I Watch Films: Midnight At Madame Tussaud's
Midnight At Madame Tussaud’s (1934) Sir Clive Cheyne, polar explorer, visits the waxworks at Madame Tussaud's where a new waxwork of him is being put on display. He and his chums go on a private tour. In the chamber of horrors he’s challenged to stay overnight, and accepts the bet. He also asks his pal Harry Newton who handles his investments to arrange payment for some bonds he’s sold. Journalist Gerry Melville and his comic relief friend Stubbs (a young William Hartnall) try to ask questions and follow Sir Clive. Sir Clive has more important concerns – his niece Carol wants the money that is her inheritance to give to her fiancĂ© Nick Frome. He thinks he’s just trying to get his hands on the money but she insists that it’s true love. And Nick is okay, after all wasn’t he introduced to her by Harry Newton? Obviously this is a big con, Harry has been embezzling money and has teamed up with Nick to try and cover it up. However now Sir Clive has returned from the Arctic and...

