Widely praised as the best 3-D movie ever made, House of Wax starred Vincent Price in his first horror role, and also featured Charles Bronson before he was Charles Bronson. (He was credited as "Charles Buchinsky.") But the scene everyone remembers is this bit of comic relief. The 1953 theater audience would have recognized Reggie Rymal from his appearances on TV variety shows. They might not have recalled his name, but they at least would know him as "that stand-up comic who does paddle-ball tricks," because that was who he was. Rymal was a paddle-ball virtuoso, and his act consisted of cracking jokes while shooting that ball at the audience. And that's pretty much what he does here in the movie.