The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932 film)
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The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932 film) is a pre-Code adventure-horror movie in which Boris Karloff portrays the villainous Dr. Fu Manchu seeking world domination through a mystical artifact, noted today for both its atmospheric style and its controversial racial stereotypes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932 film) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
adventure film
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film ⓘ horror film ⓘ pre-Code Hollywood film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fu Manchu character by Sax Rohmer ⓘ |
| censorshipHistory | later television and home-video prints removed or altered some racist dialogue ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Dr. Fu Manchu – Boris Karloff
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Fah Lo See – Myrna Loy NERFINISHED ⓘ Nayland Smith – Lewis Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Tony Gaudio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director |
Charles Brabin
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Charles Vidor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tom Held NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Dr. Fu Manchu
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Fah Lo See NERFINISHED ⓘ Nayland Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Orientalist fantasy
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colonial anxieties ⓘ world domination ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exotic and expressionistic production design
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pre-Code violence and sadism ⓘ racial and ethnic stereotypes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Fu Manchu film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Dr. Fu Manchu seeks to obtain the sword and mask of Genghis Khan to inspire an Asian uprising against the West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Hunt Stromberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 68 minutes ⓘ |
| scoreComposer | William Axt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Edgar Allan Woolf
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Irene Kuhn NERFINISHED ⓘ John Willard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
England
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an archaeological site in Asia ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to early 1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Boris Karloff
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Charles Starrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Hersholt NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen Morley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrna Loy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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