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The Mask of Fu Manchu *** (1932, Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, David Torrence) – Classic Movie Review 7,096

Boris Karloff stars as Dr Fu Manchu. He recalled: ‘Some scenes were written in beautiful Oxford English, others were written in God knows what!’ Playing his daughter Fah Lo See, Myrna Loy complained: ‘I can’t […]

May, 26

The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu **** (1929, Warner Oland, Jean Arthur, Neil Hamilton, O P Heggie, William Austin) – Classic Movie Review 5,820

Warner Oland stars in the enjoyable 1929 chiller film The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu as Sax Rohmer’s evil Chinese criminal mastermind Dr Fu Manchu, who sets out to avenge the death of his wife and […]

Jul, 28

The Return of Dr Fu Manchu *** (1930, Warner Oland, O P Heggie, Jean Arthur, Neil Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 5819

Director Rowland V Lee’s creaky but creepy 1930 Paramount horror thriller brings back Warner Oland, who is fun re-creating his role as Sax Rohmer’s evil criminal mastermind Dr Fu Manchu from the 1929 film The […]

Jul, 28

Daughter of the Dragon *** (1931, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa, Bramwell Fletcher) – Classic Movie Review 3889

Anna May Wong stars as the young and beautiful Chinese aristocrat Princess Ling Moy, who makes an unfortunate choice of address when she comes to live next door to evil genius Dr Fu Manchu (Warner Oland), who wants […]

Jun, 19

The Mask of Fu Manchu *** (1932, Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt) – Classic Movie Review 3888

Directors Charles Brabin and (uncredited) Charles Vidor’s 1932 horror adventure stars Boris Karloff as novelist Sax Rohmer’s creepy villain Dr Fu Manchu, the evil genius who is stirred up to new evil by the beautiful […]

Jun, 19

The Blood of Fu Manchu * (1968, Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Tsai Chin, Shirley Eaton, Howard Marion-Crawford, Götz George, Maria Rohm) – Classic Movie Review 2947

Director Jesús Franco’s crime thriller horror movie is the fifth and concluding chapter in Christopher Lee’s Fu Manchu cycle of movies. Series regulars Howard Marion-Crawford (as scientist Doctor Petrie) and Tsai Chin (as Fu’s daughter Lin […]

Oct, 03

The Castle of Fu Manchu * (1969, Christopher Lee, Richard Greene, Howard Marion-Crawford, Tsai Chin, Günther Stoll, Maria Perschy) – Classic Movie Review 2946

Director Jesús Franco’s rather tedious and shoddily made 1969 fourth and penultimate Christopher Lee appearance as Asian super-villain Fu Manchu nevertheless has its brashly eye-catching moments. Series regulars Howard Marion-Crawford and Tsai Chin (as Lin […]

Oct, 03

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