Lost in Limehouse
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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"Lost in Limehouse (1933) * 1/2 (out of 4) This two-reel short probably isn't going to be known by many but it's yet another spoof of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson who were clearly very popular long before Basil Rathbone came along. In the film, the daughter of a rich family is kidnapped by an evil Chinese gangster so Sheerluck Jones and Dr. Hotson are called in to track her down. That's pretty much all there is to the story but they could have had Shakespeare do a re-write and it's doubtful too much would have been accomplished. This is a pretty bland and boring film f..."
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The complete title is "Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament"
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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.