Waxworks

Das Wachsfigurenkabinett is a movie starring Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, and Werner Krauss. A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.