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Summary: "The Lemon Drop Kid" is one of Hope's best !!!
Review: I love this movie! I have seen it so many times and will never tire of watching it. Bob Hope is a riot and the whole Christmas storyline makes it probably my all time favorite holiday movie. I love all Damon Runyon adaptions and this and "Pocketful of Miracles" are just great classic films. My other fave Hope/Runyon film is of course "Sorrowful Jones" with the Queen of Comedy Lucille Ball. If you haven't seen "The Lemon Drop Kid" then I strongly suggest you see it because you will fall in love instantly with this great Bob Hope classic.
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Summary: It's my favorite Christmas movie!
Review: I truly love this old classic Bob Hope movie. It's the first movie to showcase the song "Silver Bells". Better than "White Christmas" to get me in the Christmas spirit
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Summary: A fun Hope Christmas flick
Review: 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.
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Summary: "Kid" avoids pitfalls, delivers rare holiday gem
Review: My copy of the DVD was not too bad, video or Audio. This copy,
however has been edited down considerably. There are many
important scenes that are missing. Looks like Brentwood found
an old copy in the basement of a TV station somewhere that had been hacked up to accomodate commercials.
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Summary: Where Is The Whole Movie
Review: My copy of the DVD was not too bad, video or Audio. This copy,
however has been edited down considerably. There are many
important scenes that are missing. Looks like Brentwood found
an old copy in the basement of a TV station somewhere that had been hacked up to accomodate commercials.
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Summary: Great Christmas Story
Review: My family watches this every year for Christmas. One of the least know Holiday stories. Must See!
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Summary: A funny,good movie for the family, any time of year.
Review: Our family enjoyed watching this movie at Christmas time, but it's great anytime of year. Bob Hope is charming and hilarious as the Lemon-Drop Kid, a Damon-Runyon character who tries to outwit the mob. Listen for the Christmas favorite "Silver Bells". Our kids loved it.
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Summary: You'll love the Brentwood DVD
Review: The continuing top quality of Brentwood's Bob Hope DVD's is present on this disc. Razor sharp, good tone B&W images help make this top comedy a delight to watch.
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Summary: One of the best Christmas movies ever made
Review: 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.
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.
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.
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.
This movie also introduced the wonderful "Silver Bells" which is more famous than the movie itself.
If you're looking to add a movie for Holiday viewing, or really to watch anytime, this is a delightful addition.
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Summary: Great film Terrible disc
Review: This has long been one of my favorite Christmas movies. For years we watched the VHS version. Then in early 2002, when I saw that it had been "digitally remastered" and issued on DVD, I ordered the DVD. It arrived in February 2002. Of course, we didn't watch it until the Christmas season returned this month. And we were shocked by how bad the disc looked. The image had a "washed out" look - - grey even. The sound was muddy, with pops and clicks and occasional lipsync problems. The tape looked much better and, indeed, since we gave away our copy of the tape, I have reordered it. Perhaps some day there will be a remastered version of this very funny film on DVD. Meanwhile, stay clear of this one.
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