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The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries: Episode 6: Kuleshov’s Monkey (With Live Soundtrack By Hikikomori)

The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries (1923) were a series of silent shorts based on the Sax Rohmer-penned novels featuring the mystery man of the show’s title, starring Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu, Joan Clarkson as Karamenah, Fred Paul as Nayland Smith, Humberston Wright as Dr. Petrie, and Julie Sudo as Zarmi.

As part of the Barbican’s ongoing Silent Nights retrospective, on December 5th, 2024 there was a special showing of the 6th episode of The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries, Kuleshov’s Monkey, with a live soundtrack by Hikikomori.

In this episode, the intrepid Dr. Petrie follows a monkey…

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Notes:

1. I made the original of this on September 30th, 2023
2. And then made this re-edit on December 5th, 2024
3. The music is by Hikikomori and can be found here
4. If you’d like to buy it

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The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries – Episode 30: The Boat Trip

The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries (1923) were a series of silent shorts based on the Sax Rohmer-penned novels featuring the mystery man of the show’s title, starring Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu, Joan Clarkson as Karamenah, Fred Paul as Nayland Smith, Humberston Wright as Dr. Petrie, and Julie Sudo as Zarmi.

In this episode, Karamenah is convinced to go on a boat trip…

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Notes:

1. Made on October 4th, 2023
2. To watch all of these, please see this playlist on youtube.

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The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries – Episode 20: The Boat Trip

The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries (1923) were a series of silent shorts based on the Sax Rohmer-penned novels featuring the mystery man of the show’s title, starring Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu, Joan Clarkson as Karamenah, Fred Paul as Nayland Smith, Humberston Wright as Dr. Petrie, and Julie Sudo as Zarmi.

In this episode, Karamenah is convinced to go on a boat trip…

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Notes:

1. Made on October 4th, 2023
2. To watch all of these, please see this playlist on youtube.

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(Ko-fi contributors probably only get the gratitude I'm afraid, but please get in touch if you want more).

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The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries – Episode 10: The Boat Trip

The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries (1923) were a series of silent shorts based on the Sax Rohmer-penned novels featuring the mystery man of the show’s title, starring Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu, Joan Clarkson as Karamenah, Fred Paul as Nayland Smith, Humberston Wright as Dr. Petrie, and Julie Sudo as Zarmi.

In this episode, Karamenah is convinced to go on a boat trip…

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Notes:

1. Made on October 4th, 2023
2. To watch all of these, please see this playlist on youtube.

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The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries – Episode 9: Zarmi’s Smile

The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries (1923) were a series of silent shorts based on the Sax Rohmer-penned novels featuring the mystery man of the show’s title, starring Harry Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu, Joan Clarkson as Karamenah, Fred Paul as Nayland Smith, Humberston Wright as Dr. Petrie, and Julie Sudo as Zarmi.

In this episode, fan favourite Zarmi returns. Consider by many to be the most enigmatic of all The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries, it was also the most successful, making over 1 million shillings at the box office in Britain alone (exportation of this film was prohibited over the Alluring Images Act of 1921).

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Notes:

1. I made this on October 3rd, 2023

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