Son of Paleface
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The Lemon Drop Kid Released Apr 2, 1951 1h 31m Musical Comedy List Reviews 75% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A racetrack tout (Bob Hope) has a month to pay back the sum a gangster...
- (45)
- Sidney Lanfield
- Musical, Comedy
- Bob Hope
The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1951 comedy film based on the short story of the same name by Damon Runyon, starring Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell. Although Sidney Lanfield is credited as the director, Frank Tashlin reportedly was hired, to finish the film.
The Lemon Drop Kid Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Matt Brunson Film Frenzy. Hope is in fine form. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 3,...
- Production: 3.5/5
- Video: 4/5
- Io: 4.5/5
- Cial Features: 0.5/5
- Rall: 3.5/5
After Guys and Dolls became the sensation of Broadway in 1950, the stories of Damon Runyon became hot properties once again. Sidney Lanfield’s The Lemon Drop Kidbased on a Runyon short story might not quite reach the sentimentally seedy Broadway atmosphere of the best 1930s filmed Runyon tales, but it offers a top flight cast, some catchy tunes inc...
3D Rating: NA
The film’s original aspect ratio of 1.37:1 is ably reproduced in this 1080p transfer using the AVC codec. Though much of the transfer features a film-like quality of fine grain, there are a few early Florida-set scenes that seem heavily DNRed and don’t match well with the scenes before or after them. Of course there are some scratches and some softness in the vault footage used for racetrack moments and New York blizzard setting, but apart from a little speck here and there, the principal pho...
The DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono sound mix features nicely recorded dialogue mixed expertly with Victor Young’s background score and the Livingstone/Evans songs and the atmospheric effects needed to set scenes in both Florida and New York. There are no problems with age-related artifacts like hiss, flutter, or crackle.
Trailer Montage (4:17, HD): excerpts from Kino’s upcoming Bob Hope releases of My Favorite Brunette, The Lemon Drop Kid, Road to Rio, Road to Bali, and Son of Paleface.
While not reeking of Damon Runyon flavor, The Lemon Drop Kidis a more than acceptable Bob Hope comedy vehicle from 1951, a big enough hit to land the star at number six at the box office for the year. The video quality on Kino’s Blu-ray is superior to any previously seen tape, disc, or TCM broadcast of this movie, and for fans of Bob Hope or the fi...
The Lemon Drop Kid: Directed by Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin. With Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell. 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.
- (2.3K)
- Comedy, Crime, Music
- Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin
- 1951-04-02
Film. Reviews. Dec 31, 1950 11:00pm PT. The Lemon Drop Kid is neither true Damon Runyon, from whose short story of the same title it was adapted [story by Edmund Beloin], nor is it very...
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Sep 20, 2020 · The Lemon Drop Kid, from 1951, is one of the better ones, although it often slips into slapstick silliness during its 91-minute runtime. This is due, in part, to the uncredited direction of Frank Tashlin, who co-wrote the screenplay (with Edmund Hartmann and Robert O’Brien).
