House of Wax, premiered on April 10, 1953 at the Paramount
Theater in New York.The general release was on April 25.
It was the first color 3-D feature film released by a major
studio (Warner Bros).
Directed by André de Toth and starring Vincent Price, this horror
film utilized WarnerColor,
Natural Vision 3D, and stereophonic sound, quickly becoming
a box-office hit.
On April 10, 1953, the horror film The House of Wax, starring
Vincent Price, opened at New York’s Paramount Theater.
Released by Warner Brothers, it was the first movie from a
major motion-picture studio to be shot using the three-
dimensional, or stereoscopic, film process and one of the
first horror films to be shot in color.
Directed by Andre De Toth, The House of Wax was a remake
of 1933’s Mystery in the Wax Museum.
On April 10, 1953, the horror film The House of Wax, starring
Vincent Price, opened at New York’s Paramount Theater
(below)..
Released by Warner Brothers, it was the first movie from a
major motion-picture studio to be shot using the three-
dimensional, or stereoscopic, film process and one of the
first horror films to be shot in color.
Directed by Andre De Toth, The House of Wax was a remake
of 1933’s Mystery in the Wax Museum.
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993)
