The road to comedy : the films of Bob Hope /
Although Bob Hope has been the subject of many biographies, no book yet has fully explored the comic persona he created in vaudeville and radio, brought to fruition in dozens of films from the 1930s through the 1960s, and made a lasting influence on comedians from Woody Allen to Conan O'Brien....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn :
Praeger,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Song, dance, and gags: from vaudeville to radio
- Hollywood embraces a song and dance man
- Starring Hope during the war years
- There was Hope and Hartmann
- Some hits and misses
- Neglected and underrated movies
- The rocky road to exotic worlds
- Fade out on movies: the fade in of the small screen
- Through the decades with Hope's films: 1934-1972
- Assessment: Bob Hope's legacy.