A Great Actor and Comedian Bob Hope
Bob Hope was among my favorite actors and performers. He was never what you could call a handsome movie star but he was very likeable. I enjoyed watching him in the movies and on TV and his smile was always infectious. On May 29, 2003 this wonderful personality celebrated his 100th birthday. There were about 35 U.S. states which declared this to be Bob Hope Day.
To honor him a public ceremony was held in Hollywood, California. On this day city official renamed the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Avenue as Bob Hope Square. Hope had been an entertainer of U.S. Armed Forces all around the world and there were 1940s era U.S. planes flying overhead to give him honor. Unfortunately Hope himself wasn’t able to attend this wonderful ceremony since he was suffering from failing eyesight and hearing. He hadn’t appeared in public for three years. Attending the …show more content…
He was performing on Broadway in the musical “Roberta” when he first set eyes on nightclub singer Dolores Reade. It was true love and they got married in 1934. She was his wife till the very end. In 1938 Hope was able to start his own radio program called “The Bob Hope Show” and it lasted for 18 years. He had great success in the movies due to seven movies he made with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. These were the popular “Road” series movies such as “Road to Singapore”, “Road to Morocco”, “Road to Utopia” and Road to Rio”.
Bob Hope jumped on the bandwagon of entertainers who performed for American servicemen in WWII. By the time 1953 rolled in he had performed before over a million American servicemen in countries all around the world. During the Vietnam War in 1966 around 65 million people watched Hope perform for U.S. troops on Christmas Eve. He was also legendary for his TV specials and hosted the Academy Awards 18 times. Along the way he got some nicknames such as “Mr. Entertainment” and the “King of
Bob Hope was among my favorite actors and performers. He was never what you could call a handsome movie star but he was very likeable. I enjoyed watching him in the movies and on TV and his smile was always infectious. On May 29, 2003 this wonderful personality celebrated his 100th birthday. There were about 35 U.S. states which declared this to be Bob Hope Day.
To honor him a public ceremony was held in Hollywood, California. On this day city official renamed the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Avenue as Bob Hope Square. Hope had been an entertainer of U.S. Armed Forces all around the world and there were 1940s era U.S. planes flying overhead to give him honor. Unfortunately Hope himself wasn’t able to attend this wonderful ceremony since he was suffering from failing eyesight and hearing. He hadn’t appeared in public for three years. Attending the …show more content…
He was performing on Broadway in the musical “Roberta” when he first set eyes on nightclub singer Dolores Reade. It was true love and they got married in 1934. She was his wife till the very end. In 1938 Hope was able to start his own radio program called “The Bob Hope Show” and it lasted for 18 years. He had great success in the movies due to seven movies he made with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. These were the popular “Road” series movies such as “Road to Singapore”, “Road to Morocco”, “Road to Utopia” and Road to Rio”.
Bob Hope jumped on the bandwagon of entertainers who performed for American servicemen in WWII. By the time 1953 rolled in he had performed before over a million American servicemen in countries all around the world. During the Vietnam War in 1966 around 65 million people watched Hope perform for U.S. troops on Christmas Eve. He was also legendary for his TV specials and hosted the Academy Awards 18 times. Along the way he got some nicknames such as “Mr. Entertainment” and the “King of