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Dr. Fu Manchu (Chinese: 傅滿洲/福滿洲; pinyin: Fú Mǎnzhōu) is a supervillain who was introduced in a series of novels by the English author Sax Rohmer beginning shortly before World War I and continuing for another forty years.
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (1913) is the first novel in the Dr. Fu Manchu (sometimes "Fu-Manchu") series by Sax Rohmer. It collates various short stories that were published the preceding year. The novel was also published in the U.S. under the title The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu and was adapted into the film The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu.
Cover of "The Mask of Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer. Illustration by Ronnie Lesser, 1962. The film was very loosely based on the 1913 novel The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer. [2] The lead character of the novel, Sir Nayland Smith, is played down in this film, and the secondary hero, Dr. Petrie, becomes the main character. [1]
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1980 comedy film.It was the final film featuring star Peter Sellers and David Tomlinson.Based on characters created by Sax Rohmer, the film stars Sellers in the dual role of Fu Manchu, a megalomaniacal Chinese evil genius, [3] and English gentleman detective Nayland Smith.
The Yellow Peril: Dr. Fu Manchu & The Rise of Chinaphobia. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2014. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2014. This is a highly readable, extremely well-informed, and very comprehensive study of Orientalism with special reference to Sax Rohmer's contribution, with 60 illustrations, more than half of them in color.
There are 13 novels, 4 short stories, and a play about Dr. Fu Manchu and his nemesis, Denis Nayland Smith. The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu) (1913) The Devil Doctor (The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu) (1916) The Si-Fan Mysteries (The Hand of Fu-Manchu) (1917) Fu Manchu: A Chinese Melodrama (1919) - a play written with Willard ...
Denis Nayland Smith in The Mask Of Dr Fu Manchu (1951), art by Wally Wood. Nayland Smith was first brought to newspaper comic strips in a black and white daily comic strip Fu Manchu drawn by Leo O'Mealia (1884–1960) that ran from 1931 to 1933. [3] The strips were adaptations of the first two Dr. Fu Manchu novels and part of the third.
Supercriminal Dr. Fu Manchu plots to freeze the world's oceans with a diabolical new device. With his beautiful but evil daughter, Lin Tang, his army of dacoits, and the help of the local crime organization led by Omar Pasha (whom Dr. Fu Manchu double-crosses), Dr. Fu Manchu takes over the governor's castle in Istanbul, which has a massive opium reserve, to control the largest opium port in ...