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Re: The Charlie Chan wax figure

Rush, "The Shadow Knows!" :smile:

Re: The Charlie Chan wax figure

Great. Thanks, for that information.

Were there movies around wax museums that have used such figures?

Let's watch the Vincent Price movie from 1953. Maybe we see Charlie standing in a corner ... :smile:

Re: The Charlie Chan wax figure

I'd also like to know what happened to Bela Lugosi's wax image as "Dracula" in that legendary HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE short from 1933 where he comes alive and bites "Betty Boop"! For years people thought singer Helen Kane - who was the real-life inspiration for the cartoon character portrayed her. However, she had previously sued Paramount and the Fleischer Studio for attempting to "steal her character." As it turned out, it was proven that Helen Kane had borrowed some of her mannerisms from another singer - I don't have the name handy right now - and the case was dismissed. Others have thought that Mae Questel - best known as the definitive "Betty Boop" and "Olive Oyl" in the cartoons - played the character in this short, but she did not. It is thought now that voice actress Bonnie Poe - who had done the voice for "Betty Boop" in some of the earlier cartoons played her in the short.

I seem to remember that there was a "Hollywood Wax Museum" back in the day. Maybe the Lugosi and Toler sculptures were acquired by them? I think the museum went out of business a long time ago - sadly!