The lemon drop kid / a Paramount picture ; Hope Enterprises Inc. ; screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien and Frank Tashlin ; songs by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ; produced by Robert L. Welch ; directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Con man Sidney Melbourne offers some "good advice" to mobster Moose Moran's girlfriend at the race track. When the horse looses to Moran's original pick, Melbourne has until Christmas to pay back the money and organizes a group of his pals to hit the streets of New York dressed as Santa Claus to col...
| Uniform Title: | Bob Hope film collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Language: | English |
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[Minnesota] : Newbury Park, CA :
Sterling Entertainment Group ; Brentwood Home Video,
[2001], ©2001.
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| Series: | Bob Hope film collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
Con man Sidney Melbourne offers some "good advice" to mobster Moose Moran's girlfriend at the race track. When the horse looses to Moran's original pick, Melbourne has until Christmas to pay back the money and organizes a group of his pals to hit the streets of New York dressed as Santa Claus to collect money for a bogus elderly ladies' home. |
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| Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Bonus features: Bob Hope biography; filmography. Based on Daemon Runyon's The lemon drop kid. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | AF5 D0006948 VideoDVD PN1995.9.C55 L45 2001 VideoDVD |
| Credits: | Story by Edmund Beloin ; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editorial supervision, Archie Marshek ; costumes, Edith Head ; music score, Victor Young. |
| System Details: | DVD. |
| Cast: |
Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, William Frawley. |