DVD

The Lemon Drop Kid [videorecording] / produced by Robert L. Welch ; directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 (Added Author). Maxwell, Marilyn. (Added Author). Frawley, William, 1887-1966 (Added Author). Lanfield, Sidney, 1898-1972 (Added Author). Welch, Robert, 1910-1964 (Added Author). Livingston, Jay, 1915-2001 (Added Author). Evans, Ray, 1915-2007 (Added Author). Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 Lemon drop kid. (Added Author). Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, William Frawley, Tor Johnson. (Cast).

Summary:

Bob Hope stars as Sidney Melbourne, A.K.A. the Lemon Drop Kid, a con man who offers a horse tip to the girlfriend of mobster Moose Moran at the racetrack. When the horse loses, Moose gives Sidney until Christmas to pay back the money he lost. Vintage Hope shenanigans follow when Sidney and some pals dress as Santa and accept donations for a bogus charity to pay back the money.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Sterling, [2000]
Copyright: ©2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Comedy. Title from container. Videodisc release of the 1951 film. Includes special features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Songs by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ; music score, Victor Young ; vocal arrangements by Joseph H. Lilley ; screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien, and Frank Tashlin ; story by Edmund Beloin ; based on Damon Runyon's The lemon drop kid.
Participant or Performer Note:	Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, William Frawley, Tor Johnson.
System Details Note:	DVD.