Bob Hope: The Road Well Traveled (Applause Books)

by Lawrence Quirk (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $5.48

  Bob Hope's career stretched from Vaudeville to the Gulf War. He remains one of the great movie stars of all time and one of the most popular entertainers ever. And yet, despite his millions of fans, he is in many ways one of the least known superstars. Lawrence Quirk's biography sets the record straight as he charts the rise and rise of a great entertainer from his birth in Eltham, England in 1903, by way of Vaudeville hoofer and comic, Broadway musical star, radio-comedy pioneer, through decades of Hollywood stardom, celebrated Oscar emcee, and much, much, more.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.25

  Lawrence J. Quirk delves into every personal and professional aspect of Bob Hope's long, complex and dramatic life; rising by sheer dint of will to great wealth and fame. Why did Hope become so identified with sponsoring the Vietnam War? What's the real scoop on his relationship with Bing Crosby? How far astray did Hope's frankly oversexednature lead him from the marriage he succuessfully maintained with Dolores for over sixty years?Quirk writes about Hope based on long experience. He knew and interviewed Bob Hope while serving as an army sergeant during the Korean war and later as entertainment editor, and interviewer of top stars for over forty years.

• New

  Paperback
  2000

  $15.82

  Bob Hope's career stretched from Vaudeville to the Gulf War. He remains one of the great movie stars of all time and one of the most popular entertainers ever. And yet, despite his millions of fans, he is in many ways one of the least known superstars. Lawrence Quirk's biography sets the record straight as he charts the rise and rise of a great entertainer from his birth in Eltham, England in 1903, by way of Vaudeville hoofer and comic, Broadway musical star, radio-comedy pioneer, through decades of Hollywood stardom, celebrated Oscar emcee, and much, much, more.