Movies: Bob Hope

An over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders....

Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter...

During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the entertainer’s life through his personal archives and clips from his classic films....

John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America....

Steve Martin's first network special for NBC offers part concert footage (shot at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles) and part sketch comedy....

The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s....

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A South American festival brings slapstick love trouble to Bob Hope....

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and o...

A tribute to Joe Zawislak and his horror host character "Dr. Shock"....

An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career....

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist....

A documentary about the 82% of US citizens that listen to the radio for their entertainment, news and sport....

A comedy classic whodunit with an amazing comedic ensemble group. An hour comedy special in which Bob Hope plays a mad scientist who invents a nuclear chemical that is capable of shrinking the United States....

Bob Hope's 1984 NBC Christmas Special....

Dozens of stars--including Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Bob Hope, and more--demonstrate how the yuletide season is celebrated in the perpetually warm and sunny world of Hollywood, California....

Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers....

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012....

Contacted by Fred Silverman, the President of NBC, Lucille Ball accepts to go back to work as a producer. With the help of her faithful production assistant, Gale Gordon, she starts working on a new series titled "The Music Mart"....

Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982, this special produced by the US International Communication Agency protesting the then recent imposition of martial law in Poland. Hosted by Charlton Heston, Max von Sydow, and Glenda...