Read Hope: Entertainer of the Century Online
Authors: Richard Zoglin
Bob’s Leading Ladies,
287
Boehm, Sidney,
436
Bogart, Paul,
420
–21
Bohemia,
49
Bolger, Ray,
308
Bolton, Martha,
439
Bonnie and Clyde,
387
Boone, Pat,
401
Booth, Shirley,
293
Borden, Al,
342
Born on the Fourth of July,
396
Boston, Mass.,
10
,
79
,
107
,
159
,
184
,
215
–16,
252
Hope’s Broadway career and,
99
,
102
,
109
Bowes, Major Edward,
86
–87
Boxoffice,
217
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!,
378
–79
Boyer, Charles,
141
Boyle, Richard,
395
Boys Industrial School,
42
–43
Brackett, Charles,
294
Bradley, Omar,
295
Brady Bunch, The,
135
Bride Wore Blinkers, The,
419
–20
Bringing Up Baby,
156
Broadway theater,
62
,
79
,
172
,
176
,
236
,
254
,
264
,
279
,
293
,
297
,
312
,
337
,
352
,
444
Great Depression and,
82
–84
Hope’s career in,
4
,
23
,
60
–61,
66
,
80
,
83
–85,
88
,
90
–93,
95
–96,
98
–103,
106
–11,
119
–24,
126
–27,
151
,
196
,
268
,
342
,
378
,
398
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421
,
447
,
476
,
480
,
535
Hope’s movie career and,
100
–102,
107
–8,
120
–21,
126
,
196
Hope’s radio career and,
123
–24
Hope’s vaudeville career and,
84
–85,
90
Broccoli, Albert “Cubby,”
353
Brooke, Eleanor,
312
Brown, John Mason,
91
Hope’s Christmas tours and,
259
,
326
,
330
,
366
–68,
372
–73,
381
Hope’s radio career and,
238
,
245
Browning, Tod,
59
Bruner, June,
219
Brush, Charles F.,
35
Bryant, Anita,
336
,
338
,
366
,
369
,
371
–72,
379
,
381
Buckner, Simon,
190
Buck Privates,
171
Bunker, Ellsworth,
385
Bunker, Wally,
136
Bureau of Sunday Censorship,
79
Burke, Billie,
107
Burke, Johnny,
152
,
167
–68,
193
,
224
,
229
Burns, George,
9
,
74
,
143
,
156
,
243
,
464
movie career of,
79
,
100
,
120
,
126
,
287
radio career of,
7
,
86
,
133
,
165
,
255
television career of,
398
,
445
,
455
,
475
Bush, George H. W.,
438
,
468
,
470
,
477
Bush, George W.,
482
–83
Bush, Prescott,
295
Butler, Frank,
151
–52,
167
,
186
,
193
Butterfield, James,
280
Buttons, Red,
483
Byrne, George:
Broadway career of,
60
–61
Hope’s partnership with,
55
–61,
63
–64,
69
Caesar, Sid,
267
,
279
,
289
,
312
,
323
–24,
483
café society,
83
Cahn, Sammy,
286
Caine, Michael,
280
California Federal Savings,
466
,
474
Calling All Tars,
102
Call Me Bwana,
352
–53
Call Me Lucky
(Crosby and Martin),
296
Campbell, Glen,
401
Canby, Vincent,
484
Cancel My Reservation,
419
–21
Cantor, Eddie,
79
,
162
,
167
,
239
,
243
,
279
,
289
,
425
Capitol Family Show,
86
Capitol Theatre,
85
,
87
–89,
104
,
122
,
150
Capone, Al,
73
Capra, Frank,
182
Capstaff, Al,
173
Captain China,
264
Caranchini, Silvio,
337
,
342
,
376
Carlin, George,
3
Carmichael, Hoagy,
138
Carol Burnett Show, The,
439
Carpetbaggers, The,
371
Carr, Justine (cousin),
349
Carr, Vikki,
422
Carroll, Carroll,
205
Carroll, Madeleine,
133
,
141
,
186
–87
Carroll, Sidney,
201
Carson, Johnny,
7
,
310
,
433
–34,
436
,
441
–42,
444
–45,
455
–56,
460
–61,
463
–65,
470
,
475
–76
Carter, Jack,
483
Carter, Jimmy,
435
,
444
,
447
,
450
,
455
–56
Carvel, Tom,
461
Casanova’s Big Night,
297
–98
Casper, Billy,
356
Cassidy, Hopalong,
266
Castle, Vernon and Irene,
48
Castro, Fidel,
336
Cat and the Canary, The,
5
,
139
,
145
–48,
150
,
158
,
162
–63,
172
Caulfield, Joan,
233
Caught in the Draft,
5
,
171
–73,
188
,
296
Lucille Ball’s retirement and,
478
–79
radio and,
86
,
104
,
106
,
185
,
216
,
254
–55,
292
television and,
245
,
283
,
289
,
308
Cernadas, Alberto,
236
Chamberlain, Hazel,
54
Champion,
265
Chandler, Happy,
199
Chaney, Lon, Jr.,
235
Chaplin, Charlie,
4
,
40
–41,
139
,
164
,
187
,
234
Charles, Ray,
398
Charo,
445
Chase, Mary,
62
Chevalier, Maurice,
120
,
220
,
298
Chicago, Ill.,
86
,
97
,
111
,
123
,
130
,
135
,
143
,
151
,
156
,
215
–17,
326
,
334
–35,
386
,
406
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408
,
428
Hope’s stage shows and,
140
,
158
–59,
161
Hope’s vaudeville career and,
53
,
58
,
61
,
65
–66,
68
–69,
72
–73,
75
,
81
,
87
–88,
153
China, People’s Republic of,
275
,
447
–50
Hope’s television career and,
344
–46,
397
–98
Churchill, Winston,
198
–99
Church of the Covenant,
38
Clark, Petula,
398
Clay, Lucius,
252
Cleopatra,
331
–32
Cleveland, Ohio,
2
,
4
,
13
,
55
,
90
,
96
,
98
,
140
,
215
,
226
,
228
,
231
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245
,
276
,
302
,
311
,
328
,
392
,
424
,
432
,
457
economy of,
34
–35
Hope family’s early life in,
36
–50,
57
,
76
Hope’s father’s emigration to,
30
–33
vaudeville and,
46
,
49
–51,
57
,
59
,
64
–65,
70
,
74
–76
Cleveland Press,
45
–46
Clinton, Bill,
467
,
475
,
477
–78,
481
,
483
Clooney, Rosemary,
290
–91,
297
,
398
,
427
,
443
,
480
Clubland,
280
CNN,
480
Coburn, Charles,
153
Coffey, Andrew,
477
Cohan, George M.,
53
,
90
,
300
,
339
Colbert, Claudette,
184
Colbert, Stephen,
485
Cold War,
6
,
240
,
252
,
269
,
287
,
289
,
314
,
338
Hope’s Moscow trip and,
304
–5,
319
–20,
322
–23
Vietnam War and,
382
–83
Colgate Comedy Hour,
283
–84,
289
–90,
306
Collins, Joan,
286
Hope’s Christmas tours and,
326
,
330
,
365
–66,
368
–69,
372
,
374
,
379
–80
Hope’s movie career and,
154
,
242
Hope’s radio career and,
130
,
132
–33,
144
,
164
,
206
,
222
,
238
,
245
,
293
Hope’s stage shows and,
140
,
158
Vietnam War and,
368
–69,
372
,
374
World War II and,
189
,
191
,
196
,
209
–12,
219
Come Back, Little Sheba
,
293