Kirk Douglas

But Laurence Olivier was a famous British actor.

And he was going to do a movie with Kirk Douglas.

This is 1961.

Yeah.

movie with Olivier.

But anyway, Olivier is at a gym because Kirk was really built up and could jump off a pirate ship and swim a mile.

And Olivier was at the gym and he said, what are you doing? I don't want that C word, Kirk Douglas, to out-physicalize me.

And he's doing leg presses.

Screenplay by Crane Wilber, based on The Wax Works by Charles Belden, directed by Andre de Toth.

In the cast, we had Vincent Price as Professor Henry Jarrett, Frank Lovejoy as Detective Lieutenant Tom Brennan, Phyllis Kirk as Sue Allen, Caroline Jones as Kathy Gray, Paul Perserny as Scott Andrews, Roy Roberts as Matthew Burke, Angela Clark as Mrs. Andrews, Paul Cavanaugh as Sidney Wallace, Dabs Greer as Sergeant Jim Shane, Charles Bronson as Igor, Nedrick Young as Leon Averill, Philip Tome as Bruce Allison, Jane Patterson as Mrs. Flanagan, and Reggie Rimel as The Barker.

The House of Wax, the ultimate dimension in terror, comes to the screen in Stereo Vision 3D.

Vincent Price, at his diabolical best, will take you room by terrible room on a journey to the ultimate chamber of horrors.

It was probably literally one of the actresses that they had to scream in movies back then, so...

Cut to Miss Flanagan's boarding house, and we meet Sue, who is helping Kathy put on her corset.

Sue Allen is played by Phyllis Kirk, who did not want to be in this picture, but was contract-bound to do so.

After this, she reunited with director de Toth for Thunder Over the Plains with Randolph Scott, so she must not have hated this experience too much.

Screenplay by Crane Wilber, based on The Wax Works by Charles Belden, directed by Andre de Toth.

In the cast, we had Vincent Price as Professor Henry Jarrett, Frank Lovejoy as Detective Lieutenant Tom Brennan, Phyllis Kirk as Sue Allen, Caroline Jones as Kathy Gray, Paul Perserny as Scott Andrews, Roy Roberts as Matthew Burke, Angela Clark as Mrs. Andrews, Paul Cavanaugh as Sidney Wallace, Dabs Greer as Sergeant Jim Shane, Charles Bronson as Igor, Nedrick Young as Leon Averill, Philip Tome as Bruce Allison, Jane Patterson as Mrs. Flanagan, and Reggie Rimel as The Barker.

The House of Wax, the ultimate dimension in terror, comes to the screen in Stereo Vision 3D.

Vincent Price, at his diabolical best, will take you room by terrible room on a journey to the ultimate chamber of horrors.

It was probably literally one of the actresses that they had to scream in movies back then, so...

Cut to Miss Flanagan's boarding house, and we meet Sue, who is helping Kathy put on her corset.

Sue Allen is played by Phyllis Kirk, who did not want to be in this picture, but was contract-bound to do so.

After this, she reunited with director de Toth for Thunder Over the Plains with Randolph Scott, so she must not have hated this experience too much.

It candidly reveals the lies and truths that hide behind the marriage vows.

Kirk Douglas, the man who could not resist temptation.

Kim Novak, the woman who wanted more than her husband could give.

Ernie Kovacs, the writer who knew all about love except how to get it for himself.

Barbara Rush, the wife, who didn't know how to keep the love that was rightfully hers.

Real life and art threatened to overlap on this picture as well, with Kirk Douglas reportedly threatening to walk out if the director, Richard Quine and Kim Novak didn't stop bringing their personal romantic issues into the workplace.

To compound her problems, Novak was also hospitalised during the New York promotional work for the film with suspected hepatitis.

As 1961 rolled around, development on the NBC TV series 87th Precinct was in full swing and on the writing front, outside of the ongoing series and the short stories, Evan Hunter turned to his children for both inspiration and assistance.

A person can't take another person for granted if he or she is belting his or her brains out.

This boy is another Kirk Douglas.

Will you excuse me for a

minute, Walter? I'd like to get Minerva her milk.

Stone.

Kirk Douglas' boy.

Whatever happened to him? I

don't know.

Jeff Corey directed.

He was blacklisted in the 50s, but shifted to acting coach, an acting coach whose clients included Kirk Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, both fond of kids, Leonard Nimoy.

And the list just goes on.

There were like 30 other names, all of which are very recognizable.

I've watched the old 1950s movie.

and Gregory Peck as Captain Nemo.

Brilliant set design, special effects and everything.