Abbott and Costello, 171, 176, 250, 289
Academy Awards, Academy Awards ceremonies, 249, 305, 313, 334
Hope’s appearances at, 6, 138–39, 148–50, 166–67, 185, 195, 218, 293–95, 330–32, 386–87, 401, 429–30, 438, 443–44, 484
Hope’s legacy and, 484–85
on television, 293–95, 330–31, 443–44
Vietnam War and, 430–31
Adventures of Bob Hope, The, 15, 271–72
African Queen, The, 285
Agnew, Spiro, 389, 392, 401, 444–45
Hope’s relationship with, 390–93, 423, 429
Air Force, US, 2, 250–52, 305, 314, 384, 466
Hope’s Berlin show and, 251–52, 264
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 326–27, 363–64, 368, 372–73, 380, 393, 409–10
World War II and, 173–74, 191, 198–99, 258
Hope’s Christmas tours in, 6, 258–59, 272, 307, 329–30
World War II and, 189–92, 195–96, 204
Alberghetti, Anna Maria, 366
Albrecht, Richard, 462
Aleutian Islands, 189–90, 192, 274, 414
Alger, Horatio, 16
Algiers, 204
Alias Jesse James, 328–29, 332, 354–55
radio career of, 7, 86, 129, 133, 137, 237, 275
movie career of, 79, 100, 120, 126, 218
radio career of, 7, 86, 133, 255
Allen, Woody, 5, 233–34, 450, 462
All in the Family, 410, 420, 433
Allman, Elvia, 144
All Quiet on the Western Front, 77, 142
Almond, Edward, 273
Altman, Robert, 406
Amsterdam, Morey, 189
Anderson, Loni, 476
Annenberg, Walter, 411
Anthony, Mark, 276, 311, 427, 435
Anthony, Norman, 83–84
Anything Goes, 108–11
Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 49
Archer, Anne, 420
Archerd, Army, 440
Arden, Eve, 107–8
Armed Forces Radio, 188, 208, 217, 235
Armey, Dick, 481
Armstrong, Frank, Jr., 258–59
Armstrong, Neil, 394
Army, US, 252, 288, 290, 296, 325
Hope brothers in, 43–44
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 317, 373, 375, 385, 394–96
Hope’s radio career and, 174, 183, 206, 222
Vietnam War and, 373, 375, 394–96, 407
World War II and, 135, 181, 184, 192, 196, 202–3, 220
Arnaz, Lucie, 476
Arnold, Henry “Hap,” 207
Arnold, Jack, 354
Arnold, Roseanne, 476
Arthur, Art, 436
“As Time Goes By,” 199
Atlanta, Ga., 72, 195, 215, 218, 377–78
Atlantic City, N.J., 84, 140, 159
Atlantic Family Show, 104–6
Australia, 212–13, 284, 301, 437, 445
Avalon, Frankie, 371
Averback, Hy, 245
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” 269
Bachelor in Paradise, 352
Backus, Jim, 293
Bailey, Mildred, 88
Baker, Josephine, 107
Ball, Lucille, 5–6, 312, 398, 441, 444–45, 457, 460, 484
Hope’s movie career and, 256, 281, 332–34, 352
Hope’s radio career and, 237–38
retirement of, 478–79
Ballyhoo of 1932, 80, 83–85, 88, 126
Bardot, Brigitte, 326
Barron, Jeff, 462
Barrymore, Ethel, 52
Bart, Peter, 378
Barthel, Joan, 405–6
Baruch, Bernard, 295
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 447–48
Bates, Peg-Leg, 279
“Battle Hymn of the Republic, The,” 381
Batts, Diana Lynn, 372
Beatty, Warren, 430–31
Beau James, 316
Bee, Molly, 326
Behar, Richard, 460
Beirut, 457–58
Bell, Book and Candle, 279
Bellamy, Ralph, 420
Benchley, Robert, 224
Bendix, William, 244
Ben-Hur, 331
Bennett, Constance, 131–32
Bennett, Linda, 388
Bennett, Tony, 265
Benny, Jack, 5–7, 9, 74, 100–101, 116, 127, 140, 243, 323, 401, 408, 464, 484
movie career of, 79, 100, 112, 120, 234
radio career of, 7, 86, 129, 133, 137, 175, 177, 183, 223, 255, 291–93, 431
television career of, 5–6, 291, 330
radio career of, 121–22, 129, 132–33, 137, 175, 192, 223, 255, 293
Bergman, Ingrid, 330
Berkes, Johnny, 102
Berman, Shelley, 335
Bernhardt, Sarah, 52
Berle, Milton, 96, 295, 341, 346, 455
joke stealing of, 89–90
radio career of, 129–30, 136, 217
television career of, 5–6, 244–45, 255, 265–67, 269, 279, 283, 289, 308, 324, 433, 441
Berlin, 219–21
Hope’s Christmas shows in, 6, 251–52, 259, 264, 278, 327, 377, 393
Berlin, Irving, 131, 176, 236, 251–52, 339
Berra, Yogi, 1
Best, Willie, 163
Bieber, Justin, 17
Big Bird, 447
Big Broadcast, The, 88
Big Broadcast of 1938, The, 5, 108, 112, 115–21, 124–28, 138–39, 151, 215, 285, 476
Billy Jack, 437
Bing Crosby Invitational, 356–57
Bixler, Bob, 340
Blackface Follies, The, 56
Blackmore, Alan, 24–25
blacks, 52–53, 56, 64–65, 149, 163, 392
Blanc, Mel, 222
“Blind Date,” 271
Block, Hal, 197
Blue, Ben, 125
Bluffer’s Guide, The, 426–27
Blyth, Ann, 331
Boasberg, Al, 74–75, 78–79, 84
Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation, 347–48
Bob Hope: The Road Well Traveled (Quirk), 63
Bob Hope British Classic, 450, 456, 458–59
Bob Hope Cultural Center, 466–67
Bob Hope Desert Classic, 15, 355–58, 367, 424, 432, 450, 452, 458, 461, 477
Bob Hope in Moscow, 318–23
Bob Hope on Campus, 435
Bob Hope on the Road to China, 447–50
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, 344–46
Bob Hope’s Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular, 433–34
Bob Hope Theaters, 355, 398, 459
Bob’s Leading Ladies, 287
Boehm, Sidney, 436
Bogart, Humphrey, 285, 308, 462
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
British Columbia, 302, 329, 341
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, 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
Brown, Les, 264, 272, 401, 435
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
Cagney, James, 184, 218, 300–301
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 Records, 227, 249, 271
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, 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, 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 Plain Dealer, 47, 49
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
“Come Rain or Come Shine,” 270
Command Performance, 188–89, 208, 217
Communism, Communists, 136, 288, 325, 336, 408, 447
Hope’s politics and, 240–41, 304, 322, 402
Korean War and, 273–74
Vietnam War and, 364, 369–70, 375, 382–83, 386, 407, 430
Confessions of a Hooker (Hope and Netland), 359
Connecticut Yankee, A, 60
“The Continental,” 294
Coogan, Jackie, 127
Cooley, Charlie, 65, 81, 272, 348
Cooper, Gary, 120, 162, 176, 208, 355
Corbett, Al, 45
Corbett, Cameron, 27
Cosby Show, The, 465
Couples, Fred, 358
Critic’s Choice, 352
Cromwell, John, 218
Crosby, Bing (Harry Lillis), 71, 94, 176–77, 227–28, 239, 264–65, 295–96, 323, 384
comparisons between Hope and, 88, 157–58, 242
golf played by, 89, 121, 128, 150, 157, 184, 208, 254, 280–81, 357–58, 442
golf tournament of, 356–57
Hope’s relationship with, 88–89, 121, 150, 154, 157–58, 168, 171, 243, 356, 442
movie career of, 5, 14, 81, 88, 100, 115–16, 120–21, 150–58, 167–71, 177, 187, 193–94, 208, 218, 224–25, 235, 241–43, 270, 284–88, 352, 355, 419, 421–22, 442
radio career of, 88, 130, 150–51, 158, 204, 217, 255
singing of, 88, 116, 130, 154, 168, 193, 242, 284, 286–87
television career of, 283–84, 355, 433, 442
vaudeville career of, 88–89, 150
Vietnam War and, 375–76
World War II and, 184, 208, 217
Crosby, Cathy Lee, 457–58
Crosby, Dixie Lee, 157
Crosby, Kathryn, 285–86, 384, 442, 483
Crosby, Phil, 384
Crouse, Russel, 109
Cukor, George, 63
Daily Graphic, 78
Daily Variety, 181–82
Daley, Jan, 409
Dallas, 6
Dallas, Tex., 69, 72, 105, 253, 340
Dancemedians, 57
Daniel, Clay, 380
Danza, Tony, 479
Davis, Bette, 138–39, 149, 166, 182, 223
Davis, Gwen, 401
Davis, Jerry, 279
Davis, Peter, 430
Davis, Rennie, 400
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 408, 429, 433–34, 443
Day, Doris, 245–46, 248, 251–53
Dayde, Liane, 299
Hope’s wartime entertainment tours and, 195, 210, 212
Dear Prez, I Wanna Tell Ya! (Hope), 479
Deaver, Mike, 456
Defense Department, US, 440, 482
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 259, 364, 376
Vietnam War and, 364, 371, 402
De Fina, John (father-in-law), 93
De Fina, Theresa Kelly (mother-in-law), 93–94, 230–31, 349, 442
de Havilland, Olivia, 133, 332
DeMille, Cecil B., 120, 244, 294–95, 388–89
Denas, Ruth, 219
Denver, John, 423
Desmonde, Jerry, 279
Desperate Hours, The, 308
Detroit, Mich., 35, 58, 159, 245
Dewey, Thomas E., 246
Diamonds Are Forever, 425
Dickey, Paul, 163
Dickinson, Angie, 433
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 364
Diller, Phyllis, 379, 393, 399, 424, 438, 445, 457
DiMaggio, Joe, 302
Dix, Richard, 93
Doby, Larry, 228
Dominican Republic, 371
Donahue, Phil, 436
Don’t Shoot, It’s Only Me (Hope and Shavelson), 467
Doolittle, Jimmy, 251
“Do-Re-Mi,” 447
Double Exposure, 102
Douglas, Gordon, 353
Douglas, Kirk, 219, 265, 312, 356
Douglas, Mike, 436
Dors, Diana, 307
Dover, William, 197
Dowling, Eddie, 60
Dowling, Tom, 451
Dr. No, 353
Dr. Rhythm, 121
Dreesen, Tom, 461
Duck Soup, 242
Duke, Vernon, 107
Duncan, Betsy, 280
Dunlevie, Ernie, 356–59
Durbin, Lloyd “Lefty,” 48–51, 53–55, 268
Earl Carroll’s Vanities, 60
Easy Living, 115
Easy Rider, 401
Eckelberry, Avis Hope (niece), 64
Eddy, Nelson, 130
Educational Pictures, 100–101
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 204, 288, 295, 308, 325, 334, 338, 356–58, 383, 390, 412
Eisenhower Medical Center, 357, 411, 424, 472, 482
Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, 339, 434–35, 440, 482
Elrod, Arthur, 425
Englund, Ken, 285
Ennis, Edgar Clyde “Skinnay,” 130–31, 144, 164, 206, 222, 226, 237–38, 330
Erickson, Leif, 124
Erie, Pa., 94–95
Esquire, 200–201
Fabray, Nanette, 398
Facts of Life, The, 332–34, 352
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 267, 269
Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr., 46, 128
Faith, William Robert, 47, 232, 300, 395, 409
Falkenberg, Jinx, 251
Family Ties, 465
Family Weekly, 378
Fancy Pants, 255, 263, 271, 281
Farrell, F. W., 326
Faria, Reita, 379
Faulkner, Linda, 408
Feinstein, Dianne, 483
Fernandel, 316–17
Ferré, Maurice, 460
Ferrell, Bill, 245
Feuer, Margot, 472
Fibber McGee and Molly (Jim and Marian Jordan), 223, 239, 310
Fibber McGee and Molly (radio show), 131, 192, 217
Fidler, Jimmie, 236
Fields, Gracie, 207
Fields, W. C., 5, 79, 100, 112, 115, 120, 124–25, 128, 185, 223, 241, 484
Fifty Million Frenchmen, 101
Findley, Paul, 445
Fisher, Bob, 420
Fisher, Eddie, 374
Fitzgerald, Ella, 132
Fleischmann Hour, The, 86–87
Follow the Sun, 151
Fonda, Jane, 404
Fontaine, Joan, 297
Fontanne, Lynn, 220
Ford, Gerald, 3, 357, 429, 434, 438, 445, 455, 468, 477, 483
Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 326
Fowler, Gene, 316
Fox, Fred, 439
Foy, Eddie, 300–302
France, 141, 220, 252, 278, 286, 298–99, 316–17
Frank, Elizabeth, 136
Hope’s movie career and, 136, 186, 207–8, 224–26, 232, 285–86, 313, 332–34
Frank, Reuven, 392
Frankland, Rosemarie, 279, 353
Freaks, 59
Freberg, Stan, 355
Freedley, Vinton, 110
Freeman, Y. Frank, 214
Friars Club, 88–89, 243, 295, 300
Frigidaire, 267–68, 270–71, 274, 279, 289
Fugazy, Bill, 461
Fulbright, William, 377
Fulton, Sue, 104
Funny Face, 60
Gable, Clark, 120, 149, 176, 182, 198–99, 204
Gable, Rhea, 120
Gabler, Neil, 83
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 292, 336–37, 398, 420
Gabriel, Roman, 413
Gallup, George, 246
Gang, Martin, 214, 227, 275, 311, 402
Gannon, Eddie, 358
Garbo, Greta, 148
Gardner, Ava, 312
Gardner, Ed, 207
Garfield, John, 182
Garland, Judy, 149, 166, 217, 279
Hope’s radio career and, 133, 143–44, 160
Gates, Bob, 190–91
Gaxton, William, 109
Gayle, Crystal, 447
Hope’s radio career and, 8, 246–47
Hope’s stage shows and, 8–9
Hope’s television career and, 269–70
General Foods, 289, 291–92, 298
George White’s Scandals, 60
George VI, King of Great Britain, 142, 239–40
Gorgeous George, 266
Germany, 29, 52–53, 240, 278, 334, 338
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 327, 393, 403
Hope’s movie career and, 164, 188, 195
immigrants in Cleveland from, 35, 39
World War II and, 142, 188–89, 194–95, 197–98, 201, 204, 209, 219–20
Gershwin, George, 60, 131, 313
“Get High on Yourself,” 458
Ghost Breakers, The, 162–64, 167
Giddins, Gary, 157
Gilligan’s Island, 135
Gimme a Break, 433
Ginsberg, Henry, 256
Giselle, 447
Give Me a Sailor, 120, 127, 145
Gleason, Jackie, 5–6, 312, 323, 398, 400, 419, 484
Global Affair, A, 353–54
Goddard, Charles, 163
Hope’s movie career and, 139, 146–47, 163, 173, 215
Godfather Part II, The, 429–30
Godfrey, Arthur, 266, 269, 292
Going My Way, 218
Going Spanish, 100–101
Goldwater, Barry, 350, 366, 408
Goldwyn, Samuel, 135, 162, 195, 208, 218
Gone With the Wind, 6, 148–49, 166
Goodman, Al, 103
Goodwin, Bill, 130, 132, 144, 293
Gordon, Charles George “Chinese,” 28
Gordon, Max, 90–91
Gordon, Nancy, 451
Gormé, Eydie, 398
Gould, Elliott, 404
Gould, Jack, 238, 295, 322, 365, 387, 404
Goulder, Grace, 41
Goulet, Robert, 425
Graduate, The, 387
Grant, Cary, 120, 184, 312, 314, 460
Grant, Johnny, 374
Graves, Teresa, 393
Gray, John, 406
Great Britain, 35, 39, 58–59, 62, 107, 251–52, 269–70, 277–81, 327, 343, 345, 359, 371, 379, 391, 427–28, 436, 440
Hope honored in, 402–3
Hope’s birth in, 27–29
Hope’s golf tournament in, 450, 456, 458–59
Hope’s infancy and childhood in, 1, 23, 29, 31–32
Hope’s Moscow trip and, 304, 318–21
Hope’s movie career and, 186, 285–86, 304, 307, 314–15, 318, 353, 442
Hope’s parents’ lives in, 23–33, 37
Hope’s personal appearances in, 8–9, 278–80, 318, 339, 446–47
Hope’s radio career and, 185, 239–40
Hope’s television career and, 298–99, 307, 316, 324
Hope’s trips to, 140–41, 160, 197–200, 239–40, 279–81, 288–89, 309, 318–19, 329
World War II and, 142, 166–67, 192, 195, 197–200, 203–5, 219–20, 280, 485–86
Broadway and, 82–84
Greatest Show on Earth, The, 294–95
Great Guilfoil, 66
Great Lover, The, 258
Greene, Shecky, 426
Greene, Ward, 227–28
Grier, Roosevelt, 388
Griffin, Merv, 413
Guam, USS, 458
Guare, John, 349–50
Guedel, John, 237
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 386
Guinness Book of Records, The, 467
Gulf War, 468
Gunga Din, 148
Guthrie, Arlo, 437
Hagler, Marvin, 461
Haldeman, H. R., 411
Hall, Alexander, 258
Hall, Jon, 191
Halper, Dave, 97
Halper, Deborah, 97
Hammond, Percy, 103
Hands Across the Table, 115
Hanley, James, 60
Harbach, Otto, 90–91
Harburg, E. Y. “Yip,” 84
Hargitay, Mickey, 337
Harris, Phil, 443
Harrison, George, 484
Harrison, Rex, 279
Hartman, Don, 151–52, 167, 186, 193
Harvey, Jane, 251
Hasso, Signe, 235
Have Girls, Will Travel, 344
Have Tux, Will Travel (Hope and Martin), 31, 37, 39–40, 44–46, 48, 53, 55, 58, 72, 74, 94–95, 98, 108, 143, 270, 296
Head, Edith, 334
Hearn, Tom, 327
Hearst, William Randolph, 213, 217, 228, 271, 378
Hearts and Minds, 430
Heatherton, Joey, 371–72, 374, 379
Hecht, Ben, 314–15
Henderson, Florence, 445
Henderson, Ray, 102
Henry VIII, 28
Henry, Pat, 422
Henson, Jim, 460
Hepburn, Katharine, 304, 312, 314–15, 354
Here Come the Girls, 297
Her School for Bachelors, 344
Hicks, Milt, 356
High, Wide, and Handsome, 151
Hi-Hatters, 272
Hilton sisters, 58–59
Hitchens, Christopher, 3
Hitler, Adolf, 141, 189, 219–21
Hoch, Scott, 477
Hoffman, Dustin, 387
Hoffman’s restaurant, 42
Holden, Stephen, 480
Holden, William, 182, 305–6, 332
Hollywood Reporter, 254, 298, 315, 399, 479
Hollywood Victory Caravan, 184
Honor America Day, 400–401
Hope, Anthony Jude “Tony” (son), 161, 214, 259, 339–40, 349, 407, 450
father’s death and, 482–83
father’s relationship with, 302, 329, 437–38
movie career of, 437–38
television career of, 384, 437
Hope, Avis Towns (mother), 18
background of, 24–25
emigration of, 32–34
husband’s courtship of, 25–26
illnesses of, 32, 75, 90, 97–98
life in Cleveland of, 36–44, 46, 50, 76
life in Great Britain of, 23–33, 37
physical appearance of, 25, 39
and son’s childhood and adolescence, 32–34, 38, 41–43, 46, 175
son’s vaudeville career and, 50, 64, 75–76
Hope, Bob:
alcohol consumed by, 83, 382, 445, 464
alleged bisexuality of, 63
ambitions of, 13–14, 19, 50, 80, 103, 106, 158, 312, 317, 326, 355, 378–79, 436
awards and honors of, 1–2, 15, 29, 38, 41, 126, 137–38, 140, 166–67, 177, 204–5, 217–18, 264, 294–95, 322, 325–26, 331, 338, 340–41, 345, 355, 377, 387, 390–93, 402–5, 408, 411, 413, 426, 450–51, 455–57, 459–60, 466–67, 470, 475, 481–83
benefit appearances of, 89–90, 111, 126, 166–67, 176, 215, 217, 219, 235, 271, 281, 283, 314, 317, 326–27, 340, 346, 351, 358, 375, 402, 406, 426, 431, 433, 442, 454, 458, 461, 463, 472, 479–80, 485
blackface appearances of, 56, 64–65
in breaking fourth wall, 71, 156, 170, 224, 284, 287, 297
business skills of, 14–15, 162, 254, 270–71, 299, 309–12, 332, 348, 454
censorship issues of, 78–79, 136–37, 165–66, 189, 216–17, 226, 236–37, 282, 320–21, 403–4, 448
charisma of, 9–10, 212, 345, 476
charitable donations of, 176, 206, 226, 280, 347–48, 355, 357
charm of, 9–10, 18, 135, 249, 280, 301, 451
childhood and adolescence of, 1, 12, 23, 31–34, 38, 40–46, 128, 139–40, 175
as childlike naïf, 187
children of, 1, 12, 143, 157, 161, 182, 198, 206, 214, 228–30, 236, 251, 259, 272, 274, 277, 285, 302–3, 313, 329, 339–40, 348–51, 358, 380–81, 383–84, 388–89, 392–93, 403, 406–7, 424, 426, 436–38, 442, 447, 449–50, 454–55, 467, 474–79, 481–83
Christmas shows and tours of, 6, 17, 243, 251–52, 258–60, 264, 272, 278, 281–82, 307, 317–18, 326–30, 336–39, 344, 346, 363–88, 393–97, 401–4, 408–11, 413–15, 455, 457–58, 465, 467–68, 476
commercials done by, 284, 432–33, 449, 454, 466, 474
confrontations avoided by, 346
cowardly characters played by, 5, 146–47, 250, 353
crimes committed by, 42–43
cue cards used by, 354, 366, 370, 381, 398, 415, 422, 441, 462, 466, 468–69
dancing of, 46–49, 51, 56–59, 61, 65–67, 73, 76, 80, 93, 199, 212, 242, 268, 300–301, 307, 365, 461, 467–68
deference expected by, 346, 406
dementia of, 479–81
detachment of, 9, 11–12, 31, 345–46, 349, 406, 424, 464
divorce of, 95–96
dramatic roles of, 256–58, 301–2, 312, 316, 465
eightieth birthday of, 457
emceeing of, 1, 4, 6–7, 54, 61–63, 65–68, 78, 81, 84–85, 88, 103–4, 111, 126, 148–50, 162, 166, 184–85, 195, 207, 218, 220, 264, 281, 293–94, 330–31, 386–87, 401, 403
emigration of, 1, 33–34, 140, 197
fame and popularity of, 3–6, 10, 13–19, 81, 86, 88, 92, 135, 140–41, 145, 147, 157–59, 161, 164, 167, 172–77, 185, 192, 197, 200, 206–7, 216–17, 222–23, 226–27, 238–39, 253–55, 258–60, 264–66, 272–74, 279, 282–84, 289, 292, 296, 302–3, 306–7, 312, 318, 323–26, 328–30, 338, 342, 345, 349, 363, 365, 367, 369–70, 374, 377–79, 381, 388, 397–98, 404, 414, 445, 455, 458, 474, 476, 485–86
finances of, 3, 11, 13–15, 41–42, 46, 48, 50, 57–58, 61, 65–66, 70–72, 74, 76, 81, 92, 97, 100–101, 112, 119, 127–31, 134, 136, 140, 145, 159, 161–62, 164, 176–77, 214, 218, 226–28, 231–32, 234, 236, 239, 241, 247, 254–56, 264, 267–68, 271–72, 284, 300, 309–11, 321, 324, 328, 340, 345–48, 351, 397, 399, 426–27, 432–33, 438, 440, 446–47, 451, 458–61, 466, 470–74, 483
footraces of, 42
funeral of, 482–83
gait of, 4, 111, 127, 289, 453
golf played by, 2, 9–10, 13, 15–16, 83, 89, 98, 121, 128, 141, 143, 150, 157, 161, 184, 192, 200, 207–8, 226, 236, 249, 251, 254, 263–64, 280–81, 285, 295, 299, 326–27, 329, 343, 353, 357–59, 382, 411, 428–29, 433, 435, 440, 442, 452, 454, 461, 477–78
golf tournaments of, 15, 355–58, 367, 424, 432, 450, 452, 456, 458–59, 461, 477
hearing problems of, 453, 464, 468–70, 475, 479–81
home life of, 349–51, 406, 424, 451–52
hundredth birthday of, 467, 482, 484
illnesses of, 17, 210, 217, 236, 259, 327–28, 330, 365, 392–93, 453, 468, 482
improvising of, 5–7, 10, 48, 61, 66, 71, 75, 110, 142, 152, 156, 165, 239–40, 325, 444
injuries of, 41, 46, 199, 201, 236, 255–56, 263, 267, 307, 333, 372
jokes of, 3, 6–11, 18, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 56, 58, 61, 66–68, 71, 73–74, 78–79, 81, 84–87, 89–91, 98–99, 101–6, 122–24, 128–39, 142, 144–46, 149, 152, 154, 158–59, 163–66, 170, 183, 185, 187–95, 198–202, 205–7, 211, 213, 216, 218, 221–23, 225, 233–34, 239–40, 242, 246–47, 252, 256, 264, 266, 268–70, 273, 278, 281, 288–94, 301, 304, 306, 308–9, 314–15, 317, 319–21, 323, 325, 329, 331–32, 334–35, 338, 342, 347, 349, 357–58, 367–69, 371–72, 377, 381, 384–85, 387–91, 393–96, 398, 403–4, 408, 414–15, 422–23, 425, 428–31, 434–35, 438–41, 443–46, 448–49, 455–56, 462–66, 469–70, 477, 485–86
journalism career of, 213, 217–18, 220, 227–28, 247, 271, 273, 378, 440
lawsuits of, 231, 275, 425, 473–74
legacy of, 2, 4–7, 14, 16–19, 206, 260, 466, 483–85
as Leslie Towns Hope, 28, 31–32, 38, 40–42, 44, 46–48, 53–56, 64–65, 94–96
loyalty of, 255, 348, 380, 429, 455
major works of, 533–36
marketing and self-promotion of, 4, 11, 15, 45, 58, 63, 78, 97, 157, 160, 173, 175–76, 252, 284, 301, 313–14, 324, 326, 328–29, 354–55, 378, 397, 432–36, 446, 454, 464, 466–67, 479, 485
marriages of, 12, 94–98, 159–60, 182, 197, 277–78
memoirs, 9, 15–16, 31, 37, 39–40, 44–46, 48, 53, 55, 58, 72, 74, 94–95, 98, 108, 143, 175–76, 199, 203, 205–6, 227, 270, 275, 296, 321, 355, 359, 396, 410, 414, 467, 479
middle name of, 24
monologues of, 6–8, 10–11, 17, 62, 73, 81, 98, 121–23, 126–28, 131–34, 149–50, 164–65, 174, 177, 183, 207, 245, 247, 268, 270, 288–89, 304, 306, 308–9, 320, 325, 331–32, 337–38, 355, 358, 372, 376, 387, 398, 415, 422–23, 430, 440–41, 443, 449, 463, 467, 469–70, 484
nervousness of, 71, 87, 104, 146, 163, 268–69, 346, 374
ninetieth birthday of, 475–76, 478
old age of, 13, 443–44, 453–54, 457–58, 462, 467–81
as old-fashioned, 3, 311, 335, 371, 381, 398, 401–2, 429
pace of, 8, 62, 67, 69, 73, 83, 98–99, 103–5, 123, 129, 132–33, 156, 163, 195, 242, 269–70, 289, 328, 351, 426, 439–40, 446, 469
patriotism of, 16, 206, 215, 221, 241, 260, 269, 274, 318, 339, 375, 377, 383, 397, 434, 468
personal appearances of, 10–11, 158, 161–62, 226–27, 252–54, 260, 278–80, 297, 318, 328, 339–40, 351, 392, 405–6, 423, 426, 439–40, 453–56, 466
physical appearance of, 2–4, 6, 40, 44–46, 54, 58, 64–65, 68, 83, 96, 100–101, 106, 110–11, 119, 121, 125, 146, 149, 156, 158, 172–73, 186–87, 193, 202, 212, 225, 236, 239, 244, 247, 268–70, 272, 285–86, 289, 294, 325, 334, 342, 346, 359, 366–67, 381, 425–26, 453, 466, 481
physical comedy of, 233–34, 250
politics of, 3, 16, 136, 240–41, 246, 275, 288–89, 304, 322, 334, 350–51, 368, 375, 377–79, 381–83, 389–92, 394, 402, 404–8, 413, 429, 435, 455–56
pool shooting of, 41–42
production staff of, 311–12, 342, 376, 392, 432–34
protests against and booing, 391–92, 395–96, 403–5, 414, 423, 472–73
public image of, 11–13, 15–16, 106, 121, 126, 167, 176, 259, 272, 275, 435, 473–74
real estate hoarding of, 470–73
religious beliefs of, 94, 368, 373, 481
reputation of, 3, 16, 106, 176, 247, 275
retirement of, 476–80
role models of, 62–63
second wife courted by, 93–95
self-confidence of, 4, 8, 68, 78, 87, 104, 111, 132, 141, 164, 211–12, 289
self-deprecating humor of, 19, 129, 131, 170
seventy-fifth birthday of, 444–45, 451, 460
singing of, 4–5, 44, 46, 56, 59, 67, 73, 80, 83, 87, 101, 107–8, 110, 112, 117–19, 125–26, 128, 137–39, 154, 193, 212, 242, 249, 269, 271, 281–82, 284, 286–87, 297, 306–7, 389, 449, 455, 468–69, 480
slowing down of, 299–300, 328–29
stage mannerisms of, 4, 8–9, 359, 366–67, 381
stage shows of, 4, 8–9, 16–19, 43, 140–41, 143, 158–59, 161, 184, 214, 226, 239, 264–65, 275, 278–79, 284, 313–14, 427, 445–47, 450, 454
state dinner performances of, 434–35
in talent shows, 40–41
tirelessness of, 4, 6, 13, 16, 140–41, 157, 167, 185, 195–96, 200–201, 205, 259, 292, 323–24, 385, 453, 458
troops entertained by, 1–3, 6–7, 15–18, 173–75, 182–83, 185, 188–92, 195–222, 227, 236, 240, 243, 250–52, 258–60, 264, 270, 272–76, 278, 283, 305–7, 317–18, 326–27, 329–30, 334, 336–39, 341, 363–64, 366–77, 380–82, 384–88, 393–97, 401–4, 408, 410, 413–15, 446, 457, 465, 467–68, 476, 484–86
vacations of, 139–43, 157, 236, 302, 329, 341
womanizing of, 5, 12, 83, 92, 110, 135, 160, 248–49, 253–54, 265, 276–79, 303, 319, 345, 351, 353, 427–28, 473–74
writers employed by, 7–8, 10–11, 13, 15, 63, 74–75, 78, 84, 105, 123, 129–30, 132–37, 144–45, 152–53, 158, 161, 177, 174, 186, 206, 217–18, 231, 239, 245–49, 251, 259, 263, 267–70, 272, 275, 277–78, 280, 300, 309, 316–17, 319–22, 331, 342–43, 345, 347, 349, 372, 376, 391, 399, 402, 414–15, 420, 427, 431–32, 434–35, 438–41, 445, 461–63, 466–68, 470
Hope, Dolores De Fina (second wife), 12–13, 106, 128, 150, 206, 239–40, 264, 272, 274, 358, 411, 415, 422, 429, 443, 461, 482, 486
children of, 143, 157, 228–30, 251, 259, 285, 302–3, 380–81, 384, 388, 392–93, 424, 438, 474–75
home life and, 349–50, 424–25, 451–52
husband’s Broadway career and, 99, 119
husband’s Christmas shows and, 251–52, 259, 380–81, 393, 414
husband’s courtship of, 93–95
husband’s first meeting with, 92–93
husband’s illness and, 327–28
husband’s movie career and, 112, 119–20, 197, 285–86
husband’s ninetieth birthday and, 475–76
husband’s radio career and, 159–60, 245–46
husband’s retirement and, 478, 480
husband’s seventy-fifth birthday and, 444–45
husband’s stage shows and, 140, 278
husband’s womanizing and, 253, 276–77, 303
marriage of, 12, 95–98, 159–60, 197, 277–78
physical appearance of, 92, 99, 230 religious beliefs of, 12, 142, 160–61, 229–30, 278, 368, 384, 388, 452, 474, 481
singing career of, 92–95, 97–99, 158–60, 245–46, 448, 468, 476, 480
vacations of, 140–43, 236, 329
vaudeville career of, 98–99
World War II and, 142, 177, 196–97, 211, 214, 228
Hope, Emily (grandmother), 25
Hope, Emily (sister), 26–27
Hope, Francis James “Jim” (brother), 26–27, 30, 98, 140, 432
and brother’s childhood and adolescence, 31–32, 40, 43–44
brother’s conflicts with, 231–32
brother’s vaudeville career and, 55, 63, 75–76, 231–32
early life in Cleveland of, 36–37, 39–40, 43–44, 46–47
emigration of, 32–34
Hope, Frank (uncle), 30, 34, 36–37, 140
Hope, Fred (uncle), 30, 34, 36
Hope, Frederick (brother), 26, 76, 128, 140, 231, 432
early life in Cleveland of, 39–41, 44–47
military career of, 43–44
Hope, George (brother), 38, 64, 140, 231, 343, 392
vaudeville career of, 76–77
Hope, Honorah (daughter), 229, 259, 406
break with family of, 12, 474–75
father’s Christmas tours and, 380–81
father’s relationship with, 302, 329, 349
marriage of, 392–93
Hope, Ivor (brother), 26, 30–32, 36, 39, 76, 140, 231
Hope, James (grandfather), 25–28, 141, 198, 482
Hope, Judith Richards (daughter-in-law), 384, 438
Hope, Linda Theresa (daughter), 1, 285, 351, 442, 481–83
father’s business style and, 348, 358
father’s China trip and, 447, 449
father’s Christmas tours and, 259, 383, 467
father’s relationship with, 302–3, 329, 436, 447, 449, 459, 477
father’s retirement and, 476–79
father’s womanizing and, 277, 303
Hope Enterprises and, 436, 447, 454–55
and sister’s break with family, 474–75
Hope, Mary Byrne (sister-in-law), 64
Hope, Miranda (granddaughter), 2, 65, 467
Hope, Sidney (brother), 29, 39–41, 76, 140, 231, 424
Hope, William Henry “Harry” (father), 29–34, 140
background of, 23–25
emigration of, 30–33
injuries of, 29–30
life in Cleveland of, 36–38, 40, 43–44, 50, 76
life in Great Britain of, 23–31, 37
physical appearance of, 27, 37
and son’s childhood and adolescence, 38, 41, 43, 175
son’s vaudeville career and, 50, 76
wife courted by, 25–26
Hope, William John “Jack” (brother), 27, 32, 39–41, 231, 272
brother’s relationship with, 128–29, 136
brother’s stage shows and, 140, 226
brother’s television career and, 305, 311, 340
military career of, 43–44
Hope, William Kelly “Kelly” (son), 229, 259, 313, 350, 474
father’s Christmas tours and, 380–81, 393
father’s death and, 482–83
father’s relationship with, 302–3, 329
Hope, Wyn (sister-in-law), 231
Hope, Zachary (grandson), 409, 482–83
Hope Enterprises, 218–19, 227, 255, 397, 431–32, 446–47
Hope’s daughter and, 436, 447, 454–55
Hope’s movie career and, 298, 300, 420
Hope’s television career and, 271, 309, 426
Hope’s Christmas tours and, 307, 318, 326
Hope’s movie career and, 125, 137, 298
Houdini, Harry, 52
House, Howard, 468
House of Blue Leaves, The, 349
Howard brothers, 84–85
“How’d Ya Like to Love Me,” 126
Howdy Doody, 266
How to Commit Marriage, 399–400, 419
Hudson, Rock, 330
Hughes, Howard, 249
Hughes, Marjorie, 311–12, 431–32
Humphrey, Hal, 382
Hunter, Catfish, 435
Huntley and Brinkley, 372
Hurley, Fred, 49–50, 53, 55–58
Hurok, Sol, 323
Hurricane, 151
Hussein, Saddam, 467–68
Hyde, Johnny, 61
Iacocca, Lee, 483
“I Can’t Get Started,” 107–8
“I’ll Be Hard to Handle,” 91
I’ll Take Sweden, 353, 371, 420–21
Impellitteri, Vincent, 295
I Never Left Home (Hope), 16, 199, 203, 205–6, 227
Inge, William, 344
Inside the Actors Studio, 444
International House, 120
In the Heat of the Night, 386
“In the Navy,” 446
Intimate Revue, The, 103–4, 196
Intimate Strangers (Schickel), 17
I Owe Russia $1200 (Hope), 321, 355
Iran hostage crisis, 450
Iron Petticoat, The, 304–5, 307, 314–15, 354
“Isn’t It Romantic,” 190
“I Surrender Dear,” 88
“I Thought About You,” 480
It Says Here, 218, 227–28, 271
It’s a Gift, 241
“It’s Only a Paper Moon,” 92, 476, 480
“I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues,” 102
“I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face,” 307