Dolores Hope, who gave up her singing career to spend 69 years at the side of her husband, Bob Hope, pursuing philanthropy and projecting with him the image of an enduring Hollywood marriage, died on Monday in the home she and her husband bought in 1940 in the Toluca Lake section of Los Angeles. She was 102. Her death was announced by her...
Rope of Sand Hollywood legend has it that Burt Lancaster used to insist on having at least one scene in which he would take a terrible beating in each film. It's almost certainly untrue, but movies like the 1949 ''Rope of Sand,'' which Olive Films has just reissued in a handsome new edition, do give it some credence. Set in a South African...
WASHINGTON -- ''It's great for a comedian to be honored in Washington,'' Bob Hope said when he was celebrated at the Kennedy Center in 1985. ''If there was ever a city that knew how to get laughs ... .'' ''There are so many congressmen and senators here,'' he added. ''I don't know whether to tell a joke or pass a bill.'' Pause. ''As if there was a...
Leslie Townes Hope (kendt som Sir Bob Hope, (29. maj 1903 – 27. juli 2003), var en britisk-amerikansk entertainer og skuespiller. Han har optrådt på Broadway, tv, radio, film og på turné til amerikanske militærfolk udstationeret rundt om i verden.