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review by from the midlands
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Bob Hope - at the movies? 25 July 2004
Bob Hope - filmography
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Bobby Darin Entertains
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Bobby Darin, Joanie Sommers, Bob Hope
Director: Bobby Darin
Certificate: 
The Entertains series brings you extraordinary vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr, and Dean Martin, in rare vintage live performances of the greatest songs newly remastered for DVD.
 
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from 21 members
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At The Movies - Bob Hope 100th Anniversary
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Bob Hope
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29 May 2003 marked an important date in American comedy--the 100th birthday of legendary comedian Bob Hope. This anniversary collection celebrates Hope and his unmistakable one-liners with a set of 2 programmes: BOB HOPE AT THE MOVIES and YOUNG BOB HOPE. BOB HOPE AT THE MOVIES offers a ..read more »
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from 62 members
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The Comedy Hour - Bob Hope 100th Anniversary
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Bob Hope
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29 May 2003 marked an important date in American comedy--the 100th birthday of legendary comedian Bob Hope. This anniversary collection celebrates Hope and his unmistakable one-liners with a selection of clips from his television specials, doing what he he is best known for: entertaining the ..read more »
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from 31 members
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Bob Hope's Funniest Moments
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny
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The incredible career of comedian Bob Hope, who died at the grand old age of 100 in July 2003, is celebrated in this hour long special. Featuring a host of guest stars the disc features clips from the many films and television shows that starred the 'king of the one-liners'.
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from 119 members
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
(1997)
Starring: Bobby Short, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland
Director: Allan Albert
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Hosted and narrated by renowned entertainer and Cole Porter devotee Bobby Short, You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story probes the many facets of Porter's persona. One of the most skillful composers ever, Porter created such Broadway and Hollywood hits as Kiss Me Kate, Anything Goes, Silk Stockings ..read more »
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from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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The Muppet Movie - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks
Director: James Frawle
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Jim Henson's MUPPETS make their film debut in this charming story that chronicles their rise to fame. It all begins with Kermit the Frog sitting in a swamp singing and strumming a guitar. Realising he can use his talent to 'make people happy', Kermit decides to head for Hollywood. During his trip, ..read more »
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from 24 members
Due for release on 11th June 2012
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CBS Salutes Lucy - The First 25 Years
(1976)
Starring: Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Milton Berle
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The Funniest Woman on Television, Lucille Ball, first received her due at this 1976 celebration of her first 25 years on television. CBS TV wanted to show their appreciation for the legendary comedienne, so this tribute was organized featuring cast members and other favorites of early television, ..read more »
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from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Road To Hong Kong
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins
Director: Norman Panama
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In the seventh ROAD... movie wisecracking Chester Babcock (Bob Hope) loses his memory, it leads to a wacky espionage adventure for him and his vaudeville partner Harry (Bing Crosby). The duo's exploits take them from Sri Lanka to Hong Kong, as they contend with a comely spy (Joan Collins) and a ..read more »
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from 363 members
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The Seven Little Foys
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Bob Hope, Milly Vitale, George Tobias
Director: Melville Shavelson
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Film biography of Eddie Foy, a legendary vaudeville performer who would later incorporate his seven children into his act. At the start of the movie, Foy is an avowed bachelor. But he quickly changes his mind about marriage when he falls for Italian ballerina Madeleine Morando. The two marry, and ..read more »
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from 146 members
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Road to Bali - Bob Hope 100th Anniversary
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Ralph Moody, Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope
Director: Hal Walker
Certificate:
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29 May 2003 marked an important date in American comedy--the 100th birthday of legendary comedian Bob Hope. This anniversary collection celebrates Hope and his unmistakable brand of humour with a presentation of his 1952 film ROAD TO BALI, co-starring crooner Bing Crosby. The only color road ..read more »
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from 481 members
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The Bob Hope Story
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Bob Hope
Director: Hal Walker
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THE BOB HOPE STORY:This documentary spans Hope's career over sixty years from his beginnings in Vaudeville to Radio, Film and Television. He carved himself a niche in the movies during Hollywood's Golden Era and was regarded as television's 'King of Comedy.' This is essential viewing for the Bob ..read more »
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from 22 members
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Son Of Paleface
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers
Director: Frank Tashlin
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Sequel to Bob Hope's comedic masterpiece THE PALEFACE in which he teams up with Roy Rogers to recover his inheritance of gold, stolen by Junior, the neighborhood bandit. Songs included are 'Am I In Love' and 'Buttons and Bows'.
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from 315 members
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The Lemon Drop Kid
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan
Director: Sidney Lanfield
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After giving a dud tip to a mobster's girlfriend, small time race track conman Sidney Melbourne is given until after Christmas to repay $10,000. Sidney enlists some of his frineds to dress as Santa Claus and collect money for a fake elderly ladies home on the streets of New York. As the money pours ..read more »
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from 177 members
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Sorrowful Jones
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Bob Hope, William Demarest, Thomas Gomez
Director: Sidney Lanfield
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Humphrey ‘Sorrowful’ Jones (Bob Hope), a shifty Broadway bookie, becomes a reluctant foster parent when an anxious gambler leaves behind his 5-year-old girl Martha Jane (Mary Jane Saunders) as a ‘marker’. When the father is killed by mobster Big Steve Holloway (Bruce Cabot), Sorrowful decides to ..read more »
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from 29 members
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My Favourite Brunette
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Reginald Denny, Ann Doran, John Hoyt
Director: Elliott Nugent
Certificate:
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MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE, a spoof of the hardboiled detective genre. Hope plays a baby photographer who gets mixed up with gangsters after he pretends to be a private detective. Dorothy Lamour costars as the mysterious femme fatale, and horror legends Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney turn in hilariously ..read more »
60%
from 365 members
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Road To Utopia
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Director: Hal Walker
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Duke and Chester, two performers, head to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map, stolen by McGurk and Sperry, which details the location of a secret goldmine. Disguised as the two thugs, they leave the ship and start their quest for the gold. But McGurk and Sperry ..read more »
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from 380 members
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Road To Morocco
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Director: David Butler
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The third in the 'Road To' series, which finds Bing Crosby selling Bob Hope to slavetraders, and both in hot pursuit of Princess Dorothy Lamour. Songs include 'Moonlight Becomes You'.
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from 611 members
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Star Spangled Rhythm
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Director: George Marshall
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STAR-SPANGLED RHYTHM is a typical wartime all-star musical-comedy melange, this time from Paramount Pictures. The slender plot involves the efforts by humble studio doorman Pop Webster (Victor Moore) to pass himself off as a big-shot Paramount executive for the benefit of his sailor son Jimmy (..read more »
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from 29 members
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Louisiana Purchase
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Maxie Rosenbloom, Vera Zorina, Bob Hope
Director: Irving Cummings
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Graft is rampant in the government of a "mythical" Louisiana, and the arrival of U.S. Senate investigator Loganberry (Victor Moore: Ziegfeld Follies) brings panic. The chief miscreants: politicians Col. Davis (Raymond Walburn), Davis (Frank Albertson), Captain Whitfield (Donald MacBride), and Dean ..read more »
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from 22 members
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Ghost Breakers
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson
Director: George Marshall
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Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard's comic timing is excellent, and the works on which they are teamed together contain some of the funniest moments filmed by either actor. Hope plays Larry Lawrence, a New York City detective who becomes involved in a gangster-related hotel shoot-out. Believing he has ..read more »
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from 662 members
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The Cat And The Canary
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal
Director: Elliott Nugent
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The classic old dark house motif is given sterling treatment in this second filmed version of the hit play. Bob Hope's status as a star was assured with his role as Wallie Campbell, the cowardly protector of Joyce Norman (Paulette Goddard), who must spend one night in the eerie mansion of her late, ..read more »
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from 1,116 member
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Classic TV Comedians
Starring: Abbott Costello, Abbott Costello, Bob Hope
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An hilarious compilation of classic TV comedy featuring some of the greatest all time exponents of the art including well loved favourites such as Abbott and Costello, Bob Hope, Groucho Marx and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Here are the true giants of early television comedy in rare, live ..read more »
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from 3 members
Currently unavailable
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Caught In The Draft
on DVD
Starring: Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope
Director: David Butler
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Bob Hope plays a famous movie star who does his best to avoid the pre-war draft, but ends up in uniform all the same. Hope marries Dorothy Lamour, the daughter of Army colonel Clarence Kolb, in hopes that this union will help him sidestep military service. Stuck in boot camp, Hope is a class-A ..read more »
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from 33 members
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Bob Hope - The Ultimate Collection
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Bob Hope
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A compilation which includes: '50 Years Of Laughter 1', '50 Years Of Laughter 2', 'Hope For The Holidays', 'Salute To The Troops', 'Celebrity Bloopers', 'Bob's Special Extras'.
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from 13 members
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Hollywood Song And Dance - The Musical Years
on DVD
Starring: John Wayne, Al Jolson, Peggy Lee
Director: Roy Selfe
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This programme breathes new life into the golden days of Hollywood, using film clips which trace the development of the movies from the early talkies through the pursuit of new styles. Featuring: Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee, John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Betty Grable, Fred Astaire, Barbara Stanwyck ..read more »
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Bob Hope facts
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...d. A full biography from friends and co stars this really does show the best of Bob Hope...
