Biography and best films ..Bob Hope
15.Road to Rio
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Released: 1947
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
14.My Favorite Spy
Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr
Released: 1951
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
13.My Favorite Blonde
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Released: 1942
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
12.Road to Bali
Bob Hope, Dean Martin
Released: 1952
Directed by: Hal Walker
11.Fancy Pants
Lucille Ball, Bob Hope
Released: 1950
Directed by: George Marshall
10.Casanova’s Big Night
Bob Hope, Vincent Price
Released: 1954
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
9.The Cat and the Canary
Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
Released: 1939
Directed by: Elliott Nugent
8.The Lemon Drop Kid
Bob Hope, Ann Sheridan
Released: 1951
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin
7.Road to Utopia
Bob Hope, Jim Thorpe
Released: 1945
Directed by: Hal Walker
6.Son of Paleface
Bob Hope, Jane Russell
Released: 1952
Directed by: Frank Tashlin
5.The Princess and the Pirate
Bob Hope, Walter Brennan
Released: 1944
Directed by: David Butler
4.My Favorite Brunette
Peter Lorre, Dorothy Lamour
Released: 1947
Directed by: Elliott Nugent
3.The Ghost Breakers
Bob Hope, Anthony Quinn
Released: 1940
Directed by: George Marshall
2.Road to Morocco
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Released: 1942
Directed by: David Butler
1.The Paleface
Bob Hope, Jane Russell
Released: 1948
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
Bob Hope Biography
Early Life
Born as Leslie Townes Hope in 1903, Bob Hope reigned as the king of American comedy for decades. He started out his life, however, across the Atlantic. Hope spent his first years of life in England, where his father worked as a stonemason. In 1907, Hope came to the United States and his family settled in Cleveland, Ohio. His large family, which included his six brothers, struggled financially in Hope’s younger years, so Hope worked a number of jobs, ranging from a soda jerk to a shoe salesman, as a young man to help ease his parents’ financial strain.
Hope’s mother, an aspiring singer at one time, shared her expertise with Hope. He also took dancing lessons and developed an act with his girlfriend, Mildred Rosequist, as a teenager. The pair played local vaudeville theaters for a time. Bitten by the showbiz bug, Hope next partnered up with friend Lloyd Durbin for a two-man dance routine. After Durbin died on the road of food poisoning, Hope joined forces with George Byrne. Hope and Byrne landed some work with film star Fatty Arbuckle and made it to Broadway in Sidewalks of New York in 1927.
By the early 1930s, Hope had gone solo. He attracted widespread notice for his role in the Broadway musical Roberta, which showcased his quick wit and superb comic timing. Around this time, Hope met singer Dolores Reade. The pair married in 1934. He again showed off his comedic talents in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. Later that year, Hope landed a leading part in Red, Hot and Blue, with Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante.
In 1937, Hope landed his first radio contract. He got his own show the following year, which became a regular feature on Tuesday nights. Week after week, listeners tuned in to hear Hope’s snappy one-liners and wisecracks. He became one of radio’s most popular performers and stayed on the air until the mid-1950s.
In the late 1930s, Hope made the jump to feature films. His first major role came in The Big Broadcast of 1938, in which he sang “Thanks for the Memory” with Shirley Ross. The song became his trademark tune. The following year, Hope starred in The Cat and the Canary, a hit comedic mystery. He played a sharp, smart-talking coward in this haunted house tale—a type of character he would play numerous times over his career.
n 1940, Hope made his first film with popular crooner Bing Crosby. The pair starred together as a pair of likable con artists in The Road to Singapore with Dorothy Lamour playing their love interest. The duo proved to be box office gold. Hope and Crosby, who remained lifelong friends, made seven Road pictures together.
On his own and with Crosby, Hope starred in numerous hit comedies. He was one of the top film stars throughout the 1940s, with such hits as 1947’s western spoof The Paleface. Hope was often called upon to use his superior ad-lib skills as the host of Academy Awards. While he never won an Academy Award for his acting, Hope received several honors from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over the years.
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