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The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) was a Adventure - Horror Film directed by Charles Vidor and Charles Brabin .

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THE MASK OF FU MANCHU On Blu-ray From Warner Archive

By Dan Day, Jr. on May 11, 2024 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

The Warner Archive unleashes on Blu-ray one of the wildest, wickedest Pre-Code thrillers--the 1932 MGM production of THE MASK OF FU MANCHU. During the heady days of classic Hollywood, MGM was considered the studio of class and distinction, but in the early 1930s they made some of the more outlandish... Read full article


The Pre-Code blogathon: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

By Caftan Woman on Apr 2, 2015 From Caftan Woman

They had themselves quite a time in Hollywood before the rigid enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934. Join Karen of Shadows and Satin and Danny of Pre-code.com as they host the 2015 Pre-Code Blogathon. Where would pulp/crime fiction of the 20th century be without Chinatown? T... Read full article


"The Mask of Fu Manchu," or Khan You Dig It?

By David on Sep 15, 2012 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

The 1932 film "The Mask of Fu Manchu" begins in London, where Smith of the Secret Service (Lewis Stone) calls in explorer Sir Lionel Barton (Lawrence Grant). Smith: The British government is asking you to risk your life again. Barton: Oh, very well. Barton's mission: To lead an expedition to Chi... Read full article


"The Mask of Fu Manchu," or Khan You Dig It?

By David on Sep 15, 2012 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

The 1932 film "The Mask of Fu Manchu" begins in London, where Smith of the Secret Service (Lewis Stone) calls in explorer Sir Lionel Barton (Lawrence Grant). Smith: The British government is asking you to risk your life again. Barton: Oh, very well. Barton's mission: To lead an expedition to Chi... Read full article


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Fah Lo See: The whip! The whip!


Sheila: [after Fu Manchu has reveald his murderous plans for her and Dr. Von berg] You yellow beast!


Fah Lo See: I have seen a vision, the prophecy is about to be fulfilled. Genghis Khan, masked in his plate of gold, bearing the scimitar that none but he could ever wield comes back to us. I've seen a vision of countless hordes swarming to recapture the world. I've seen them victorious. I've heard the shouts of the dead and the dying drowned by the victorious cries of our people. Genghis Khan comes back! Genghis Khan leads the East against the world!


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This was the only time that Myrna Loy worked with Boris Karloff; she had already worked with Bela Lugosi in 1930's "Renegades," and would conquer her 'femme fatale' typecasting by 1934's "The Thin Man".
MGM once considered Clark Gable for the part later played by Charles Starrett.
It took Boris Karloff 2.5 hours every morning to apply makeup for this role.
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