Doctor X /

An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by re-creating the crimes in a lab filled with all the dials, gizmos, bubbling beakers, and crackling electrostatic charges essential to the mad scientist genre.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tasker, Robert (Screenwriter), Baldwin, Earl, 1901-1970 (Screenwriter), Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946 (Actor), Wray, Fay, 1907-2004 (Actor), Tracy, Lee, 1898-1968 (Actor), Foster, Preston, 1900-1970 (Actor), Wray, John, 1887-1940 (Actor), Comstock, Howard Warren
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Published: [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., [2021]
Series:Archive collection.
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Description
Summary:An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by re-creating the crimes in a lab filled with all the dials, gizmos, bubbling beakers, and crackling electrostatic charges essential to the mad scientist genre.
Item Description:Title and credits from screen.
Originally released as motion pictures in 1932.
Based on a play by Howard W. Comstock & Allen C. Miller.
Includes the original color version (two-strip Technicolor) and a black and white version which originally was shipped only to small towns and to foreign markets.
1.37:1 aspect ratio.
Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Film Foundation.
Commentary soundtrack on color version by Alan K. Rode; Commentary soundtrack on color version by Scott MacQueen; Madness and mystery: the horror films of Michael Curtiz (27:39); Doctor X: before and after the restoration with comments by Scott MacQueen (7:40); Theatrical trailer (black and white) (2:15).
Physical Description:1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color tinted, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray; DTS HD-Master audio 2.0 mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Ray Rennahan ; editor, George Amy.