Tag: Damon Runyon

The Lemon Drop Kid Script

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Year:1951
Director:Sidney Lanfield
Written by:Edmund Beloin (Story), Damon Runyon (Story), Edmund L. Hartmann (Screenplay), Robert O'Brien (Screenplay), Frank Tashlin (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and "collecting dough for old dolls" like Nellie who have nowhere to live. Radio personality Marilyn Maxwell assists as the Kid's girlfriend, while William Frawley and Jay C. Flippen play the lovable, gruff crooks that fall for the Kid's Santa scam.
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Little Miss Marker Script

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Year:1980
Director:Walter Bernstein
Written by:Damon Runyon (Story), Walter Bernstein (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in 1930's. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
Little Miss Marker Script Resources:

  • Little Miss Marker Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
  • Little Miss Marker Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

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Bloodhounds Of Broadway Script

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Year:1989
Director:Howard Brookner
Written by:Howard Brookner (Screenplay), Colman deKay (Screenplay), Damon Runyon (Writer)

Script Synopsis:This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Right", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
Bloodhounds Of Broadway Script Resources:

  • Bloodhounds Of Broadway Script PDF - 7/22/87 4TH at Script City ($)

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  • Bloodhounds Of Broadway ( tt0096953 ) at IMDb
  • Bloodhounds Of Broadway ( 72096 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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Guys and Dolls

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Year:1955
Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by:Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay), Damon Runyon (Story)

Script Synopsis:Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
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