Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

1933

21m

4.0

4.0/10

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Overview

A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson who rescue a heroine held by a mustache-twirling villain in a den of caricatured Chinese gangsters.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures Masquers Club of Hollywood

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

england ghetto parody spoof chinese burlesque racial stereotype tong

Quick Facts

Release Date	April 6, 1933
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0024270

Cast

Laura La Plante

Lady Esmerelda

Walter Byron

Harold Heartright

John Sheehan

Sir Marmaduke Rakes

Olaf Hytten

Sheerluck Jones

Charles McNaughton

Hotson

William Burress

Hop Tup

Cyril Ring

Undetermined Role (Credited as Cy Ring)

Key Crew

Otto Brower

Director

Walter Weems

Writer

Harrington Reynolds