"And yeah these are very exaggerated versions of fear of the other. However, Nayland Smith manages to free himself, Terry, and Von Berg. And this kind of titillation about something exotic. The Mask of Fu Manchu ( 1932, USA) is an Adventure - Horror film directed by Charles Brabin and Charles Vidor (uncredited) Contents: Triple-Feature Poster Featured in: Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection | Grindhouse Universe Main Details Released on July 5, 1932 B&W Running time: 68 minutes But it is easily the most After earning worldwide fame for his roles in James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) and The Old Dark House (1932), Boris Karloff was selected for the lead and loaned out to MGM from Universal. While Sir Lionel then undergoes Manchu's fiendish "torture of the bell," Sheila and the men of the expedition find the tomb and unlock its doors, despite a warning of a terrible curse. Feats of derring-do. Available on iTunes. Archaeologists dashing to retrieve relic to save Western Civilization. in. The English writer, whose real name is Arthur Sarsfield Ward, created thriller novels based on characters such as the female criminal mastermind Sumuru and the Parisian Detective Gaston Max. Let me preface this by saying that I know most of what to expect from this series, yet I am still surprised. On the morning that we started shooting, I went into the makeup shop and worked there for about a couple of hours getting this extremely bad makeup on, as a matter of fact, for Fu Manchu. These included the most problematical material, such as the "Kill the white man" speech, and the scenes of Fah Lo See in an orgiastic frenzy while watching Terry being whipped. Natural History. Sax Rohmer's novel was serialized in Colliers (7 May-23 July 1932). This book, #5 of 14 in the Fu Manchu series, is a direct continuation of the previous entry, "The Daughter of Fu Manchu." The insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Asia's most evil criminal genius, does not know the location of the hoard, but he knows how to set a cunning trap to lure specialists from the British Museum who do know the secret. For more information about The Mask of Fu Manchu, visit Warner Video. This is also not really a good guy versus bad guy or anything like it. leaned toward eradicating cruel violence in the '30s and racial epithets and stereotypes in the '80s Principal cast: Boris Karloff (Dr. Fu Manchu), Lewis Stone (Nayland Smith), Karen Morley (Sheila Barton), Charles Starrett (Terrence Granville), Myrna Loy (Fah Lo See); Jean Hersholt (Von Berg), Lawrence Grant (Sir Lionel Barton), David Torrence (McLeod). An emissary offers to trade Barton for the priceless artifacts. Technicians copied almost everything in the British museum, from mummies to pterodactyls. Soon Terry, under the influence of the drug, goes to Sheila. But in this movie, Boris Karloff's performance as the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu makes the Nazis seem like mere shadows of a threat compared to his evil genius. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) (110) 6.2 1 h 8 min 1932 13+ A group of Englishmen race to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan before the evil Dr. Fu Manchu and his daughter get to it and take over the world. That was to be the opening shot in the film and I was seeing it for the first time, then and there. The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) and his equally devious daughter, Fah Lo See (Myrna Loy), clash with a British expedition that has set out in search of Genghis Khan's tomb. But today we have more subtle versions that are still part of the same ideological desire for racial purity that we see in these films. Thus, a reading of that earlier story is fairly essential when going into this one. $96.00 + $12.75 shipping. AU $46.00. Despite Terry's misgivings, Sheila persuades him to take the relics to Fu Manchu without Smith's knowledge. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VINTAGE Bulk Lot x4 Sax Rohmer FU MANCHU Bride of President Mask of Mystery of at the best online prices at . Meanwhile, Fu Manchu has Barton's corpse delivered to Sheila. They were afraid of the Chinese bringing women because they might be prostitutes. Thanks to the essential oil of a rare Burmese orchid, Dr. Fu has attained a new lease on life in this book, and is both stronger and more active than ever. Public Resource It is, most of all, an act of made in Hollywood. Karloff commented in interviews that MASK was a troubled production, with constant changes to the script throughout the filming. Sheila senses something is wrong, but Von Berg digs up the real relics, and they follow Terry into a trap. Scenes of despicable torture and heroic bravery. One by one, Fu captures and tortures them until an unexpected traitor exposes him. After discovering the tomb of El Mokanna - the Veiled Prophet - and retrieving the precious relics buried there, the eminent archaeologist Sir Lionel Barton blows up the tomb. To order The Mask of Fu Manchu (which is The character also appeared in silent and sound films, radio, and comic strips. Technicians copied almost everything in the British museum, from mummies to pterodactyls. Sax Rohmer in his book, The Mask of Fu-Manchu Book Five in the Dr. Fu-Manchu series published by Titan Books brings us new adventures of Sir Denis Nayland Smith, Dr. Petrie and, of course, the evil Dr. Fu-Manchu. "In the 1930s, at a time when even in California there were anti-miscegenation laws by having white actors play the Chinese, it makes it for the audience a little bit more acceptable that Asians are mating with white people and having sex with them. Powell in the "Thin Man Series")is a very sexual daughter of Fu Manchu who wants to make a young expedition member Terry Granville(Charles Starrett) to be her slave for life. Scenes of despicable torture and heroic bravery. by James Steffen, "Kill the white man and take his women!" After discovering the tomb of El Mokanna aka The Veiled Prophet in Egypt, and retrieving the historical relics buried therein, the famous archaeologist Sir Lionel Barton blows up the tomb. Still, it's difficult to hold the colonialist small-mindedness It had a profit of $62,000.[5]. "The Mask of Fu Manchu" screens as part of the Breaking the Commandments: Pre-Code Hollywood film series at Digital Gym Cinema. He has a daughter, Fah Lo See, whose idea of a good time is watching a white man get whipped repeatedly by two shirtless muscular black men. Hu explained the social and political climate that the film was made in: "This is on the heels of the Chinese Exclusion Acts, which were enacted in the late 19th century as a result of fears that Chinese people were taking American jobs and as well as the fact that they were afraid that Chinese people were bringing some sort of kind of immorality they were not Christians. Rohmer's most successful series by far was the Fu Manchu novels, which spanned from 1913's The Mystery of Fu Manchu to Emperor Fu Manchu in 1959. Closed captioning. This longer cut of the film is currently enjoying a limited theatrical release, and it would be nice to see that followed by a DVD release. Nayland Smith begs his friend, Sir Lionel Barton, to find the tomb of Genghis Kahn before it is discovered by Chinese scientist Dr. Fu Manchu, who will use its contents for his own evil purposes. Amazing Sets and Bizarre Costumes and Props propel this undeniably Visual smrgsbord of a Film into a Class all its own. At that time, Bayard Veiller was announced as Terrett's replacement. Totally noir Glad that i read it but wont read any more in the series. And we see that throughout the 1950s and '60s and even to today you have cases of Scarlett Johansson making her eyes a certain way to play an Asian person 'Ghost in the Shell' or Emma Stone with 'Aloha.' Nubian guards (all posed by designer Cedric Gibbons to resemble Oscar statuettes) to retrieve He is the mastermind and leader of the Si-Fan cult. Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons So I got my makeup on and, on my way to the stage from the makeup shop, I was intercepted by somebody else who took those pages away from me and gave me some others that were written in pidgin English!" The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race. On the morning that we started shooting, I went into the makeup shop and worked there for about a couple of hours getting this extremely bad makeup on, as a matter of fact, for Fu Manchu. It was written in the most impeccable English. the Depression to jump on the bandwagon driven by Universal's gothic-horror series. Director: Charles Brabin and Charles Vidor Hearst columnist for The New York Daily Mirror), the film is no work of art, and much more than The author, while sounding kind of racist most of the time, and never actually coming out and saying that maybe said domination may not actually be beneficial to local peoples, manages to give the impression (possibly unintentionally) that there are two sides to this story. See production, box office & company info, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA. That night, expedition member McLeod is killed by a dagger thrown through a window. This is a period of time where there was prejudice against Asians. The production was rushed and chaotic, as Boris Karloff recalls: "I shall never forget, about a week before we started, I kept asking for a script - and I was met with roars of laughter at the idea that there would be a script. Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does. Director Charles Brabin recalls: "We took the mysteries of the Orient and blended them with ultra-modern science. Do not Confuse This Picture With Previous "Fu Manchu" Productions. $180.00. According to various news items in Hollywood Reporter, the film began production under the direction of Charles Vidor in early August 1932, with a script by Courtenay Terrett. She wants to make love to him later, but is stopped by Manchu, who has other things in mind for Terry. I can't learn this in time to do it,' and he said, 'Well, it will be all right. Safely aboard a ship bound for England, Nayland Smith tosses the sword over the side so that the world will be safe from any future Fu Manchu. It stars Boris Karloff as the evil Asian title character and that. Cinematography: Tony Gaudio BW-69m. by James Steffen. Shan Greville makes is still the same poor hero he was in the last book, even Dr. Fu Manchu tells him so. The fascinating evil genius (and his nemesis, Sir Denis Nayland Smith) appeared in so many successful novels that of course, film adaptations became the next step, resulting in many different versions of the stories made since the first British film serial in 1923. The film's electrical equipment was created by Kenneth Strickfaden, who also designed the laboratory equipment for Universal's Frankenstein films. He continued to play Asian characters throughout his career, most notably the Chinese detective James Lee Wong in the Mr. Wong series for Monogram Pictures. One of the best ones, so far. 2023 JustWatch - All external content remains the property of the rightful owner. The foremost mask maker of his day, Benda frequently worked on stage productions and even created special masks for fashion models. I think that's the best way for us to continue to remember these movies.". museums, pit helmets, jodhpurs, and booby-trapped marble palaces. Fu Manchu : I am a doctor of philosophy from Edinburgh, I am a doctor of law from Christ College, I am a doctor of medicine from Harvard. Mongol army into an "uprising" but against what mass contingent of Caucasians, more than three decades When Terry tries to set a trap for Dr. Manchu with a fake mask and sword, he is captured and finds himself caught precariously between Dr. Fu Manchu's ingenious tortures and the amorous attentions of the Doctor's daughter, Fah Lo See. The makeup, which required three hours preparation each day before shooting, involved filling in the area around Karloff's eyes, reshaping his nose, applying tooth caps and long fingernails, to say nothing of the wig, moustache and painted eyebrows. Wow! Closed captioning. There are lots of references to previous adventures, in earlier books. Fu Manchu: [Pointing to blonde female captive] Would you have maidens like this for your wives? Don't worry.' Rohmer's most successful series by far was the Fu Manchu novels, which spanned from 1913's The Mystery of Fu Manchu to Emperor Fu Manchu in 1959. Now he seeks to incite a Muslim uprising to destroy Western civilization. ***SPOILERS*** In an effort to prevent the evil and sinister Dr. Fu Manchu, Boris Karloff, from getting his hands on and into Genghis Khan's hidden tomb the British Government sends Sir Lionel Barton, Lawrance Grant, on a secret mission to Mongolia. Sign Up now to stay up to date with all of the latest news from TCM. Terry is injected with a serum that makes him temporarily obedient to Fu Manchu and released. Understandably, the character of Fu Manchu - Rohmer once described him as the "yellow peril incarnate" - has earned criticism over the years for its reliance on racist stereotypes. The insidious Dr. Fu Manchu senses an opportunity to use the powerful relics for his own evil goals which include fostering an Islamic uprising that he hopes will sweep across the globe. We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us! Everyone else just tossed it off as something that didn't matter, while Boris and I brought some feeling and humor to those comic-book characters. [2], Some other critics also objected to the film's depictions of violence and sexuality. On the third day of production, filming stopped for several days, then resumed on 11 Aug, when it was reported that Raoul Whitfield was to write the screenplay. It was ridiculous. This was a difficult book to get through for me. This is a subtle point often lost in the film adaptations; The Mask of Fu Manchu in particular was attacked by the Chinese-American community when it was released. If you can put aside political correctness, you'll enjoy this mystery/thriller from the Golden Age full of midnight assassins, ghostly mosques, mysterious murders, ancient relics, and angry mobs (and that's just in the first 100 pages). NO WOMAN WAS SAFE FROM THE DESIRE OF THOSE ALMOND EYES! This is a prime example of a Saturday morning B-type movie, though its production values are a little better than average, since it's made by a larger studio. less), and remembrances of a day and age when thinly veiled hints of sadomasochism were scandalous. An expedition from the British Museum sets out to find the long searched for tomb of legendary warlord Genghis Khan and get to the fabled sword and mask before it is found and usurped by Dr. Fu Manchu, evil contemporary warlord with an unquenchable ambition to extinguish the white race in his lust for power. The Face Of Fu Manchu, lobbycard, Christopher Lee, 1965. In some ways it's worse, because the white fears about other races are in-your- face. And let's not go into the fact that Fu Manchu's slaves are all bald black men in loin-cloths "The Mask of Fu Manchu" was MGMs attempt to cash in on the horror craze of the day. The score is haunting and while occasionally silly the story is fun and never felt dull. Just remember, it is not an 80s action movie. Directors Charles Brabin Starring Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley Genres Science Fiction, Suspense, Horror, Drama, Adventure, Action "These films reveal so much about how we think about America, how we were taught to maintain a certain kind of racial purity in America, which is so relevant today. [5] The film cost a total of $338,000 and had worldwide rentals of $625,000. Sax Rohmer's cruel criminal mastermind Fu Manchu is the personification of the West's fear of oriental races rising up against the white man in their quest for world domination: the 'yellow peril' incarnate in one man. He also sends a dacoit to attack Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie. It isn't about The Mask Of Fu Manchu, it's about the mask and sword of Ghenghis Khan which Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu wants to discover and appropriate for himself so he can become a kind of Far Eastern Mahdi. The writing is approached in such a stinted awkward way, that reading is cumbersome. At the same time, the character in Rohmer's novels is extraordinarily intelligent and even displays noble traits; he and his nemesis Nayland Smith have a grudging respect for each other. VINTAGE Bulk Lot x4 Sax Rohmer FU MANCHU Shadow of Wrath of Daughter of Re enter. Things happen at a distance, or are related as exposition. The fifth in the series, this one is set in Egypt, mostly, and with Fu plotting to lead a "Moslem" sect via religiously significant relics dug up illegally by an English collector, it seems positively modern compared to the ones set in London opium dens. So casting white people as Asians have had a long history of making Asians acceptable. By what name was The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) officially released in India in English? Rohmer's novel The Mask of Fu Manchu, on which this film is based, was serialized in Colliers from May to July of 1932. Loy is lustful and incredibly magnetic, while Karloff seems to be having the time of his life. 5, Barton's daughter Sheila is determined to continue her father's work and accompanies the team on the expedition, along with her fiance Terrence Granville. Written by Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf and John Willard, it was based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Sax Rohmer (the sixth in the series). These films could play in a certain kind of context that would be incredibly destructive for America even today. Somewhere beneath the sands of the Gobi Desert lies the Orient's greatest treasure - the grave & relics of Genghis Khan. His Fu Manchu is a villain you not only fear, but respect. It has been a century since Sax Rohmer gave the world the gift of the incredibly intelligent, and yet so evil, Doctor Fu Manchu, one of literatures great evil geniuses rivaling even Doyles Professor Moriarty. Then, I said, 'This is absolute nonsense. Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS. But in this movie, Boris Karloff's performance as the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu makes the Nazis seem like mere shadows of a threat compared to his evil genius. The participation of Hearst, mass purveyor of the "yellow Though Terry knows it is foolish, he agrees to go to Manchu's headquarters, carrying the sword and mask. July 13, 2018. informative audio commentary by Greg Mank details the film's long history of erratic censorship, which The main plot or masterplan of Dr FM is a bit offstage, but Shan Greville's experience, the sensual horror if Fah Lo Suee and the Doctor's admirable honour are excellently portrayed. Directors Charles Brabin Charles Vidor Writers Irene Kuhn Edgar Allan Woolf John Willard Stars Boris Karloff Lewis Stone Karen Morley However, in spite of this, the movie proved entertaining. According to a news item in Daily Variety on May 1, 1972, the Japanese-American Citizens League asked M-G-M to remove The Mask of Fu Manchu from its catalog because it was "offensive and demeaning to Asian Americans"; however, the film was not removed from circulation. just another nostalgic bask in the gray heaven of '30s genre films. Manchu prepares the serum, derived from various reptiles and deadly insects, and tells Terry that it is the smallest dose, so that he will be himself again for Fah Lo See. "The Mask of Fu Manchu" screens as part of a horror/thriller pre-Code double bill with "The Most Dangerous Game" on July 7 at 1 p.m. at Digital Gym Cinema. flogged, and the Sino-Moderno-Art-Deco sets loom over the actors like a child's vision of the Museum of (Fu Manchu exhorts his The story is classic Rohmer Something like that obviously is a nice corrective to to these Hollywood presentations but 'Chan is Missing' also is given this sort of status as inaugurating an Asian-American independent cinema that after that film Asian-Americans realize what we can tell our own stories too and that are miles away from the kinds of pitiful characters in 'The Good Earth' or these treacherous villains in the 'Fu Manchu' films.". In her autobiography Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming, the actress remarked upon seeing the film many years later: "It astonished me how good Karloff and I were. 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