WPMT #22: The Lemon Drop Kid
Classic Musicals From The Golden Age of Radio - A podcast by Porchlight Music Theatre
Can you hear that? It’s the “Silver Bells” ringing in the distance to let you know that the WPMT premiere of “The Lemon Drop Kid,” starring Bob Hope, is now live! Broadcast December 10, 1951 on The Lux Radio Theatre with music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien and Frank Tashlin. Based on a story by Damon Runyon, "The Lemon Drop Kid" stars Bob Hope as "Sidney Milburn/The Lemon Drop Kid," Marilyn Maxwell as "Brainey Baxter," and William Conrad as "Moose Moran."Edited by David RobbinsNew episodes every Tuesday at 1pm CDT
