The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Face of Fu Manchu

August 1965 •English

Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

August 1980 •English

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.

The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu

August 1924 •English

Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.

The Other Fu Manchu

May 1946 •Spanish

Aaron's Rod

January 1923 •English

A mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers

Slave of Crime

September 1987 •English

Tsai Chin, the daughter of the infamous Fu Manchu, controls a large empire of vice in her part of the Far East. She decides to kidnap and, through erotic chemical hypnosis, coerce all the members of a fabulously wealthy international rock band to sign over all their possessions to her empire. But an old enemy of Fu Manchu's begins stalking around her operation and threatens to destroy everything she has built.

Daughter of the Dragon

September 1931 •English

At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

August 1929 •English

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.

The Mask of Fu Manchu

November 1932 •English

The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

Drums of Fu Manchu

November 1943 •English

Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.

Drums of Fu Manchu

March 1940 •English

The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

May 1930 •English

The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu returns to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.

Backward Season

November 1950 •French

A woman waits for her husband, a woodcutter, during long lonely days. She becomes weary and leaves him to live with her sister. He takes the news with a look of resignation, but the next day she returns to wait for him again.

Adventures of Jimmy

April 1951 •English

'Adventures of Jimmy' resolves its immature hero’s quest for “playmates” through a tongue-in-cheek narration that juxtaposes ironically with the images. We are told his family left him their whole estate, as we see a shack in the woods. The happy resolution is a joke on monogamy. It’s a straightforward story, the work of someone who wants to entertain with elegance and quiet subversion.

Jack's Dream

November 1938 •English

A lucid dream turned nightmarish reality. A ship sinking into a world of fear. A short film that’s mostly puppetry by one of America's most prolific twentieth century artists.

A Woman for All Men

August 1975 •English

Irascible and domineering millionaire Walter McCoy marries the beautiful, but shady and duplicitous Karen Petrie. Walter's son Steve automatically becomes smitten with Karen while both Walter's daughter Cynthia and loyal housekeeper Sarah suspect that something is up. This provokes a tangled web of deception, infidelity, and even murder.

The Secret of the Purple Reef

December 1960 •English

When a man mysteriously vanishes on his ship in the Caribbean, his two brothers journey there to investigate his disappearance.

The Young Lovers

November 1964 •English

A carefree college student has to face up to responsibility when his girlfriend announces she's pregnant.

Amore mio

March 1964 •Italian

A man wants to leave his wife for another woman, but this other woman decides not to live with him.

Human Hearts

August 1922 •English

Innocent country boy Tom Logan is taken in by the scheming Barbara Kay, a city woman who knows Tom is set to inherit his fathers farm which sits on a rich coal field. Toms father sees through her plot and disinherits him when her marries Barbara. When Barbara tires of farm life, the ensuing events lead to death and misplaced guilt.