This Day in Halloween: Early pre-code horror comedy "Doctor X" -- starring Fay Wray -- opens across the U.S. in 1932. / Illustration by Leslie Rodriguez

Aug. 27, 2023

Doctor X opens across the U.S. in 1932.  Michael Curtiz’ pre-code horror movie is an early two-color Technicolor film starring Fay Wray and Lionel Atwill and themed with cannibalism, rape, prostitution and murder. It is a hit and remains a minor classic.

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