Robert L. Welch


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Lemon Drop Kid, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Damon Runyon Wrote Joining the prologue, citing Damon Runyon and meeting Bob Hope, title character, a.k.a. Sidney Milburn, hustling two greenhorns (Oliver Blake, Billie Bird) at a Florida track, the remake of the 1934 Lee Tracy version, The Lemon Drop Kid, 1951, also starring Jane Darwell and Lloyd Nolan.
Lemon Drop Kid, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Flashy Dresser Busted in New York for impersonating Santa, Bob Hope (the title character, a Florida racetrack tout) visited by "Sam The Surgeon" (Harry Bellaver), enforcer for the gangster he has to pay off by Christmas, then rescued by his gal Brainey (Marilyn Maxwell), in the Damon Runyon story The Lemon Drop Kid, 1951.
Lemon Drop Kid, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Friends At The Ritz Still dressed for Florida and the racetrack, Bob Hope (title character) back in New York scrambling to pay back a gangster by Christmas, runs into old pal Nellie (Jane Darwell) with her landlord, early in the 1951 version of the Damon Runyon story, The Lemon Drop Kid.
Paleface, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Buttons And Bows Now married for her convenience and joined in a wagon train, secret government agent Calamity Jane (Russell) snoozes while her city-loving dupe husband Painless (Bob Hope) warbles a Livingston and Evans tune, in The Paleface, 1948.
Paleface, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Boy, Can You Kiss! Money scene for Jane (as "Calamity Jane") Russell in the bath house, pursued by thugs then catching a ride with incompetent dentist Painless (Bob Hope), who knows nothing of her secret government assignment, early in The Paleface, 1948.
Paleface, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Calamity Jane Opening scene introducing the heroine, Jane Russell as "Calamity Jane," sprung from jail and delivered to the governor (Charles Trowbridge) and commissioner (Stanley Andrews), in the Bob Hope vehicle The Paleface, 1948.

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