Bob Hope said he wouldn’t do the movie without her, so she joined for a musical cameo as a sort of compromise. The film wasn't as well-received as the previous installments, possibly due to the ...

Already a household name in 1941, Hope was spurred to action by the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, launching a tour of ...

And it was that style that I think Bob developed into what we think of today as stand-up comedy. Hope started appearing in films in the 1930s, and went on to become a huge movie star. He also ...