THIS IS BOB HOPE... (AMERICAN MASTERS) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2017
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: American Masters: This is Bob Hope… ; ; During his eight-decade career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment: Vaudeville, Broadway, movies, radio, television, popular song and personal appearances, including hosting the Academy Awards a record 19 times and his annual USO Christmas military tours. American Masters explores the entertainer's life with unprecedented access to his personal archives and clips from his classic films (The Road pictures, My Favorite Blonde), radio and TV shows. Hear excerpts of Hope's writings voiced by Billy Crystal plus interviews with Woody Allen, Dick Cavett, Margaret Cho, Linda Hope, Kermit the Frog, Leonard Maltin, Conan O'Brien, Tom Selleck, Brooke Shields, Connie Stevens and Hope writers Larry Gelbart, Mort Lachman, Robert I. Mills, Sherwood Schwartz, Mel Shavelson.;
• Cast: Gracie Allen, Woody Allen, Ann-Margret, Pearl Bailey, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Les Brown, George Burns, James Cagney, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Margaret Cho, Rosemary Clooney, Jerry Colonna, Bing Crosby, Billy Crystal, Sammy Davis Jr., Phyllis Diller, Kirk Douglas, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Aretha Franklin, Larry Gelbart, Betty Grable, Bob Hope, Dolores Hope, Linda Hope, Harry James, Dorothy Lamour, Frances Langford, Fred MacMurray, Leonard Maltin, Marilyn Maxwell, Ethel Merman, Robert L. Mills, Tim Naftali, Richard Nixon, Conan O'Brien, Janis Paige, Ronald Reagan, Diana Ross, Sherwood Schwartz, Tom Selleck, Melville Shavelson, Brooke Shields, Connie Stevens, James Stewart, Lana Turner, Matt Vogel, Raquel Welch, Richard Zoglin, Paulette Goddard, Anthony Quinn, John Scheinfeld
• Director: John Scheinfeld
• Runtime: 2:00
• Company: WNET PBS, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• Media Format: Series