The Mysterious Fu Manchu Mysteries

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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 first episode, Karamaneh meets with Petrie and Nayland and has a strange request...

https://youtu.be/9Y17gxhuG1U

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Episode 2: The Amazing Zarmi

In this episode, a somewhat despondent Petrie is taken to see the beautiful but mysterious Zarmi, who is reputed to be the most charming woman in the whole of London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdO1RLl18-Y

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Episode 3: On Pipes

In this episode, Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie ruminate upon the nature of pipes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxPKkvwL-ac

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Episode 4: The Magician

In this episode, a magic show...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnnulH9sdlI

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Episode 5: In The Box

In this episode, Petrie and Nayland Smith are hiding in a box. But why are they hiding in a box?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0fTysNfIGw

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Episode 6: Kuleshov's Monkey

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyFJAxPjNTI

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Episode 7: The Letter

In this episode, Fu Manchu receives a letter from an admirer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbZbL80jMU

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Episode 8: Strange Weather

In this episode, Petrie and Nayland Smith discuss the weather...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg-J6tr0V2M

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Episode 9: Zarmi's smile

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).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LztKvrineU

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Humberston

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I wish I was called Humberston

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This is inspired, Davuss!

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Also: BRAVO!

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Whut youse editing them with, Squire?

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imovie

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imovie is abysmal but its all i have

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(its what i make most of my stop motion things in too)

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the ones which aren't animated gifs anyway

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also i have no idea to make properly blurred old film looking intertitles, so they've ended up looking more like vhs fuzz really

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obviously the only remaining source for these films is an old vhs restoration from 1987

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also i noticed that, for some reason, one (but only one) violent penguin episode has a sizeable mexican fanbase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UERyjeZhu24

(20 mexican fans)

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Fluence

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Mexan chat is best

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hooray

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Episode 10: The Boat Trip

In this episode, Karamaneh is convinced to go on a boat trip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY5PpbFMkFc

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Episode 20: The Boat Trip

In this episode, Karamaneh is convinced to go on a boat trip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TrmWlx9TBY

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Episode 30: The Boat Trip

In this episode, Karamaneh is convinced to go on a boat trip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW5xGi30gVs

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I likes what you've done there! And rather playful with the form, if I may say so! *applause*

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i've run out of jokes now