Editorial review courtesy of Amazon.com
Bob Hope plays a small-time con artist with a fondness for lemon candy in this film based on a Damon Runyon story. When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for “Apple Annie” Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and “collecting dough for old dolls” like Nellie who have nowhere to live. Radio personality Marilyn Maxwell assists as the Kid’s girlfriend, while William Frawley and Jay C. Flippen play the lovable, gruff crooks that fall for the Kid’s Santa scam.
Hope is great as the fast-talking sharpster, and the comical gangsters are well worth the price of admission. Music by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston (including the classic Christmas song “Silver Bells") makes The Lemon Drop Kid that much sweeter. --Mark Savary
Product Description of The Lemon Drop Kid starring Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, William Frawley
Bob Hope stars as Sidney Melbourne (A.K.A. The Lemon Drop Kid named so after his love of the simple candy) a conman who offers a friendly “sure thing” horse tip to the girlfriend of mobster Moose Moran at the race track. When the horse loses and Moose’s Original pick wins Moose gives Sidney until Christmas to pay back the money he lost or his thug Sam the Surgeon will “open” Sidney after Christmas. To pay back the money he owes Moose Sidney enlists some pals to hit the street corners of New York dressed as Santa Claus accepting donations for a bogus elderly ladies home. The calamity starts when gagster Oxford Charlie (Lloyd Nolan) tries to move in on Sidney’s scam. What follows is vintage Hope shenanigans highlighted by a heart-warming rendition of the Christmas classic “Silver Bells” sung by Hope and Marilyn Maxwell (who appeared with Hope in the l953 film Off Limits). Also starring William Frawley (I Love Lucy) and For Johnson (Plan 9 from Outer Space).System Requirements:Starring: Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell Lloyd Nolan Jane Darwell William Frawley and Tor Johnson. Running Time (approx.) 91 min. B&W. Copyright 1951 Columbia Pictures
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