02999nam 2200649 a 450 991095558140332120260120190750.097982160093689786612404634978128240463212824046369780313014741031301474410.5040/9798216009368(CKB)1000000000806934(EBL)497279(OCoLC)513908805(SSID)ssj0000342484(PQKBManifestationID)12084408(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342484(PQKBWorkID)10284931(PQKB)10680760(Au-PeEL)EBL497279(CaPaEBR)ebr10348125(CaONFJC)MIL240463(MiAaPQ)EBC497279(DLC)BP9798216009368BC(Perlego)4167933(OCoLC)56085963(EXLCZ)99100000000080693420040728d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe road to comedy the films of Bob Hope /Donald W. McCaffrey1st ed.Westport, Conn :Praeger,2005.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (216 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780275982577 0275982572 Filmography: p. [179]-181.Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Song, Dance, and Gags: From Vaudeville to Radio; 2 Hollywood Embraces a Song and Dance Man; 3 Starring Hope During the War Years; 4 There Was Hope and Hartmann; 5 Some Hits and Misses; 6 Neglected and Underrated Movies; 7 The Rocky Road to Exotic Worlds; 8 Fade Out on Movies: The Fade In of the Small Screen; 9 Through the Decades with Hope's Films: 1934 to 1972; 10 Assessment: Bob Hope's Legacy; Appendix A: Bob Hope Films; Appendix B: Selected Bob Hope Awards; Appendix C: Selected Bob Hope Honors; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexAlthough 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. Now, in The Road to Comedy: The Films of Bob Hope, noted film comedy authority Donald W. McCaffrey finally places Hope in his well-deserved position among the highest rank of film comedians of his era. Drawing on archival materials and interviews with collaborators, McCaffrey analyzes each major film in791.4302/8/092McCaffrey Donald W530162DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910955581403321The road to comedy4337542UNINA