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The Bob Hope collection, Columbia Pictures Television

Label
The Bob Hope collection, Columbia Pictures Television
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
The Bob Hope collection
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Columbia Pictures Television
Runtime
463
Summary
(Lemon drop kid) 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(Road to Rio) As stowaways on an ocean bound ship, Hot Lips Barton and Scat Sweeney fall for a beautiful girl under the spell of her evil aunt(Road to Bali) Bob and Bing are vaudeville performers hired as deep sea divers by an unscrupulous South Sea island prince. Dorothy foils the prince's plans(My Favorite brunette) Photographer Hope substitutes for a private eye and gets involved in a murder mystery(The seven little Foys) A vaudeville star must incorporate his seven children into his act to keep custody of them after his wife dies
Table Of Contents
Disc 1. The Lemon drop kid / a Paramount Picture ; screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien and Frank Tashlin ; produced by Robert L. Welch ; directed by Sidney Lanfield (1951 ; 91 min.) -- Disc 2. The Road to Bali / produced by Daniel Dare ; directed by Nat Walker ; screen play by Frank Butler and Hal Kanter (1952 ; 90 min.) ; Road to Rio / produced by Daniel Dare ; directed by Norman Z. McLeod ; screen play by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose (1947 ; 100 min.) -- Disc 3. My favorite brunette / produced by Daniel Dare ; directed by Elliott Nugent; original screen play by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose (1947 ; 1 hr., 23 min.) ; The seven little Foys / ; produced by Jack Rose ; directed by Melville Shavelson ; original screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose (1955 ; 95 min.)
Technique
live action
Classification