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Title:

The lemon drop kid [DVD] / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien and Frank Tashlin ; produced by Robert L. Welch ; directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Format:

[DVD] /

Edition:

Full screen.

Publisher:

Shout Factory,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Swindlers and swindling--Drama.
Horse racing--Betting--Drama.
DVD videodisc.
Musical films.
Comedy films.
Christmas films.
Film adaptations.

Other Authors:

Lanfield, Sidney, 1898-1972.
Welch, Robert, 1910-
Hartmann, Edmund L., 1911-2003.
O'Brien, Robert.
Tashlin, Frank.
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003. prf
Maxwell, Marilyn. prf
Nolan, Lloyd. prf
Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967.
Frawley, William, 1887-1966.
Livingston, Jay, 1915-2001.
Evans, Ray, 1915-2007.
Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946. Lemon drop kid.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Shout! Factory (Firm)

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Based on Damon Runyon's The lemon drop kid. Lloyd Nolan, Marilyn Maxwell, William Frawley, Bob Hope.

Summary:

A small-time con artist, nicknamed for his favorite candy, gets in over his head when he swindles a tough gangster out of some gambling profits. The Kid concocts a scheme to pay back the money by Christmas, by tricking his pals into dressing up as Santas and collecting money for a made-up charity.

ISBN:

1603994769
9781603994767

UPC:

826663121803

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)