The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
film by Lee [1929]
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The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1929 film directed by Rowland V. Lee. It is an adaptation of a Sax Rohmer novel and stars Warner Oland as the villainous Dr. Fu Manchu. The character of Fu Manchu, a Chinese criminal genius, originated in Rohmer's novels and embodied Western fears of Asian power, a concept known as the "yellow peril". The film was noted as one of the better talking pictures of its transitional year. Lee also directed the sequel, The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, in 1930.12
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