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THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU
MANCHU |
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Paramount Famous Lasky Corp., 1929. Directed by
Rowland V. Lee. Camera: Harry Fischbeck. With
Warner Oland,
Jean Arthur,
Neil Hamilton,
O.P. Heggie, William Austin, Claude King, Charles Stevenson, Noble Johnson,
Evelyn Selbie, Charles Giblyn, Donald MacKenzie, Lawford Davidson, Laska
Winter, Charles Stevens, Chappell Dossett, Tully Marshall. |
During the Boxer Rebellion, benevolent
scientist Dr. Fu Manchu saves the life of little Lia Eltham;
but soon after, his own wife and child are killed by the allied
troops.
Still in shock, he vows to kill an
allied officer for each bloodstain on the sacred tapestry-dragon and
proceeds in his plan by hypnotizing the now grown Lia to do his
bidding.
Under Fu's spell, Lia meets and falls in
love with Jack Petrie, grandson of an officer whom Fu is determined
to kill. The grandfather is mysteriously murdered, and Jack
and his father go to their country home, where Fu finds them and
kills the elder Petrie.
In the meantime, Jack has warned Lia of
Fu's nefarious deeds, and both are saved from the doctor's
treacherous hands by Lia's kindly Chinese servant.
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