The Return Of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)

Presumed deceased, the fiendish Dr. Fu Manchu (Warner Oland) returns from the dead to continue his revenge on the last living man (Neil Hamilton) he considers responsible for the death of his wife and child. Based on the novel by Sax Rohmer and directed by Rowland V. Lee (SON OF FRANKENSTEIN). This is the sequel to THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU released the year before. The first movie was an awkward film due to the transitioning from silent to sound. While this entry still suffers from stagnation, without the exposition of the first film, it moves easier and I didn't find it as tedious. Interesting as an artifact of early sound cinema and to see the young undeveloped Jean Arthur early in her career. With O.P. Heggie returning as Nayland Smith from the first movie, William Austin (even more annoying than he was in the first film) overdoing the pansy bit, Evelyn Hall and Evelyn Selbie.