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Re: Re: Was Warner Oland the definitive Dr. Fu Manchu?

I would guess Oland was the best Fu Manchu. He is only One of Two actors to play him more than once(The other actor is Christopher Lee), however Boris Karloff is the most famous Fu Manchu. There was a book (I think it was called "Saturday Afternoon At The Bijou"), which had chapters on different movie characters(Like Frankenstein, Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, Blondie, even Charlie Chan as well as Fu Manchu and there was a picture of Warner Oland as Fu Manchu). Very good book from the 1970's.

Re: Re: Re: Was Warner Oland the definitive Dr. Fu Manchu?

Yes, the 3 Fu films were originally produced by Paramount and now owned by Universal. UCLA has restored them and they look incredible. Sadly, there are rights issues on all three films and they are tied up, thus negating television and video releases.