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Bob Hope in a 1957 portrait, wearing a light plaid suit, white shirt, and patterned red tie, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. Lucille Ball, wearing an elaborate dress and ornate hat, sits while Bob Hope, dressed as a servant in an apron, stands behind her with a thoughtful expression in a scene from Fancy Pants. Bob Hope with the USO Bob Hope, seated on the left in a suit, talks with Paulette Goddard, who is sitting on the floor holding a black cat, in a scene from The Cat and the Canary (1939). Bob Hope stands at an NBC radio microphone in the 1940s, holding a script and wearing a gray suit with a patterned tie.
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Empty movie theater and blank screen (theatre, motion pictures, cinema).
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USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
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Bob Hope: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Charles Thompson, Bob Hope: Portrait of a Superstar (1981); Leonard Pitts, Bob Hope (1984); Randall J. Mielke, Road to the Box Office: The Seven Film Comedies of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, 1940–1962 (1997); Lawrence J. Quirk, Bob Hope: The Road Well-Traveled (1998).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Library of Congress - Research Guides - Bob Hope at the Library of Congress. Sep 16, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Kennedy Center - Bob Hope. Mar 30, 2026
Add new Web site: Case Western Reserve University - Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - Leslie Townes Hope. Nov 14, 2025
Added cross-reference to political humor, modernized spellings, added Top Questions. Sep 30, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - The Rise and Fall of Comedian Bob Hope. Mar 29, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - A Century of Hope. Feb 15, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - A Century of Hope. Feb 15, 2025
Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - Honorary Veteran Bob Hope. Sep 17, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 13, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Bob Hope. Nov 05, 2022
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Bob Hope. Apr 18, 2022
Revised final paragraph to better reflect Hope's lasting reputation. Apr 14, 2021
Add new Web site: Official Site of Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation. Jan 24, 2020
Added cross-references. Oct 17, 2019
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Bob Hope, comedic master and entertainer of Troops, dies at 100. Jan 06, 2017
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Bob Hope. Mar 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Official Site of Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation. Mar 08, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Bob Hope. Mar 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Starring Bob Hope. Mar 08, 2013
Media added. May 04, 2012
An episode of the radio show The Bob Hope Show added. May 05, 2011
Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Research Guides - Bob Hope at the Library of Congress. Apr 18, 2008
Media added. Jan 04, 2007
Article revised. Sep 18, 2003
Article revised. Apr 19, 2002
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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