I thoroughly enjoyed both Fu Manchu films, The Face of Fu Manchu and The Brides of Fu Manchu. I believe both of them are meant to take place in the 1920s. However, I think the clothes the characters wear look rather too modern for 1920s Britain. I think the costume department got it wrong.
Does anyone else agree or disagree with me?
Paul.
Well, these films are a rather odd mix of the 20s and 60s. They try for the 20s with the men's costumes; but, the women's are pure 1960s. I guess the budget wouldn't quite stretch that far and male fashions don't change as drastically.
Fortunately, Ah keep mah feathers numbered for just such an emergency!
That's typical of that era. Look at all the 1960s ladies' hairdos in "Dr. Zhivago."
shareAll these movies do not take place in the 1920s.
The Face & The Brides - Brides happens right after Face, and they are indeed in the 1920s. Probably around 1924.
The Vengeance - Nayland Smith is joining Interpol, and Interpol did not form until the 1930s. Nayland Smith's hair has also turned [Douglas Wilmer's hair dyed] grey because he's aging.
The Blood - Fu Manchu has electronics in his Incan hideout that could not possibly have existed earlier than the mid-1950s.
The Castle - Fu's hair has turned grey and he behaves like a doddering old man and Lin Tang is visibly aging (after still looking like a smoke show in "The Blood" shot only months before). Appears to take place in 1968.