Directed by: Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor
Stars: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley
Language: English + Commentary (2nd track) | Subtitles: English (embed)
commentary with film historian Greg Mank
Country: Usa | Imdb Info | Ar: 1.370 | Brrip
Description: Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.
Preview
1.97GB | 68:37mins | 1480×1080 | mkv
https://tezfiles.com/file/9c9a35b07264a/The.Mask.of.Fu.Manchu.1932.mkv
====bluray extras====
Freddie the Freshman 1932 Merrie Melodies cartoon
226MB | 6:54mins | 1480×1080 | mkv | English
https://tezfiles.com/file/1e52be16b2912/Freddie.the.Freshman.1932.mkv
The Queen Was in the Parlor 1932 Merrie Melodies cartoon
223MB | 6:46mins | 1480×1080 | mkv | English
https://tezfiles.com/file/de47247bfd2e1/The.Queen.Was.in.the.Parlor.1932.mkv
Another great package, please continue.
Rarelust has become a sanctuary for lovers of the Offbeat, Grindhouse, Psychotronic, and neglected Golden Age cinema. What a great time it was for Hollywood horror. Karloff shines here. There is so much implied decadence in the script my brain needs a shower afterwards. It makes the skin crawl and yet it we really never see any of it. I don’t see it discussed a lot, but Karloff, during the 30s and into the 40s, really was continuing a legacy that Lon Chaney Sr. established, not as a make-up artist but as an actor. Both Chaney and Karloff created villains more interesting than their adversaries or misunderstood monsters driven to do evil because of injustices they experience. The latter is the most interesting and we can see this even in recent films such as Joaquin Phoenix interpretation of the Joker. It’s hard not to watch that film and not feel more empathy for the villain than the hero (Batman)! That’s not the case here, but Karloff’s Fu Manchu is an often overlooked monster in his incredibly strange filmography and surely influenced Christopher Lee’s portrayal when the character was revived in the 1960s.
Awesome add, RL! Mega THANK YOU!
Myrna Loy is deliciously vicious in this. One of my favourite actresses. Thanks, RL!
It’s great that they included the cartoons!
Are these ones that were actually shown in the theater with this movie? I still like to put on a short cartoon before any movie I watch :)
Thanks for this.
Merrie Melodies returns! I didn’t know even that Karloff played Fu Manchu, but I’m hardly surprised.