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Fah Lo Suee
Fah Lo Suee is a character who was introduced in the series of novels Dr. Fu Manchu by the English author Sax Rohmer (1883-1959). She is the daughter of Dr. Fu Manchu and an unnamed Russian woman, sometimes shown as an ally, sometimes shown as a rival. The character featured in cinema and comic strips and comic books alongside his father, sometimes using another names, and she has also become an archetype of the Dragon Lady. History The character of Fah lo Suee was created in 1917 by Sax Rohmer as the Lady of the Si-Fan in the novel ''The Hand of Fu-Manchu'' (original UK title: The Si-Fan Mysteries). In the novel ''Daughter of Fu Manchu'' (1931), she is called Fah lo Suee, a nickname meaning "Sweet Perfume". Fah Lo Suee, is a devious mastermind in her own right, frequently plotting to usurp her father's position in the ''Si-Fan'' and aiding his enemies both within and outside the organization. Her real name is unknown; Fah Lo Suee was a childhood term of endearment. She is in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sax Rohmer
Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu."Rohmer, Sax" by Jack Adrian in David Pringle, ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers''. London: St. James Press, 1998; (pp. 482–484). Life and work Born in Birmingham to working class Irish parents William Ward (c. 1850–1932), a clerk, and Margaret Mary (née Furey; c. 1850–1901), Arthur Ward initially pursued a career as a civil servant before concentrating on writing full-time. He worked as a poet, songwriter and comedy sketch writer for music hall performers before creating the Sax Rohmer persona and pursuing a career writing fiction. Like his contemporaries Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen, Rohmer claimed membership to one of the factions of the qabbalistic Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Rohmer also claimed ties to the Rosicrucians, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowface
Portrayals of East Asians in American film and theatre has been a subject of controversy. These portrayals have frequently reflected an ethnocentric perception of East Asians rather than realistic and authentic depictions of East Asian cultures, colors, customs, and behaviors. Yellowface, a form of theatrical makeup used by European-American performers to represent an East Asian person (similar to the practice of blackface used to represent African-American characters), continues to be used in film and theater. In the 21st century alone, ''Grindhouse'' (in a trailer parody of the Fu Manchu serials), ''Balls of Fury'', ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'', '' Crank: High Voltage'', and ''Cloud Atlas'' all feature yellowface or non-East Asian actors as East Asian caricatures. Early East Asian American film actors Sessue Hayakawa The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa began appearing in films around 1914. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including ''Watchmen'', '' V for Vendetta'', '' Fables'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Starlin
James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he is best known for space opera stories, for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock, and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, and Shang-Chi. Later, for DC Comics, he drew many of their iconic characters, including Darkseid and other characters from Jack Kirby's Fourth World, and scripted the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin, during his run on '' Batman''. For '' Epic Illustrated'', he created his own character, Dreadstar. Early life Jim Starlin was born on October 9, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan. He had a Catholic upbringing. In the 1960s, Starlin served as an aviation photographer in the US Navy in Vietnam. During his off duty time, he drew and submitted various comics. Early career After leaving the Navy, Starlin sold two stories to DC Comics. After writing and drawin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Englehart
Steve Englehart (; born April 22, 1947) is an American writer of comic books and novels. He is best known for his work at Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. His pseudonyms have included John Harkness and Cliff Garnett. Early life Steve Englehart majored in psychology at Wesleyan University, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969. He had served in the United States Army, but was honorably discharged as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. Career Marvel Comics Englehart's first work in comics was as an art assistant to Neal Adams on a 10-page story by writer Denny O'Neil in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #10 (March 1971). After briefly serving as a member of the Crusty Bunkers,Greg Theakston, Theakston, Greg and Kevin Nowlan, Nowlan, Kevin, et al., at Englehart started working as a full-time writer. He began with a co-writing credit, with Gardner Fox, on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Wood
Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as ''Weird Science (comic), Weird Science'', ''Weird Fantasy'', and ''Mad (magazine), MAD Magazine'' from its inception in 1952 until 1964, as well as for ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', and work for Warren Publishing's ''Creepy (magazine), Creepy''. He drew a few early issues of Marvel Comics, Marvel's ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'' and established the title character's distinctive red costume. Wood created and owned the long-running characters ''Sally Forth (Wally Wood comic strip), Sally Forth'' and ''Cannon (Wally Wood comic strip), Cannon''. He wrote, drew, and self-published two of the three graphic novels of his Masterpiece, magnum opus, ''The Wizard King (comic), The Wizard King'' trilogy, about Odkin son of Odkin before his death by suicide. Much of his early professional artwork is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon Comics
Avon Publications is one of the leading publishers of romance fiction. At Avon's initial stages, it was an American paperback book and comic book publisher. The shift in content occurred in the early 1970s with multiple Avon romance titles reaching and maintaining spots in bestseller lists, demonstrating the market and potential profits in romance publication. As of 2010, Avon is an imprint of HarperCollins. Early history (1941–1971) Avon Books was founded in 1941 by the American News Company (ANC) to create a rival to Pocket Books. They hired brother and sister Joseph Meyers and Edna Meyers Williams to establish the company. ANC bought out J.S. Ogilvie Publications, a dime novel publisher partly owned by both the Meyers, and renamed it "Avon Publications". They also got into comic books. "The early Avons were somewhat similar in appearance to the existing paperbacks of Pocket Books, resulting in an immediate and largely ineffective lawsuit by that company. Despite th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fah Lo Suee In The Mask Of Dr Fu Manchu
FAH, Fah or Fäh may refer to: * Fah River, in Eritrea * Baissa Fali language, spoken in Nigeria * Faafu Atoll Hospital, in Maldives * Federation of American Hospitals * First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, in China * Folding@home * Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase Aeronautics * ASL Airlines Hungary, a Hungarian airline * Farah Airport, in Afghanistan * Honduran Air Force (Spanish: ') People * Linda Fäh (born 1987), Swiss model and a pageant titleholder * Claudio Fäh Claudio Fäh (born 29 March 1975) is a Swiss film director, producer and screenwriter. Career Fäh has directed films such as '' Coronado'', ''Hollow Man 2'', '' Sniper: Reloaded'' and '' Sniper: Ultimate Kill'', as well as webisodes of '' Gho ... (born 1975), Swiss motion picture director * Simon Faeh (born 1982), Swiss sprint canoer * Foil Arms and Hog, comedy trio from the Republic of Ireland {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castle Of Fu Manchu
''The Castle of Fu Manchu'' (german: Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, lit=The Torture Chamber of Dr. Fu Manchu, es, El castillo de Fu-Manchu) is a 1969 film and the fifth and final Dr. Fu Manchu film with Christopher Lee portraying the title character. Plot Supercriminal Dr. Fu Manchu plots to freeze the world's oceans with a diabolical new device. With his beautiful but evil daughter, Lin Tang, his army of dacoits, and the help of the local crime organization led by Omar Pasha (whom Dr. Fu Manchu double-crosses), Dr. Fu Manchu takes over the governor's castle in Istanbul, which has a massive opium reserve, to control the largest opium port in Anatolia, since the drug is an important ingredient for the fuel for his machine. Dr. Fu Manchu needs the help of an intelligent scientist with an ailing heart whom he has imprisoned. In order to keep the scientist alive, he kidnaps a doctor and his wife to give the scientist a heart transplant from one of his obedient servants. Opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blood Of Fu Manchu
''The Blood of Fu Manchu'' (german: Der Todeskuss des Dr. Fu Man Chu, lit=The Death-Kiss of Dr. Fu Manchu, es, Fu-Manchú y el beso de la muerte), also known as ''Kiss of Death'', ''Kiss and Kill'' (U.S. title) and ''Against All Odds'' (original U.S. video title), is a 1968 British adventure crime film directed by Jesús Franco, based on the fictional Asian villain Dr. Fu Manchu created by Sax Rohmer. It was the fourth film in a series, and was preceded by ''The Vengeance of Fu Manchu''. ''The Castle of Fu Manchu'' followed in 1969. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Udastex Films. It starred Christopher Lee as Dr. Fu Manchu, Richard Greene as Scotland Yard detective Nayland Smith, and Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie. The film was filmed in Spain and Brazil. Shirley Eaton appears in a scene that she claimed she was never paid for; apparently, the director Jesús Franco had inserted some stock footage of her from one of her films ('' The Girl from Rio'' (1968)) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vengeance Of Fu Manchu
''The Vengeance of Fu Manchu'' is a 1967 British crime thriller adventure film directed by Jeremy Summers and starring Christopher Lee, Horst Frank, Douglas Wilmer and Tsai Chin. It was the third British/West German Constantin Film co-production of the Dr. Fu Manchu series and the first to be filmed in Hong Kong at the renowned Shaw Brothers studio. It was generally released in the U.K. through Warner-Pathé (as the second half of a double feature with the Lindsay Shonteff film ''The Million Eyes of Sumuru'') on 3 December 1967.''Kinematograph Weekly'' vol. 605 #3137, 25 November 1967 Cast Credits adapted from the booklet of the Powerhouse Films Blu-ray boxset ''The Fu Manchu Cycle: 1965-1969''. *Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu *Douglas Wilmer as Nayland Smith *Tsai Chin as Lin Tang *Horst Frank as Rudy *Noel Trevarthen as Mark Weston *Maria Rohm as Ingrid Swenson *Tony Ferrer as Inspector Ramos *Peter Carsten as Kurt *Wolfgang Kieling as Dr. Lieberson * Suzanne Roquette as Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brides Of Fu Manchu
''The Brides of Fu Manchu'' is a 1966 British/West German Constantin Film co-production adventure crime film based on the fictional Chinese villain Dr. Fu Manchu, created by Sax Rohmer. It was the second film in a series, and was preceded by ''The Face of Fu Manchu''. ''The Vengeance of Fu Manchu'' followed in 1967, '' The Blood of Fu Manchu'' in 1968, and ''The Castle of Fu Manchu'' in 1969. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Hallam Productions. Like the first film, it was directed by Don Sharp, and starred Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu. Nigel Green was replaced by Douglas Wilmer as Scotland Yard detective Nayland Smith. The action takes place mainly in London, where much of the location filming took place. Plot In 1924, Dr. Fu Manchu, his army of dacoits and his vicious daughter Lin Tang are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his hidden base in the Atlas Mountains, where he demands that their fathers help him to build a device th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
