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Mask of Fu Manchu, The (1932) Rank 3 Reviews
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Movie Mirror
British agent Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone) sends archaeologist Lionel Barton (Lawrence Grant) to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before Fu Manchu does. Barton plans to take professor Von Berg (Jean Hersholt) and McLeod (David Torrance), but he is abducted ...read the complete Mask of Fu Manchu movie review at Movie Mirror
Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
...the film is filled with high camp, Karloff in droopy mustache and long, curled fingernails and Loy in slinky gown and dangly headdress. ...read the complete Mask of Fu Manchu movie review at Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Sax Rohmer (real name Arthur Sarsfield Ward) had an incredible popularity with his Fu Manchu stories â 14 novels and story collections published between 1913 and 1959. (And if anything the stories were more popular in America than they were in Wardâs ...read the complete Mask of Fu Manchu movie review at The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Channel 4 Film
A tongue-in-cheek blend of horror and swashbuckler, with Karloff as the evil genius Manchu trying to discover the long-concealed tomb of Genghis Khan (and thus rule the world), before the Brits get there and scupper his plans. The good guys are pretty ...read the complete Mask of Fu Manchu movie review at Channel 4 Film
Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings
Nayland Smith tries to prevent the arch-criminal Fu Manchu from acquiring the Mask and the Sword of Genghis Khan, items with which he would be capable of ruling the world.
I'd heard about this movie for years before I'd had a chance to see it, as my ...read the complete Mask of Fu Manchu movie review at Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings
16mm Shrine
The Mask of Fu Manchu is one of several films, and countless stories, about the nefarious Oriental doctor, who appears to spend much of his down time dreaming up needlessly complicated and increasingly outlandish schemes to conquer the world, like a ...read the complete Mask of Fu Manchu movie review at 16mm Shrine
eFilmCritic Reviews
Yes, itâs the pulp-injected world of Sax Rohmer brought to the screen for the 27th time by 1932, when âThe Mask of Fu Manchuâ was unleashed by MGM. Rohmerâs trashy but surprisingly readable novels and stories have provided the basis for over ...read the complete Mask of Fu Manchu movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Classic-Horror.com
In the early 1930s, Boris Karloff cemented his reputation in our cultural landscape with films such as Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House, and The Mummy (both 1932). These films are timeless gothic fables that will be viewed and appreciated till the ...read the complete Mask of Fu Manchu movie review at Classic-Horror.com
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