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Classic Basic Traditional TV DVDs Return Bob Hope To The Small Screen Display Display Screen
“I’m so previous, they’ve canceled my blood kind” quipped Bob Hope, upon reaching the age of one hundred in July 2003. Certainly, Bob Hope has been round throughout the 20th century, becoming immortal to so many generations by entertaining the plenty with numerous movies, TV and radio shows and naturally his appearances with the troops overseas.
Bob Hope was born on Could 29, 1903 in Eltham, England although his household moved to Cleveland, Ohio when he was 4 years old (“I left England on the age of 4 once I came upon I couldn’t be king”). His first modest success in show enterprise got here in 1915 when he gained a Charlie Chaplin imitation competition.
He started to work in vaudeville within the early Nineteen Twenties and through the early Nineteen Thirties was appearing on the stage in Broadway. His first film function was “The Big Broadcast” in 1938 through which he sang the music “Thanks for the Reminiscence” in a duet with Shirley Ross. That music would develop into Bob Hope’s signature tune.
Bob Hope appeared in over seventy five films throughout his profession although he solely won honorary Oscars. He even joked about his lack of Oscar awards – “Oscar evening at our house is known as Passover!” He could not have won many Oscars however he enjoyed bringing his unique humor to the awards ceremony – he introduced or co-presented them on a record 18 occasions up until 1977.
His most well-known films, after all stay the collection of “street” motion pictures that he made with Bing Crosby during the 1940s. He also starred in “The Paleface” along with Jane Russell which many consider his finest film. At present, many of his classic motion pictures can be found on DVD or recurrently proven on cable TV channels.
Hope took to TV fairly late in his career, not solely convinced that the still fairly new medium would succeed. “Tv – that’s the place movies go when they die,” quipped Hope once. Nonetheless, it was tv that actually made Bob Hope a star and a family name all through the United States.
Easter Sunday 1950 was a memorable day. It was on that day that Bob Hope made his formal television debut. Along with Hope’s look, the “Star Spangled Revue” featured other popular entertainers and stars of the day together with Dinah Shore and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The show’s components was instantly profitable and Bob Hope’s tv reveals remained successful for the following forty years. NBC was his network of selection and Bob Hope appeared in lots of the network’s Christmas and different holiday specials. His last TV special was in 1996 showing alongside Tony Danza. In the present day these applications are rightly thought of traditional TV shows, tv applications that translate for multiple generations.
Maybe Bob Hope is most well-known for his appearances with the troops, a gesture that nearly certainly boosted morale way over any appearance by the president. His first such look was in Might 1941, when Bob Hope, together with various buddies, appeared at March Discipline in California to entertain the airmen.
The remainder, as they say, is history. Bob Hope was quickly christened “G.I. Bob” by the troops and went on to carry out all over the world throughout the next 60 years. He has entertained troops and broadcast from Europe, the South Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. He almost all the time appeared in army fatigues as a further gesture of support for the soldiers.
Bob Hope has been honored five times by the United States Congress, has been made honorary mayor of Palm Springs and an honorary veteran. He also has a number of theaters, a battleship and an airport named in his honor and his love of golf lives on in one of the sport’s major occasions – the Bob Hope Classic.
But his biggest legacy is the wealth of entertainment he has given us over the years. And of course, his sharp wit; his one-liners and quotes are virtually as nicely known as his TV exhibits and movies. As he accurately remarked once, “I’ve always been in the fitting place and time. In fact, I steered myself there.”
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DINAH SHORE – ‘Shoo-Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy’ – 78rpm 1946
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Make Mine Music (Disney Gold Classic Collection) $7.49 Sometimes referred to as “the Poor Man’s Fantasia,” Make Mine Music (1946) was the first of the “package features” Walt Disney released after World War II. Instead of Bach and Beethoven, the artists illustrated segments set to popular music by Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, and the Andrews Sisters. Originally set to Debussy’s “Claire de Lune,” “Blue Bayou” remains an atmospheric evocation of the Ever… |
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Torch Songs $11.38 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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Fun and Fancy Free (Fully Restored 50th Anniversary Limited Edition) (Walt Disney’s Masterpiece) [VHS] $2.48 Fun is probably worth the purchase for “Mickey and the Beanstalk,” the second half of this combo-film. “Beanstalk” includes the last performance by Walt Disney of Mickey Mouse. It also has Donald Duck and Goofy as comrades who climb the beanstalk in their back yard to face Willy the Giant. This segment actually achieves the goals of the film’s title. The first half, however, is “Bongo,” the story … |
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Fun and Fancy Free (Disney Gold Classic Collection) $9.33 FUN AND FANCY FREE, Walt Disney’s 9th full-length animated masterpiece, is a delightful gem that not only sparkles with charm, but is unbelievably rich in history-making Disney moments. It was the last animated feature starring Walt Disney as the voice of Mickey Mouse, and the only film featuring all four of Walt Disney’s most famous characters — Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Jiminy Crick… |
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Till the Clouds Roll By (Remastered Edition) $1.75 Hollywood’s 1940s craze for composer biographies did not yield many masterpieces, and Till the Clouds Roll By is one of the weaker efforts in the bunch. Robert Walker tries gamely to suggest the decency of Jerome Kern but is defeated by a sluggish story line pairing him with a crotchety mentor (Van Heflin). As a collection of freestanding production numbers devoted to Kern’s songs, however, the mo… |
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Oh God [VHS] $4.40 Carl Reiner directed this sweet comedy about the Man Upstairs visiting Earth in the form of a funny little guy (George Burns). John Denver is the good man chosen to be God’s contact in the modern age–and like an Old Testament prophet, Denver’s character pays the price by being ridiculed and faced with criminal charges. Denver is a warm presence, but the film is entirely in Burns’s court. Reiner f… |
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Make Mine Music [VHS] $5.52 Sometimes referred to as “the Poor Man’s Fantasia,” Make Mine Music (1946) was the first of the “package features” Walt Disney released after World War II. Instead of Bach and Beethoven, the artists illustrated segments set to popular music by Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, and the Andrews Sisters. Originally set to Debussy’s “Claire de Lune,” “Blue Bayou” remains an atmospheric evocation of the Ever… |
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My Life $3.50 One of America’s most famous celebrities, a movie and television star, offers an honest and revealing portrait of his life and career, reviewing his many loves, his many successes, and his many heartaches. $150,000 ad/promo…. |
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I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You) (Dinah Shore on Cover) … |
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I’ll Walk Alone Cover is suitable for framing…. |