Bob Hope

Sally (2025)

Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal story. Her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, unveils their covert 27-year romance and its accompanying sacrifices. ...

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story (2022)

Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children's television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever made and revealing chats with some of TV's most beloved stars. But Konnie also tells a perhaps more surpri ...

Rat Pack (2022)

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford together form the "rat pack": they sing the most popular hits of the moment, star in ...

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)

In the mid-1950s, Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, young composers and romantic partners, are hired by legendary silent film star Gloria Swanson to write a musical based on her film Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder in 1950. ...

Howard (2018)

Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman's family, friends, associates, and longtime partn ...

This Is Bob Hope... (2017)

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. ...

The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes includ ...

Mansfield 66/67 (2017)

About the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield's life and the speculation swirling around her untimely death being caused by a curse after her alleged romantic dalliance with Anton LaVey, head of the Church of Satan. ...

Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops (2016)

Dazzling appearances by Ursula Andress, Teresa Graves, Gloria Loring, Bobbi Martin, Romy Schneider, Miss United Kingdom, Miss Worlds, The Golddiggers, and more! Astronaut Neil Armstrong answers questions about being the first man on the moon, and Bob and C ...

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde (2015)

On June 29, 1967, Jayne Mansfield tragically died at the age of 34. Her stunning blue Buick Electra collided with and was crushed under a semi-trailer truck. With her voluptuous figure and baby-doll face, Hollywood's most photographed actress did everythin ...

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered (2014)

Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm. Narrated by Stanley Tucci and directed by Robert Trach ...

Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials (2010)

Bing Crosby and Christmas - they're inseparable. It was only natural for the voice that sold more than 100 million copies of 'White Christmas' to eventually celebrate the season on television. This second volume of Crosby television specials showcases thos ...

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010)

The story of the unlikely alliance between two of the most renowned innovators of the twentieth century: brilliantly eccentric Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí and American entertainment innovator Walt Disney. ...

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special. ...

Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas (2008)

For the first time ever, this release brings together the magic of the holiday season with three classic shows from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. ...

The Best of Carson, Volume 1 (2006)

Relive the memories from 30 years of The Tonight Show in this 3 DVD collection of the most hilarious moments with the biggest stars in television history. All of your old Tonight Show favorites are here - Johnny's monologue, wildlife handler Jim Fowler, th ...

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (2006)

"Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer" is a feature-length documentary. In this entertaining look at the legendary singer's life, hosted by two-time Grammy award singer Lou Rawls, Frankie tells his own story. Classic archive footage of the great performances ...

Legendary Christmas Entertainers (2005)

Here are all your favorite holiday entertainers on one delightful DVD! Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Mel Tormé and more, in vintage television performances, singing all your favorite Christmas songs - plus - Bob Hope in some hilarious holiday ...

Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)

As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But d ...

Christmas in Hollywood (2003)

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. ...

Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter (2003)

The documentary Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter contains numerous clips from the film and television work of the beloved entertainer. These snippets are intercut with interview footage featuring people who worked with Hope as well as film historian Leonard ...

Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer (2003)

His career started in the glory days of vaudeville. More than 70 years later, he is revered as the most popular and influential entertainer of the century, the show-biz giant all others are measured against. On stage and screen, on TV and radio, on Broadwa ...

Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)

A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for the films of Paramount studio which includes Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday and many others during her distinguished career that lasted more than six decades an ...

Bob Hope and the Road to Success (2002)

Familiarize yourself with a brief background of Bob Hope's growth as an all-around entertainer beginning with vaudeville. He enjoyed being a performer and would do whatever was necessary to entertain the masses. ...

Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO (2002)

When the United States entered World War II, President Roosevelt exempted Bob Hope from military service because of the need for entertainers. So began Bob's lifelong career entertaining U.S. troops at home and abroad. When the USO (United Service Organiza ...

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)

This Bob Hope Special called "Highlights of a Quarter Century" begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very fi ...

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 (2001)

This Bob Hope Special called "Highlights of a Quarter Century" begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very fi ...

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's (2000)

Highlights from the great musicals of the 1940s. Stars featured include Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante and Frank Sinatra. ...

Buñuel in Hollywood (2000)

This documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through the Aragonese filmmaker stays in the U.S., the characters he met, the films he made and he could never do. The pr ...

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999)

Second installment of deleted scenes, mostly musical or comedic, from Fox films of the 30's - 50's. ...

Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died (1999)

On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. ...

Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno. ...

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)

Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the 1970s and 1980s, which roasted (or honored) such stars as Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali and Johnny Carson; guests ...

Vaudeville (1997)

Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s) is illustrated. ...

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones. ...

Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents (1996)

For 11 Presidents, Bob Hope was a golfing buddy, national jester and constant guest at the White House. This special includes personal recollections about Bob from the Clintons, the Bushs, the Fords, and David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower. Guests Tony Danza, ...

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies. ...

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain. ...

That Little Monster (1994)

A young teenage girl is hired by a strange couple to watch their baby for the night. What the babysitter doesn't know is how strange the couple is, and exactly what kind of baby she is watching over. ...

100 Years at the Movies (1994)

Commemorates the centennial of American movies with a montage of clips and music scores from the most important movies of the century. ...

Liberation (1994)

Liberation tells the dramatic story of the battle waged on two fronts during World War II - the Allied campaign to liberate Europe and Hitler's genocidal campaign against the Jews. The World War II documentary uses film footage, radio broadcasts, and perio ...

A Century of Cinema (1994)

A look back at the first 100 years of the movies. ...

Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (1993)

A 2-hour show highlighting the funniest moments from 40 years of Bob Hope Christmas specials. ...

Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia (1991)

Three years after taping his previous show in the Persian Gulf, Bob Hope returns to the front line to put on another USO Christmas extravaganza, this time in Saudi Arabia for US Troops preparing with other nations to expel Iraq's 1990 invasion and attempte ...

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)

Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events. ...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)

Angela Lansbury hosts a celebration and anniversary tribute to the Wizard of Oz which includes the premiere of the restored, uncut print of the classic. ...

Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)

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

Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989)

A posthumous tribute to comedy legend Lucille Ball by her frequent co-star Bob Hope features clips from many of their sketches and tributes from George Burns, Danny Thomas, Kirk Cameron, and Betty White. ...

Miss Piggy's Hollywood (1989)

In this special, Miss Piggy and her associate producer Gonzo attempt to take viewers on a star-studded trip around Hollywood and fail miserably. ...

Bob Hope's Super Bowl Party! (1989)

Bob Hope hosts this variety special saluting Super Bowl XXIII. Included are comedy sketches, musical numbers, and appearances by the two quarterbacks of the competing teams. ...

Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show (1988)

Hope's annual Christmas show, with songs, skits, and comedy routines. ...

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage. ...

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988)

The life, career, and music of Irving Berlin are celebrated live on stage with musical performances. ...

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC. ...

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film. ...

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986)

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines (1986)

A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was directed by Sandy Olivieri. Here is a partial list of the performers who appeared in the film Bob Newhart, M ...

A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)

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

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)

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

Classic Comedy Teams (1986)

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Marti ...

Spies Like Us (1985)

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war. ...

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)

William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilarious collection of movie and TV bloopers. ...

It's Ho-Ho Hope's Jolly Christmas Hour (1984)

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

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (1984)

Star studded show ...

Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut (1984)

For the first time since the Vietnam War, Bob Hope entertains United States armed service members for his classic USO Christmas show. ...

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business (1983)

An all-star celebrity tribute to celebrate George Burns 80th Anniversary in show business. ...

James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)

A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series. ...

Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50 ...

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. ...

Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982)

Bob Hope takes a look back at the beautiful and funny women he has worked with over the years. More than 60 of Bob's co-stars are here in television and film excerpts. ...

Let Poland Be Poland (1982)

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 Jacks ...

The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special (1981)

George Burns hosts his first Christmas special. ...

A Tribute to Dr. Shock (1980)

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

Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)

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". ...

Bob Hope on the Road to China (1979)

Bob Hope tours China, takes in the culture and meets up with Big Bird, Crystal Gayle, Peaches and Herb, and others. ...

The Muppet Movie (1979)

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet c ...

Leif (1979)

Teen idol Leif Garrett headlines this variety music, dance and comedy sketch special with guest stars Bob Hope, Marie Osmond, Brooke Shields and Japanese pop duo Pink Lady. ...

The Hollywood Clowns (1979)

Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history. ...

Derby Fever USA (1979)

Documentary on the Kentucky Derby. ...

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)

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

Mickey's 50 (1978)

"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse and highlights many moments in his career. ...

Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special (1978)

Beloved singer-actor Pat Boone, his daughter Debby and the entire Boone family enjoy the holiday at home with music and fun, including a visit from old friend Bob Hope, comic John Byner and the humorous Hudson Brothers. The Boone girls sing Bless This Hous ...

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978)

Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Disney's Wonderful World, Walt Disney, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical World of Disney. These are some of the titles of the Disney anthology series that first aired as Disneyland in 1954. R ...

The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977)

The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special was a network Christmas special hosted by Bob Hope, which aired on December 19, 1977, on NBC. Guest stars featured in the special included Olivia Newton-John, Perry Como, Mark Hamill, and the Muppets. ...

Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl (1977)

Ann-Margret singing and dancing at the Grand Ole Opry House with Minnie Pearl, Bob Hope, Perry Como and Chef Atkins. ...

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (1977)

A speculative look forward at the United States' next 200 years. ...

Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special (1976)

Bob Hope and friends celebrate Christmas with skits and interviews. ...

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)

CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. ...

NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976)

A celebration of 50 years of NBC broadcasting in radio and television, since first going on the airwaves on 15 November 1926. ...

Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)

Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sk ...

Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular (1976)

Bob Hope celebrates America's bicentennial. Hope's opening monologue includes jokes about the Fourth of July and the American Revolution, the upcoming Summer Olympics in Montreal, the antics of President Ford and Presidential hopefuls Ronald Reagan and Jim ...

Joys (1976)

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer k ...

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression. ...

Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)

Mitzi Gaynor in a song and dance hour with an all-male, star-studded ensemble featuring her main guests Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) and Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man), plus 28 celebrities as her "Million Dollar Chorus." Songs performed ...

Hearts and Minds (1974)

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in t ...

The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974)

It's the 1974 Las Vegas Entertainment Awards, featuring appearances by Marty Allen, Paul Anka, Ann-Margret, Foster Brooks, Carol Channing, Charo, Roy Clark, Sammy Davis Jr., Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mitzi Gaynor, Bobbie Gentry, Robert Goulet, Shecky Greene, Bob Hope ...

Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling (1973)

Ann-Margret's television special taped in front of a live audience at the Las Vegas Hilton. ...

Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) (1973)

A 1964-1973 Retrospective for homecoming POWs. ...

Cancel My Reservation (1972)

Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect. ...

Richard (1972)

A satirical biopic of a fictional US president Richard, who in many ways intentionally resembles the then-current real life U.S. president, Richard Nixon. ...

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system. ...

Festival at Ford's (1971)

NBC tops off an evening of specials with the second annual musical-variety hour originating at historic Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Bob Hope is host and Raymond Burr narrator for this salute to American entertainment. ...

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World (1971)

A celebrity-filled look at the opening festivities for Walt Disney World in Florida. ...

The Great Radio Comedians (1971)

Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Bob Hope Show, and The Fred Allen Show. ...

The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1971)

Bob Hope and his 1970 USO troupe take their annual Christmas tour of military bases around the world. Guests include Ursula Andress, Johnny Bench, Lola Falana, and Redd Foxx. ...

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970)

Honor America Day (1970)

Bob Hope's 2 1/2 hour star-spangled salute to America... "Honor America Day" as aired on July 4, 1970 on WTOP Channel 4 Washington. Billed as a non-partisan, rally around the flag event, it was really an effort to help out his buddy Nixon and prop up sagg ...

Raquel! (1970)

Raquel! was an April 26, 1970 CBS television special starring Raquel Welch, Tom Jones, Bob Hope and John Wayne executive produced, directed and choreographed by David Winters produced by Winters' company Winters-Rosen for CBS-TV, originally co-sponsored by ...

Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)

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

Roberta (1969)

Bob Hope returns to his stage role in this updated theatrical TV presentation of the musical ...

How to Commit Marriage (1969)

A young couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give the baby up for adoption. The baby's Mother's parents wind up adopting the baby using a fake name. ...

The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends. ...

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)

Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow servicemen, women and beer. The supply ship carrying the beer is torpedoed and the contingent of nurses consists of ...

Carnival Nights (1968)

Jack Benny presents a variety hour with a carnival theme that stars Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Ben Blue, and Paul Revere and The Raiders. Cameos by The Smothers Brothers (as Joe-Joe, the two-headed boy), George Burns (as Martine, the Bearded Lady), and D ...

The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO (1968)

Bob Hope's USO tour from 1968. ...

Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)

This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in pe ...

Eight on the Lam (1967)

Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot. ...

Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966)

During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains ...

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)

Tom Meade mistakenly dials the gorgeous European film star Didi at her Oregon hotel. Didi, who has escaped Hollywood to avoid being typecast as a bombshell, takes up Meade's offer to hide away at his backwoods cabin. Meade, with the help of his housekeeper ...

The Oscar (1966)

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to ...

The Jack Benny Hour (1965)

The Beach Boys appear in a skit with Benny and Hope as surfers. Jack trys to weasel Disneyland tickets from Walt Disney. Also, a skit with Benny, Hope and Sommer in a takeoff on Italian movies. This was Benny's first special after the demise of his regular ...

I'll Take Sweden (1965)

Bob Holcomb will do anything to stop his daughter JoJo from tying the knot with her lazy boyfriend, even move her all the way to Sweden! But once they're "safely" out of the country, JoJo falls for a sly Swedish playboy. ...

The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour (1964)

A Lucille Ball/Bob Hope special. ...

A Global Affair (1964)

Bob Hope becomes surrogate father to a baby found abandoned at the United Nations. Director Jack Arnold's 1964 comedy also stars Yvonne De Carlo, Robert Sterling, John McGiver and Lilo Pulver. ...

The Sound of Laughter (1963)

A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's. ...

Call Me Bwana (1963)

A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it—thinking he's an expert on the region—when in fact he's no such thing. However, a foreign power sends S ...

Critic's Choice (1963)

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage. ...

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands. ...

The Bing Crosby Show (1961)

Bing Crosby performs with special guests Bob Hope, Marion Ryan, Dave King, Terry-Thomas, and Shirley Bassey. ...

Bachelor in Paradise (1961)

A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct. ...

Project XX: The Story of Will Rogers (1961)

Bob Hope narrates this biographical look at America's cowboy philosopher, Will Rogers, from his days as a rope-twirling comedian to his rise to prominence as a statesman. Note: Originally part of Project XX, this film was also distributed separately on 16m ...

The Facts of Life (1960)

Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to ...

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)

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

Alias Jesse James (1959)

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out ...

Some of Manie's Friends (1959)

A multitude of entertainment's biggest stars come together to celebrate the life of the late Manie Sacks, recording executive for Columbia Records, and vice president of both NBC and RCA. ...

The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)

This 1958 Christmas spectacular was produced by the USO for the entertainment of troops stationed overseas. Over 50 top names from stage, screen and television appear in this truly all-star concert film - a magical evening of music, comedy and fun. Feeatur ...

Paris Holiday (1958)

Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when he is targeted for death by a powerful European counterfeiting ring. ...

Beau James (1957)

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

The Iron Petticoat (1956)

Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of ...

That Certain Feeling (1956)

When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wif ...

Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956)

Short promotional film for a Saturday Evening Post sales convention. ...

Lucy's Really Lost Moments (1956)

The legendary Lucille Ball as you've never seen her before! Laugh along with Lucy and Desi in these extremely rare television appearances, beautifully restored! Includes a rare appearance of the I Love Lucy cast on the Bob Hope Show and the lost Lucy pilot ...

The Silent Partner (1955)

When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not realizing that man is now destitute, watching the show on TV from a barstool. Part of the Screen Directors P ...

The Seven Little Foys (1955)

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 the w ...

Playing Fields Association: Cricket (1955)

Fundraising film for the National Playing Fields Association, of which Prince Philip was president. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion". ...

Casanova's Big Night (1954)

Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's credito ...

Here Come the Girls (1953)

Bob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself starring acting as a decoy when a killer goes after the real star. ...

Scared Stiff (1953)

A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer... ...

Off Limits (1952)

Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn when Bullet gets drafted. ...

Road to Bali (1952)

Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazard ...

Son of Paleface (1952)

Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. ...

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues ...

My Favorite Spy (1951)

A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend, who is also a spy. ...

The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits ...

Fancy Pants (1950)

An American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes the actor/butler to be an earl and President Roosevelt decides to ...

Screen Actors (1950)

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

You Can Change The World (1950)

Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest, who speaks to them about doing a film for a group called the Christophers. The Christophers are an organizat ...

The Great Lover (1949)

The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a ...

Sorrowful Jones (1949)

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulg ...

The Paleface (1948)

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indi ...

Road to Rio (1947)

Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly ...

Where There's Life (1947)

In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he' ...

Is Everybody Listening? (1947)

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

Variety Girl (1947)

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interlu ...

My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several ...

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain. ...

Road to Utopia (1946)

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. ...

Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)

A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan. ...

Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved b ...

Road to Home (1945)

WWII U.S. Navy training film MN-5075a that addresses the end of the war. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby try to convince sailors not to desert but to wait for their government benefits and honorable discharge. ...

The All-Star Bond Rally (1945)

Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive. ...

The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, her ship is attacked by pirates who know her identity and plan to kidnap her and hold her for a king's rans ...

Memo for Joe (1944)

Documentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and its value to the Allied war effort. ...

Let's Face It (1943)

A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the "fat farm" scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of ...

Show-Business at War (1943)

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort. ...

They Got Me Covered (1943)

Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, ...

Combat America (1943)

Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training through a series of missions over Europe. ...

Strictly G.I. (1943)

A filmed broadcast of the Command Performance radio programs in which various Hollywood stars appeared and performed in accordance with letter requests from American service men stationed around the world. This entry (Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 20) was ...

A Welcome to Britain (1943)

An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes through g ...

Road to Morocco (1942)

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar. ...

Bob's Busy Day (1942)

Bob, his girlfriend and her mother are driving through South America. Bob wants to get married at the next town, Los Poach-os Egg-os, where they are currently holding a festival called Dontdoit Day. The road to wedded bliss for Bob and his girl hits a slig ...

My Favorite Blonde (1942)

Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents. ...

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get m ...

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 (1942)

Fourth film in the Hedda Hopper series. ...

Louisiana Purchase (1941)

A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty. ...

Nothing but the Truth (1941)

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours. ...

Caught in the Draft (1941)

Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoin ...

Road to Zanzibar (1941)

Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women. ...

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie M ...

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cra ...

Road to Singapore (1940)

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer. ...

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby. ...

Some Like It Hot (1939)

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 other l ...

Never Say Die (1939)

Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their pr ...

Thanks for the Memory (1938)

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her. ...

Give Me a Sailor (1938)

Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, ...

College Swing (1938)

Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance. ...

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts. ...

Calling All Tars (1936)

This early comedy short has Bob Hope and John Berkes putting on sailor uniforms to find dates, getting mistaken for real sailors and being dragged back to a Navy ship by the shore patrol. Though not much plot, the short does give each star a chance to shin ...

Shop Talk (1936)

A former art student returns from Europe to run the department store he inherited from his father and finds his employees behaving very bizarrely. ...

Double Exposure (1935)

An aspiring photographer and his bumbling assistant go to great lengths to take a picture of a beautiful actress whose wealthy husband does not want her photographed. ...

Watch the Birdie (1935)

Prankster Bob is traveling to New York by ship with his girlfriend and he proposes to marry her. Along the trip, he plays pranks on the captain, passengers and his future father-in-law. When they arrive in the harbor, the captain and his father-in-law deci ...

The Old Grey Mayor (1935)

Bob Hope wants to marry the mayor's daughter, but the mayor doesn't want his daughter to marry Bob Hope. ...

Paree, Paree (1934)

A young American man in Paris spots a beautiful woman in a crowd and is instantly smitten, but soon loses sight of her. Later, as he and several friends are sitting at a table at an outdoor cafe and he is describing her to them, he sees her again. His frie ...

Going Spanish (1934)

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

Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia (1991)

Three years after taping his previous show in the Persian Gulf, Bob Hope returns to the front line to put on another USO Christmas extravaganza, this time in Saudi Arabia for US Troops preparing with other nations to expel Iraq's 1990 invasion and attempte ...

Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989)

A posthumous tribute to comedy legend Lucille Ball by her frequent co-star Bob Hope features clips from many of their sketches and tributes from George Burns, Danny Thomas, Kirk Cameron, and Betty White. ...

Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show (1988)

Hope's annual Christmas show, with songs, skits, and comedy routines. ...

Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)

Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sk ...

Joys (1976)

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer k ...

Cancel My Reservation (1972)

Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect. ...

Roberta (1969)

Bob Hope returns to his stage role in this updated theatrical TV presentation of the musical ...

Alias Jesse James (1959)

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out ...

Paris Holiday (1958)

Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when he is targeted for death by a powerful European counterfeiting ring. ...

My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several ...