marry the fortune hunter Nick From*.
To compound his dan6r, his demise would also benefit Sir Clive's friend Newton, who a n the darkened museum. The stillness gradually Is broken by slight rustles as the. murderer moves stealthily through the shadows from figure to figure, ever closer to the now-unconscious Sir Clive.
His British imperturbability has cracked, but his resourcefulness comes to his defense. The cads. arid bounders meet their proper fate and Carol realizes" iv, error of her ways. Greed and duplicity conform s~.AA Srl- fish fortitude and ore soundly trounced in this ~Ire- Mier Sound Film Production.
The authentic stars of this thriller are not listed in the cost of characters. London itself, its streets seen through the windshield of an elegant Rolls- Royce, shares top billing with Madame Tussaud's Waxworks where much of the actual filming was done.
Famous and Infamous Personalities appear. Mae West is there, so is Marie Antoinette. Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, all the headline names - as well as Mr. Kelvin's uncommon collection of favorite murderers. Thirty's cars, inside views of the Waxworks, and some shivers are waiting for you in this latest of Blackhawk's vintage releases.
So step right up and got your ticket.
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