Movie·1933·0h 21m

Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

Directed By

Otto Brower

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Written By

Harrington Reynolds, Walter Weems

Themes

englandghettoparodyspoofchineseburlesqueracial stereotypetong

Production House

RKO Radio Pictures
Masquers Club of Hollywood

Audience Score

65%

2 votes

Skip12%
Timepass27%
Go for it38%
Perfection23%

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Cast

Laura La Plante

Laura La Plante

Lady Esmerelda

Walter Byron

Walter Byron

Harold Heartright

John Sheehan

John Sheehan

Sir Marmaduke Rakes

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

Sheerluck Jones

Charles McNaughton

Charles McNaughton

Hotson

William Burress

William Burress

Hop Tup

Cyril Ring

Cyril Ring

Undetermined Role (Credited as Cy Ring)

// crew

Crew

Otto Brower

Director

Harrington Reynolds

Writer

Walter Weems

Writer

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