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Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

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ComedyRomance

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

21 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

06 April 1933

Country

United States of America

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)

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