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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