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(0)Bob Hope
Series
Publisher
Shanachie Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The life of the rope twirling humorist Will Rogers is traced from his Oklahoma roots to his death in an Alaska plane crash. With film culled from newsreel sequences, his appearances in motion pictures, and his family's home movies, a warm human portrait emerges of the cowboy philosopher.
Series
Publisher
R2 Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Bob Hope owned the crown as King of Comedy on stage, radio, the silver screen and television. In fact, no performer made a more successful and seamless transition into the world of television than Bob Hope. For 50 years, his hilarious TV specials became the showcase for the stars of the day and defined the variety show for a generation of loyal fans. Captures Bob's favorite TV moments, rare vintage clips, outtakes, movie shorts, Christmas specials,...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
This documentary juxtaposes newsreel footage, film clips and period music in an eye-opening look at the Great Depression. Many of the movies created in the 1930s featured strong social commentary, while others offered pure escapism and fed a fascination with a dazzling world out of reach to the everyday American. Through a contrast between the fantasy of film and the reality of everyday life, a fascinating perspective on the Great Depression and Hollywood's...
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A review of Bob Hope's eight-decade career in vaudeville, stand-up comedy, movies and television, as well as his support for U.S. armed forces abroad. Includes newsreel footage, family photographs, clips of Hope's greatest performances, comments by friends and colleagues and commentary by Hope himself.
Publisher
R2 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The legend of Bob Hope entertaining American GI's started in May of 1941 when the country was at peace. The tradition of spending Christmas with the troops began in 1948. These selections from Bob Hope's world tours include appearances in Vietnam and many other places from 1964-1972.
Publisher
Time Life
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Featuring 10 shows from 1950 to 1993, this DVD set features several USO Christmas specials filmed before troops serving in locations all over the world -- from the Cold War through the Vietnam years to the Persian Gulf. Guest stars include Marie Osmond, Jayne Mansfield, Joey Heatherton, Vic Damone, Phyllis Diller, Jerry Colonna, Kaye Stevens, Anita Bryant, and more! The set also contains the holiday-themed DVD Hope for the Holidays, featuring a compilation...
Publisher
Vintage Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
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.
18) Road to Bali
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Hope and Crosby have to flee Melbourne in order to avoid two marriage proposals, and find themselves in Bali, where they find themselves vying for the attention of the Princess and are targeted by thieves.
19) Road to Bali
Series
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Hope and Crosby play a pair of vaudeville performers in competition for Lamour. She must be some gal, because they pursue her all the way to the South Seas island of Bali. There they must contend with all sorts of jungle perils.
