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The Lemon Drop Kid | Year: 1951 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Frank Tashlin - Sidney Lanfield Actors/Actresses: - Bob Hope - Marilyn Maxwell ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOPE MOVIES An this is also overlooked as a Christmas movie. Hope plays the Lemon Drop Kid. A race horse tout in Florida who unknowingly gives the wrong tip to gangster Moose Moran and costs him $10,000. Moose give him until Christmas to come up with the money or else. Kid goes to New York to see his girl played ny Marilyn Maxwell and to cook up a scheme to collect money for a bogus home for old ladies to pay off his debt. he enlists local crooks and con men to dress up as Santas and collect money on steet corners for the phony charity. Hope is at his best as the fast-talking and wise cracking Lemon Drop Kid. The movie is notable for Hope and Maxwell's singing Silver Bells, which would become a staple of Hopes annual Christmas specials. Look for William Frawley of I Love Lucy as one of Hopes con man friends. Funny movie! A fun Hope Christmas flick I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this lesser-known Bob Hope Christmas film. Bob Hope plays a shifty race track con man who finds himself with only the few remaining weeks to Christmas to procure the $10,000 he accidentally scammed a mobster out of. The Lemon Drop Kid flees to New York where he rounds up his old friends to help him in a scheme that involves a shelter for old ladies and a lot of sidewalk Santa Clauses. Even when he was playing a lout, Hope was still somehow sweet and loveable. No matter how dirty his deeds, he never crosses a line that you can't forgive, and he always redeems himself in the end. The disc,as was to be expected, was pretty barebones. Unfortuntely, not a lot of effort is put into the releases of these older films unless they're universally-recognized classics like "Casablanca". Still, the film is enough fun to get this DVD even without the extras that make the format so worthwhile. One of the best Christmas movies ever made The Lemon Drop Kid is one of the lesser known Christmas movies probably because, in a sense, it doesn't try to be a traditional Christmas movie.<BR>Bob Hope plays a con artist who is run out of Florida and winds up in New York City during a very bad cold snap. He is in hock to the mob and desperately needs to raise some cash.<BR>He comes up with a fiendish plan, he sets up a home for old ladies and funds it Santa's ringing bells a la the Salvation Army. The problem is that he intends to take all the money and leave the old ladies stranded on December 26th. <BR>Of course, being a Christmas movie, that doesn't happen, the kid has a change of heart, and along the way the movie provides Bob Hope in his prime as the ever loveable wise guy. <BR>This movie also introduced the wonderful "Silver Bells" which is more famous than the movie itself.<BR>If you're looking to add a movie for Holiday viewing, or really to watch anytime, this is a delightful addition. Buy The Lemon Drop Kid at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Lemon Drop Kid Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Lemon Drop Kid This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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