Bob Hope started out on the vaudeville circuit ... After the war, he tried to heal the wounds and put it behind him. But there was a residual bad taste left in the mouth of a lot of the younger ...
“When Bob Hope went over every Christmas back then he ... with his wife as the detailer explained that their sons would be put up in an American boarding high school, where they could come ...
Bob, the son a stonemason and an aspiring concert singer, had a career that stretched across seven decades. Though born in Eltham, south London, Hope moved to Cleveland, Ohio, when he was just four, ...
Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, Dec. 21, 1966: Bob Hope stands solo on stage as he delights thousands of U.S. service members with his jokes a few days before Christmas. Hope’s legendary variety-style ...