The Lemon Drop Kid

1951
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1h 31min

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Bob Hope, Jane Darwell, Oliver Blake, Fred Clark, William Frawley, Tor Johnson, Andrea King, Marilyn Maxwell, and Lloyd Nolan in The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.

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Introduced the hit Christmas song "Silver Bells". The movie was filmed in 1950, but not released in theaters until March, 1951. When a recording of "Silver Bells" by Bing Crosby became a hit in December, 1950, the studio called Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell back to re-shoot a more elaborate musical version of the song for the film's release. In later years, Bob Hope made "Silver Bells" his own Christmas theme. He performed the song every year on his annual Christmas TV special, usually singing it as a duet with the lead female guest (such as Olivia Newton-John, Shirley Jones, Barbara Mandrell, or his own wife, Dolores Hope).

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Sidney rings bells while Brainey sings "Silver Bells." He's only holding two bells, but we hear at least four different ring notes.

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Gloomy Willie: You're sweet too, pickle-nose... bring the chair.

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Featured in A Hollywood Christmas (1996)

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Silver Bells
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Sung by Marilyn Maxwell (uncredited) and Bob Hope (uncredited)

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8/10

Enjoyable Hope Christmas romp

Bob Hope is the Lemon Drop Kid, a race-track tout who incurs the wrath of gangster Moose Moran when he convinces Moose's ditsy mistress to bet on what turns out to be the slowest horse in the race. Given until Christmas to raise the ten grand, the conniving kid sets up a fake 'Old Dolls Home' as part of a fake Santa Claus charity scam. This is a Christmas movie, so needless to say the larceny and gangland shenanigans of the first half gives way to a sentimental final reel. The film is loosely based on the eponymous Damon Runyon story but, other than character names like 'Gloomy Willie' and the frequent use of the term 'dolls', lacks a real 'Runyonesque' feel. As always, Hope's impeccable timing and delivery gets the most out of the material and the film is pretty funny at times (including the obligatory meta-reference to Bing Crosby, Hope's usually comedic foil). All in all, a fun family Christmas-film that introduced the classic seasonal charmer 'Silver Bells'. One additional plus: the film features the great Tor Johnson of 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' (1957) and 'The Beast of Yucca Flats' (1961) fame.