Nonfiction
DVD
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2017]
©2017
EDITION
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
LANGUAGE
NOTES
Originally broadcast in 2017 as an episode of the PBS television series: American masters
During his eight-decade career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment: Vaudeville, Broadway, movies, radio, television, popular song and personal appearances, including hosting the Academy Awards a record 19 times and his annual USO Christmas military tours. Includes film, television, and radio clips; readings of excerpts from Hope's writings; and interviews with prominent entertainment industry figures, family members, and Hope's writers
Wide screen
Special features: Monologue misfires; Bob's writers; Korea; A letter from Bob; Learning from the best; The boat show line; One night in Nebraska; You didn't say "no" to Bob Hope
Editor, Peter S. Lynch, II ; director of photography, Stan Taylor ; music, Mark Leggett
Voice (excerpts from Bob Hope's writings), Billy Crystal
Rating: TVPG
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo
In English; with optional English subtiles