Bob Hope
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English
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The legendary wit and unmistakable voice of America's favorite showman are captured here in the master entertainer's memoir of his first fifty years in show business. From his one-night stands in vaudeville to countless performances for servicemen on U.S. military bases across the globe, this delightfully candid book of funny life stories is pure Hope. In his own words, Hope recalls his brief career as an amateur prizefighter; his flops and successes...
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English
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Narrated by the great Bob Hope, this NBC News documentary originally aired in 1961. It reviews the life and times of Will Rogers, the beloved American humorist. Featuring archival footage, anecdotes, and photographs. A must watch for Will Rogers fans, or anyone who would like to get to know the fellow who never met a man he didn't like.
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English
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Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) is a baby photographer who fantasizes being a private eye. A baroness (Dorothy Lamour) actually mistakes him for one and asks for help locating her missing husband. This is followed by sinister doings in a gloomy mansion & sanatorium, with Peter Lorre & Lon Chaney Jr. Hope's character ends up framed for murder with every plot twist & parody of thriller cliches imaginable.
7) Liberation
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English
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A retrospective that begins in 1942, when Adolf Hitler was still at the height of his power and the Allies began envisioning a cross-channel invasion of Europe. By combining film footage, period music, and radio broadcasts from around the world, this film illuminates the strategies and deceptions of the combatants on all sides.
9) Fancy Pants
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English
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Well, fancy that! Bob Hope and Lucille Ball join forces in a Technicolor. remake of Ruggles of Red Gap and let loose a stampede of laughs. Wise-cracking Bob is a teddibly, teddibly British valet brought to the Old West to teach Old World charms to a certain redheaded tomboy. Of course, Bob's not really a valet. He's an out-of-work actor who's stumbled across the role of his life. It's tea at 4:00 p.m. and don't fan your soup with your hat, but will...
15) Fancy Pants
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Paramount Home Entertainment
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Full screen format.
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English
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Well, fancy that! Bob Hope and Lucille Ball join forces and let loose a stampede of laughs in this classic screwball comedy. Wise-cracking Bob Hope plays Humphrey, a British valet brought to the Old West to teach Old World charms to a certain redheaded tomboy named Agatha Floud (Lucille Ball). Of course, Humphrey's not really a valet. He's an out-of-work actor who's stumbled across the role of his life... but will proper etiquette protect Humphrey...
16) Fancy Pants
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Warner Bros
Language
English
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A zany red-head and her mother bring back a bogus butler to frontier New Mexico.
17) Son of Paleface
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Brentwood Home Video
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English
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A man heads out west to claim his fathers inheritance, and teams up with a cowboy and his horse to get to the bottom of a gold shipment robbery. An attractive female outlaw must save the hapless hero along the way.
19) Road to Bali
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Brentwood Home Video
Language
English
Description
Hope and Crosby star as two out-of-work vaudeville performers who are on the lam. The two are hired by a South Seas prince as deep-sea divers in order to recover a buried treasure. They meet beautiful Princess Lala (Lamour) and vie for her affections.