Uniform Title Lemon drop kid (Motion picture : 1951)

Title Damon Runyan's the lemon drop kid / a Paramount picture ; produced by Robert L. Welch ; directed by Sidney Lanfield ; screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien and Frank Tashlin ; story by Edmund Beloin.

Publication Info.	[United States] : Brentwood Home Video : Distributed by BCI Eclipse, 2003.
	1951.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Burlington Public Library - Videos	DVD LEMONDROP	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Series	Bob Hope film collection
	Bob Hope film collection.
System Details	DVD ; stereo.
Cast	Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, William Frawley.
Credits	Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editorial supervision, Archie Marshek ; costumes, Edith Head ; music score, Victor Young.
Note	Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
	Special features include Bob Hope biography, filmography.
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.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
	Horse racing -- Betting -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Musical films.
	Comedy films.
	Christmas films.
	Feature films.
Added Author	Lanfield, Sidney, 1898-1972.
	Hope, Bob, 1903-2003.
	Maxwell, Marilyn.
	Nolan, Lloyd.
	Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967.
	Frawley, William, 1887-1966.
	Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 Lemon drop kid.
	Paramount Pictures Corporation.
	Brentwood Home Video (Firm)
	BCI Eclipse (Firm)
Standard No.	090096098992
Music No.	60979-9 BCI Eclipse

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