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Hope: entertainer of the century

By Richard , Hope , Bob;Zoglin

Book information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
2014
ISBN
9781439140277, 9781439148587, 1439140278, 9781439140284, 1439140286
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
38 MB (39447964 bytes)
Edition
1. Simon & Schuster hardcover ed
Pages
VIII, 565 Seiten, [8] Blätter : Illustrationen ;
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

“Revelatory…fascinating” (The New York Times): The first definitive biography of Bob Hope, featuring exclusive and extensive reporting that makes the persuasive case that he was the most important entertainer of the twentieth century. With his topical jokes and his all-American, brash-but-cowardly screen character, Bob Hope was the only entertainer to achieve top-rated success in every major mass-entertainment medium of the century, from vaudeville in the 1920s all the way to television in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He virtually invented modern stand-up comedy. Above all, he helped redefine the very notion of what it means to be a star: a savvy businessman, an enterprising builder of his own brand, and a public-spirited entertainer whose Christmas military tours and unflagging work for charity set the standard for public service in Hollywood. As Richard Zoglin shows in this “entertaining and important book” (The Wall Street...

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