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Dr. Fu Manchu
and author Sax Rohmer  [1883-1959]

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— Sax Rohmer

Fu  Manchu  Links
Sax Rohmer entry at Wikipedia
Sax Rohmer credits [1920-2003] at Internet Movie Database
Fu Manchu entry at Wikipedia
'Fu Manchu' character credits at Internet Movie Database

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'The Page of Fu Manchu' fansite [est. 1997]

Fu  Manchu  Fiction

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Sax Rohmer first wrote a dozen short stories that were then combined into his first Fu Manchu novel.
The first story "The Zayat Kiss" is basically the first three chapters, and is available online

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"The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu" [#1=1913]
aka "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu"
full novel etext available online at Project Gutenberg

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"The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu" [#2=1916]
aka "The Devil Doctor"

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"The Si-Fan Mysteries" #3=1917]
aka "The Hand of Fu Manchu"

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"The Book of Fu Manchu" [1929 compilation of first 3 books]

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"The Daughter of Fu Manchu" [#4=1931]

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"The Mask of Fu Manchu" [#5=1932]

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"Fu Manchu's Bride" [#6=1933]
aka "The Bride of Fu Manchu"

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"The Trail of Fu Manchu" [#7=1934]

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"President Fu Manchu" [#8=1936]

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"The Drums of Fu Manchu" [#9=1939]

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"The Island of Fu Manchu" [#10=1941]

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"The Shadow of Fu Manchu" #11=1948]

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"Re-Enter Dr. Fu Manchu" [#12=1957]

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"Emperor Fu Manchu" [#13=1959]

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"The Wrath of Fu Manchu"
[posthumous #14=1973]
includes novella "The Wrath of Fu Manchu" and short stories 'The Eyes of Fu Manchu',
'The Word of Fu Manchu' & 'The Mind of Fu Manchu'

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"The Fu Manchu Omnibus" Series

"The Fu Manchu Omnibus - Volume 1" [2000] by Sax Rohmer contains novels "The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu", "The Devil Doctor" aka "The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu", and "The Si-Fan Mysteries" aka "The Hand of Fu Manchu" Allison & Busby 7½x5 pb [1/2000] out of print/used Kindle Edition Volume 1 from PageTurner [2003 edition] for $4.79 "The Fu Manchu Omnibus - Volume 2" [1997] by Sax Rohmer contains novels "The Daughter of Fu Manchu", "The Mask of Fu Manchu", and "Fu Manchu's Bride" Allison & Busby 7½x5 pb [8/97] out of print/used "The Fu Manchu Omnibus - Volume 3" [1999] by Sax Rohmer contains novels "The Trail of Fu Manchu", "President Fu Manchu", and "Re-Enter Fu Manchu" Allison & Busby 7½x5 pb [9/99] out of print/used "The Fu Manchu Omnibus - Volume 4" [2000] by Sax Rohmer contains novels "The Drums of Fu Manchu", "The Shadow of Fu Manchu", and "Emperor Fu Manchu" Allison & Busby 7¾x4¾ pb [2/2000] out of print/used Allison & Busby 7½x5 pb [2/2000] out of print/used "The Fu Manchu Omnibus - Volume 5" [2001] by Sax Rohmer contains novel "The Island of Fu Manchu", novella "The Wrath of Fu Manchu", and 3 short stories: 'The Eyes of Fu Manchu', 'The Word of Fu Manchu' & 'The Mind of Fu Manchu' Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [6/2001] out of print/used

Fu Manchu  Tales  by  Other  Authors

	"Ten Years Beyond Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Matches Wits With The Diabolical Dr. Fu Manchu" [1984] by Cay Van Ash, Illustrated by Peter Elwell Nayland-Smith has been kidnapped, and Dr. Petrie asks Dr. Watson for help from the very retired Sherlock Holmes; Holmes refuses until his own life is endangered, and then the chase is on, leading to Wales and evil Fu Manchu. HarperCollins mass pb [6/88] out of print/used Harper & Row 9¼x5¾ hardcover [2/84] out of print/used BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's Sherlock Holmes Pages
	"The Fires of Fu Manchu" [1987] by Cay Van Ash A scientist has disappeared with a suitcase containing weapons secrets; the British governmanet calls in Nayland-Smith and Dr. Petrie to track down Professor Brooker before either the Germans or evil Dr. Fu Manchu find the renegade scientist. HarperCollins mass pb [10/88] out of print/used HarperCollins hardcover [10/87] out of print/used
	"The Terror of Fu Manchu" [2009] by William Patrick Maynard Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie are drawn back into the diabolical web of Dr. Fu Manchu after the death of a missionary; the December 1913 case moves rapidly between London and Paris where they cross paths with the Si-Fan Society and the famous French detective, Gaston Max. Black Coat Press 8x5 pb [4/2009] for $18.85 Black Coat Press 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2009] for $39.95

Fu Manchu  Movies  &  Television
'Fu Manchu' character credits at Internet Movie Database
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"The Mysterious Mr. Wu Chung Foo"
4-part silent serial [Feature Photoplay Company 1914]
Fu Manchu in everything but name; no permission from or payment to Sax Rohmer; bare credits at IMDb

"The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu" silent serial
[Stoll Pictures U.K. 1923]

Directed by A.E. Coleby; starring Harry Agar Lyons (as Fu Manchu), Fred Paul (as Nayland Smith), Humberston Wright (as Dr. Petrie), Frank Wilson (as Insp. Weymouth), and Joan Clarkson (as Karamaneh); serial credits from IMDb "15 thrilling 2-reel episodes": stand-alone stories, rather than American-style cliffhanger chapters; episode titles are "The Scented Envelopes", "The West Case", "The Clue of The Pigtail", "The Call of Siva", "The Miracle", "The Fungi Cellars", "The Knocking On The Door", "The Cry of The Nighthawk", "Aaron's Rod", "The Fiery Hand", "The Man With The Limp", "The Queen of Hearts", "The Silver Buddha", "The Sacred Order" & "The Shrine of Seven Lamps"

"The Further Mysteries of Fu Manchu" silent serial
[Stoll Pictures U.K. 1924]
eight further episodes directed by Fred Paul; starring Harry Agar Lyons, Fred Paul, Humberston Wright,
Frank Wilson & Dorinea Shirley (as Karamaneh); serial not listed separately on IMDb
episode titles are "A Midnight Summons", "The Coughing Horror", "Cragmire Tower", "The Green Mist",
"The Café de l'Egypte", "The Golden Pomegranates", "Karamenah" & "Greywater Park"

"The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu" [1929]
starring Warner Oland

"The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu" [1930]
starring Warner Oland

"Daughter of The Dragon" [Paramount Pictures Sept 1931]

A young Chinese princess living in London is unaware of three things: she lives next door to evil genius Fu Manchu, her boyfriend is a federal agent sworn to thwart Fu Manchu, and Fu Manchu is her biological father . . . Co-produced by Robert Harris; co-written & directed by Lloyd Corrigan; co-written by Monte M. Katterjohn & Sidney Buchman; based on the novel "The Daughter of Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer; starring Anna May Wong, Warner Oland {as Fu Manchu}, Sessue Hayakawa, Bramwell Fletcher, Frances Dade, Lawrence Grant, Holmes Herbert, Harold Minjir, Nicholas Soussanin, E. Alyn Warren, Oie Chan, Wong Chung, Olaf Hytten, Tetsu Komai, George Kuwa, Harrington Reynolds, Nella Walker unbranded all regions b&w DVD-R [undated] out of prodn/scarce full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full b&w movie [1/2013 upload; 1:10:22] online at YouTube

"The Mask of Fu Manchu" [1932]
starring Boris Karloff

"Drums of Fu Manchu" serial [1940] /title/tt0032420/
starring Henry Brandon

"Drums of Fu Manchu" feature version [1943] /title/tt0035828/
starring Henry Brandon

"El Otro Fú-Man-chú"
Spanish-language feature film [Bascon Spain 1946]

Fu Manchu steals a magic shell, which is also being sought by a mysterious cult, from a tea merchant's shop. Written & directed by Ramón Barreiro; starring Manuel Requena, Rosita Yarza, Carlos Muñoz, José Jaspe & Manuel Kayser video/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb

"The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu" TV series [Republic 1956]

Very low-budget 13-episode b&w TV series with Glen Gordon (as evil Fu Manchu), Lester Matthews (as Sir Dennis Nayland Smith) & Clark Howat (as Dr. Petrie) series credits at IMDb four episodes & cartoon on both DVDs: "The Death Ship of Dr. Fu Manchu", "The Golden God of Dr. Fu Manchu", "The Master Plan of Dr. Fu Manchu" co-starring Adolph Hitler, and "The Prisoner of Dr. Fu Manchu"; bonus cartoon "Betty Boop: The Candid Candidate" [1937] Alpha Video b&w DVD [1/2003] for $7.98 Television Classics b&w DVD [2005] out of prodn/used

"The Face of Fu Manchu" [1965] /tt0059162/

"The Brides of Fu Manchu" [1966] /tt0060188/

"The Horror of Fu Manchu" [1966]

"The Vengeance of Fu Manchu" [1967] /tt0063764/

"The Blood of Fu Manchu" [1968] /tt0062741/

"The Vengeance of Fu Manchu" [1968]

"The Castle of Fu Manchu" [1969] /tt0064338/ /B000096I9S/

"The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu"
[Orion/Warner Bros. Aug 1980]

Fu Manchu {Sellers} needs ingredients for a new batch of age-extending elixir, so he steals a Russian diamond from an exhibit in America; the F.B.I. sends two agents to England to consult with Fu Manchu expert Nayland Smith {also Sellers}, who predicts that Fu Manchu will kidnap the King & Queen and demand the George V diamond as ransom. Peter Sellers directed most of the film, but did not take credit; co-produced by Hugh M. Hefner & Zev Braun; directed by Piers Haggard; starring Peter Sellers {dual role}, Helen Mirren, David Tomlinson, Sid Caesar, Simon Williams, Steve Franken, Stratford Johns, John Le Mesurier, John Sharp, Clément Harari & Kwan-Young Lee Orion/Warner color DVD-R [7/2010] for $24.49 Warner Studios color VHS [4/96] for $19.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Fu Manchu" [planned for 2011 release]
no longer listed at IMDb

"The Hands of Shang-Chi" [Marvel/DreamWorks SKG; in development since 2011]  
Martial arts master Shang-Chi discovers that he is the son of evil mastermind Fu Manchu; previously published
in several Marvel comics & graphic novels; new live-action movie is to be co-produced by Ang Lee, scripted by Bruce C. McKenna,
to be directed by Woo-ping Yuen; latest info at IMDb

Other Media

"The Eye of Siva", a Fu Manchu stageplay produced on London's West End in 1923

Sax Rohmer

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Sax Rohmer entry at Wikipedia
Sax Rohmer credits at Internet Movie Database

"Master of Villainy: A Biography of Sax Rohmer" [1972] by Cay Van Ash & Elizabeth Sax Rohmer Popular Press hardcover [12/72] out of print/used

Other Works by Sax Rohmer
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"The Romance of Sorcery" [1914] by Sax Rohmer {his only non-fiction book} Kindle Edition from Dover Publns [2/2015] for $8.76 Wildside Press 9x6¼ pb [8/2003] for $19.95 Paperback Library mass pb [1970] for $15.56 Causeway Books hardcover [1973] out of print/used 1914 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive

"The Sins of Severac Bablon" [1914]

"The Exploits of Captain O'Hagan" [1916]

"Tales of Chinatown" [1922] by Sax Rohmer contains ten stories: "The Daughter of Huang Chow", "Kerry's Kid", "The Pigtail of Hi Wing Ho", "The House of Golden Joss", "The Man With The Shaven Skull", "The White Hat", "Tchériapin", "The Dance of The Veils", "The Hand of The Mandarin Quong", and "The Key of The Temple of Heaven"; cover illustration at left by Rudolph Belarski Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2012] for FREE {sic} Kindle Edition from Digireads [2004 edition] for 99¢ CreateSpace 9x6 pb [1/2015] for $5.99 Popular Library mass pb [1949] out of print/used A.L. Burt Co. 9x6½ hardcover [1922] long out of print/used available as free online etext at Internet Archive

"Salute To Bazarada" [1939]
Sax Rohmer published the non-fiction "The Romance of Sorcery" in 1914, and magician Harry Houdini [1874-1926] wrote to Rohmer in praise of the book; they became friends. Some years after Houdini's death, Rohmer wrote six short tales about a mystery-solving magician character named Bazarada, who is obviously based on Houdini; the stories were printed in Collier's Magazine in 1937 & 1938 and then published in U.K. as "Salute To Bazarada and Other Stories" in 1939, with a USA limited edition in 1971. The 1971 edition by Bookfinger appears to be a re-titled re-publication of all six stories with the original dedication: "To my friend / HARRY HOUDINI / Stone walls do not a prison make / Nor iron bars a cage".

"The Adventures of Bazarada: All 6 Houdini-Inspired Tales!" [orig 1939] by Sax Rohmer contents: "The Jade Serpent" (Collier's Weekly, 18 September 1937); "Red Doctor" (Collier's Weekly, 9 October 1937); "Tunnel of The Apes" (Collier's Weekly, 13 November 1937); "The Mummy That Walked" (Collier's Weekly, 15 January 1938); "Black Magic" (Collier's Weekly, 5 February 1938); "Death In The King's Room" (Collier's Weekly, 6 August 1938); includes all 11 illustrations to the stories by Ronald McLeod, as well as a Bonus Gallery of 11 cartoons from these same issues – NOTE: B&N's Nook Book is supposed to be identical to Amazon's Kindle, but that has not been tested by Nordell Online Bookstores Group Nook Book Edition from Peril Press [11/2013] for $5.99 at Barnes & Noble Bookfinger, NYC limited edition hardcover [1971] out of print/used

"Egyptian Nights" US Title: "Bim-Bashi Baruk of Egypt" [10 stories; McBride 1944] by Sax Rohmer Black Mask 9x6 pb [7/2009] for $13.22 Bookfinger hardcover [6/70] out of print/used

"The Secret of Holm Peel" [posthumous anthology, 1970]

Sumuru Tales Series

"The Sins of Sumuru" US Title: "Nude In Mink" [1950]
"The Slaves of Sumuru" US Title: "Sumuru" [1951]
"Sand and Satin" US Title: "Return of Sumuru" [1954]
"The Million Eyes of Sumuru" (1967) (stories)
"The Seven Secrets of Sumuru" (1969) (characters)
"Sumuru" (2003) (characters)

Kindle  Editions
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	"The Essential Sax Rohmer Collection (15 books)" for Kindle contains 15 public domain novels, including three tales of Fu Manchu: "The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu" [#1=1913]; "The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu" [#2=1916] and "The Hand of Fu-Manchu" [#3=1917] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [undated] no longer available
	"Sax Rohmer Omnibus for Kindle" [2008] Volume 1: Kindle Edition from PageTurner [2005 edition] for $3.99 three non-Fu-Manchu novels: "The Yellow Claw" [1915], "Dope" [1919], and "Fire-Tongue" [1921] Volume 2: Kindle Edition from PageTurner [2005 edition] for $4.79 three non-Fu-Manchu novels: "Brood of The Witch Queen" [1918], "Quest of The Sacred Slipper" [1919], and "Bat-Wing" [1921]
	"The Sax Rohmer Collection: 15 Novels & Short Stories In One Volume" for Kindle [2010] contains 15 public domain works: "Bat Wing" [1921]; "Brood of The Witch-Queen" [1918]; "Dope" [1919]; "Fire-Tongue" [1921]; "The Golden Scorpion" [1919]; "The Green Eyes of Bâst" [1920]; "The Mysterious Mummy" [1903 story]; "The Orchard of Tears" [1918]; "The Quest of The Sacred Slipper" [1919]; "The Sins of Severac Bablon" [1914]; "Tales of Chinatown" [1922]; "The Yellow Claw" [1915]; and three tales of Fu Manchu: "The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu" [#1=1913]; "The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu" [#2=1916] and "The Hand of Fu-Manchu" [#3=1917] Kindle Edition from Halcyon Press Ltd. [1/2010] for $1.99

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