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(0)Bob Hope
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Language
English
Description
The legendary wit and unmistakable voice of America's favorite showman are captured here in the master entertainer's memoir of his first fifty years in show business. From his one-night stands in vaudeville to countless performances for servicemen on U.S. military bases across the globe, this delightfully candid book of funny life stories is pure Hope. In his own words, Hope recalls his brief career as an amateur prizefighter; his flops and successes...
Author
Language
English
Description
Narrated by the great Bob Hope, this NBC News documentary originally aired in 1961. It reviews the life and times of Will Rogers, the beloved American humorist. Featuring archival footage, anecdotes, and photographs. A must watch for Will Rogers fans, or anyone who would like to get to know the fellow who never met a man he didn't like.
Author
Language
English
Description
Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) is a baby photographer who fantasizes being a private eye. A baroness (Dorothy Lamour) actually mistakes him for one and asks for help locating her missing husband. This is followed by sinister doings in a gloomy mansion & sanatorium, with Peter Lorre & Lon Chaney Jr. Hope's character ends up framed for murder with every plot twist & parody of thriller cliches imaginable.
8) Fancy Pants
Author
Language
English
Description
Well, fancy that! Bob Hope and Lucille Ball join forces in a Technicolor. remake of Ruggles of Red Gap and let loose a stampede of laughs. Wise-cracking Bob is a teddibly, teddibly British valet brought to the Old West to teach Old World charms to a certain redheaded tomboy. Of course, Bob's not really a valet. He's an out-of-work actor who's stumbled across the role of his life. It's tea at 4:00 p.m. and don't fan your soup with your hat, but will...
Series
Publisher
R2 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bob and Delores Hope welcome friends and family into their home for a nostalgic look back at the funniest clips from 40 years of the Bob Hope Christmas Specials and USO tours
13) Son of Paleface
Series
Publisher
Brentwood Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man heads out west to claim his fathers inheritance, and teams up with a cowboy and his horse to get to the bottom of a gold shipment robbery. An attractive female outlaw must save the hapless hero along the way
14) Fancy pants
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Well, fancy that! Bob Hope and Lucille Ball join forces and let loose a stampede of laughs in this classic screwball comedy. Wise-cracking Bob Hope plays Humphrey, a British valet brought to the Old West to teach Old World charms to a certain redheaded tomboy named Agatha Floud (Lucille Ball). Of course, Humphrey's not really a valet. He's an out-of-work actor who's stumbled across the role of his life... but will proper etiquette protect Humphrey...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Brentwood Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A musical comedy based on the life of vaudevillian Eddie Foy. When Eddie's wife dies, leaving him with seven children, he puts the kids into the act and takes the show on the road
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2002], c1962
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Harry (Crosby) and Chester (Hope) travel to Tibet to search for a drug to restore Chester's memory. Once they find the cure, Chester's memory becomes so good that he accidentally memorizes a secret formula for space navigation. Soon the two meet up with a beautiful spy (Collins) and get slightly sidetracked ... to another planet!