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Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

1933 · 21 min

A quick, silly Victorian spoof full of mugging and caricature, played for laughs rather than suspense.

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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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    None
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror1
    Humour8
    Realism3
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, romance
    Directed by
    Otto Brower
    Written by
    Walter Weems, Harrington Reynolds
    Starring
    Laura La Plante, Walter Byron, John Sheehan, Olaf Hytten, Charles McNaughton, William Burress, Cyril Ring
    Runtime
    21 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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