THE LEMON DROP KID.
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The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope) is illegally touting horses at a Florida racetrack. When the horse finishes dead last, a furious Moose Moran demands the Kid pay him $10,000 by Christmas Eve. The Kid decides to return to New York to try to come up with the money. He is convicted of panhandling and sentenced to ten days in jail when he cannot pay the fine. Organizing other small-time New York swindlers and Brainey, the Kid converts an abandoned casino into the "Nellie Thursday Home For Old Dolls"
The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope) is illegally touting horses at a Florida racetrack. When the horse finishes dead last, a furious Moose Moran demands the Kid pay him $10,000 by Christmas Eve. The Kid decides to return to New York to try to come up with the money. He is convicted of panhandling and sentenced to ten days in jail when he cannot pay the fine. Organizing other small-time New York swindlers and Brainey, the Kid converts an abandoned casino into the "Nellie Thursday Home For Old Dolls"
Credits
- Lanfield, Sidney.
- Hope, Bob, 1903-2003.
- Maxwell, Marilyn.
- Nolan, Lloyd.
- Cast
- Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, William Frawley
Complete catalog record
THE LEMON DROP KID. Presented by Adolph Zukor. 1934. 8 reels, sd. From the story by Damon Runyon. Credits: Producer, William LeBaron; director, Marshall Neilan; screenplay, Howard J. Green; additional dialogue, J. P. McEvoy. Paramount Productions, Inc.; 28Sep34; LP4993.
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