The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

Director:

Charles Brabin

Writers:

Sax Rohmer (story)
Irene Kuhn (writer) ...

Release Date:

5 noviembre 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Englishmen race to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan. They have to get there fast, as the evil genius Dr...

Plot Keywords:

Super Villain | Whipping | Good Versus Evil | British Museum | Shirtless Male Bondage

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark

Cast

Boris Karloff	...	Dr. Fu Manchu
Lewis Stone	...	Sir Denis Nayland Smith
Karen Morley	...	Sheila Barton
Charles Starrett	...	Terrence Granville
Myrna Loy	...	Fah Lo See
Jean Hersholt	...	Professor Von Berg
Lawrence Grant	...	Sir Lionel Barton
David Torrence	...	'Mac' McLeod
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Herbert Bunston	...	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Gertrude Michael	...	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)

También conocida como:

Máscara de Fu-Manchú, La (Spain) [es]

Duración:

68 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Finland:(Banned) (1933) | USA:Approved

Company:

Cosmopolitan Productions

Trivialidades:

Charles Vidor started directing this movie but was fired after a few days of shooting and replaced by Charles Brabin.

Goofs:

Continuity: While he is Fu Manchu's prisoner, it is an important plot point that Sir Lionel Barton has had his hand cut off by Fu, his severed hand falling out of a tree and being discovered by Terrence Granville. But later, when Barton's body is abandoned in front of the expedition headquarters after his murder, he clearly (in long shot) has both hands.

Quotes:

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!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Mondo Lugosi (1987)

Inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Mask of Fu Manchu easily could have served as inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Archaeologists dashing to retrieve relic to save Western Civilization. Feats of derring-do. Scenes of despicable torture and heroic bravery. What makes this movie even better is in Raiders you know Dr. Jones will win. The Nazis are mere obstacles in his path to run over. 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. His Fu Manchu is a villain you not only fear, but respect. Myrna Loy as his daughter is wickedly good. While the sparks put off by Fu Manchu's diabolical invention are impressive special effects, they are nothing in comparison to the sparks emitted by the young, scantily clad Myrna Loy.